Suppose you are an adequate adult person, intelligent and not poor. And so, contrary to the current legislation, it took you to read someone else's correspondence in one of the social networks. You intend to do this secretly so that no one, and first of all the object of your attention, learns anything.
Ideally, of course, hacking is carried out by specially trained people. And it is quite affordable. We have capitalism, damn it. Every whim for your money. So you didn't follow the link for nothing. Our article will help you save money, time and hassle. We've collected absolutely everything you need to know about hacking social networks here. Well, let's play a little hackers and spies.
It has become quite common for us to search for any services on the Internet. We drive the coveted "hacking social networks" into the search line and get a lot of options. A line of all kinds of advisers, hackers, and just ordinary scammers help you.
Advisors from YouTube
YouTube is full of videos about hacking. 99% of them are written by schoolchildren who dream of cheaply promoting themselves in the field of popular queries. Or they are petty scammers. Traditionally, crooks offer to buy a "magic" program for naive users.
Why can't you trust?
Let's think logically. Real hackers will never share knowledge with a wide audience. It's almost like selling a hole in the floor of a bank vault. No one will throw the goose that lays the golden egg into the soup. Such information simply cannot be free by default.
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Even if the real hacking method leaks into the network, this scheme will live in a matter of hours. This is exactly how much the social network security service needs to eliminate the sudden vulnerability. The same fate awaits any miracle program. If we assume that some crazy hacker began to openly sell really working software, people from the same resource's security service will be the first to buy it. Well, then the test purchase will follow.
Why not use it?
First, because it doesn't make sense. Secondly, you run a high risk of catching a computer virus that usually contains this kind of program. As a result, the only stolen password will be your own.
Collective farm hackers
These are the same ordinary schoolchildren and students. They have a rather superficial knowledge of hacks. Of these, hardly anyone can even understand the essence of the article from the magazine "Hacker". However, the offer of their services is crammed with all kinds of thematic forums and publics. And yes, these brave guys in all seriousness correspond with clients on the same social network that they intend to hack. The price of the issue is from 1,000 to 30,000 rubles. The cost is taken from the ceiling and depends on the impudence of the performer. Advance payment is not asked. This captivates many. The further principle of work is very dull. "Kolkhoznik" is picking up several dozen orders. Then blunt phishing begins. Messages are sent like from the site's support service, or from a dating site and the like. As planned, a person should bite and go to a page with a fake social network interface and enter their password there. Usually schoolchildren or complete fools are bought for this. There are about 10% of such orders from the list. The income of the collective farm hacker is made up of them. In other cases, the customer is honestly told that nothing happened. There are also deceptions when a client is sent a screenshot of a hacked account, clumsy in Photoshop. Money is asked in advance. At the output (taking into account the minimum labor costs), interesting arithmetic is obtained, which feeds an unpretentious layer of school nerds. At the exit (taking into account the minimum labor costs), interesting arithmetic is obtained that feeds an unpretentious layer of school nerds. At the output (taking into account the minimum labor costs), interesting arithmetic is obtained, which feeds an unpretentious layer of school nerds.
Why not use it?
Grandfather's phishing is hopelessly outdated. Network users en masse switch to two-step verification, when an SMS with a code is sent to the phone. The hacker from 9- "a" cannot intercept the code and does not even know that this is possible. Of course, you run the risk of being deceived. And to be deceived by a schoolboy, you see, is doubly insulting. There is a risk that the clumsy actions of a young burglar will only increase the victim's vigilance. A person will simply understand that he is being deliberately broken. It’s even worse if they start blackmailing you. Children's brains are quite capable of that. You will be intimidated - if you do not pay, the victim of the hack will know the name of the customer. Even a fake account may not save you, because the target of the attack often knows well where the wind is blowing from and will simply close the window. In this case, in your browser.
Real social engineers
They have nothing to do with programming. They come from the field of intelligence, psychology, journalism. People who are well aware that social engineering is more than a set of templates and notorious phishing. However, this is also a hack. But it is not the door that is hacked, but, as it were, the owner of the key to this door. You can, of course, get information with a pistol. Or, for example, grab your phone, sneak it out of your pocket. You can even kindly and tenderly … People of this level do not need to put a sexual partner in the victim's bed, who will peep the password over his shoulder, and then calmly gain access to information. The cost of such a service starts at half a million rubles, and ends in general somewhere in space. But as a huge bonus, the customer receives a lot of other information about the person of interest. After all, just for the sake of breaking the password of a Vkontakte page, such professionals are rarely hired. It's like firing a cannon at sparrows. However, the rich have their quirks.
Why not use it?
Because 98% of the population has no free millions for such purposes.
So what can you do?
Alternatively, you can become a temporary social engineer yourself. If we are talking about a person close to you, it is not difficult. Do it yourself, but do not forget that invasion of privacy and illegal access to information is a criminal offense.
Real hackers
These are IT specialists. They work, or have previously worked in the IT department of a mobile operator or a large information security company. These guys don't live on the open internet. They can be found only on closed sites through the notorious TOR browser. They charge for services with bitcoins. But it is a mistake to think that tough specialists and other Snowdens live in the shadow Internet. 90% of the proposals on the dark web are the same collective farmers, which we have dissected a little higher in the text. It's just the wrapper. The performers admit a little more mystery, use computer slang, and, of course, take three times more. They simply mow under adult children, remaining a shkolota. Calculated by asking a simple question: what is the probability of success? The collective farm hacker will answer something like “50-70%”. For the real pro, there is no concept of probability. If he took it, then he will definitely fulfill the order. It's just a matter of time. Real hackers break everything, including through vulnerabilities in the SS7 channel, which cellular operators use when working. Figuratively speaking, through a beggar operator of a poor hungry African republic, hackers are able to send service commands to the victim's phone. Thanks to these actions, you can determine the location of the caller, listen to conversations and much more. Including, make temporary forwarding of SMS messages from the victim's phone to your own. Next comes the work with the account. The password recovery procedure starts, access to the personal page opens. The messengers - WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram are opened according to the same principle. Yes, if only social networks … It comes to the personal accounts of banks and much more. Such figures value themselves very highly. Rarely, but almost never, they are hired for a single password. This is an ICBM strike against a lonely lame sparrow.
Solvers-helpers
Ordinary people with connections in certain circles. People who have an administrative resource. For example, they know someone who can make a decent fake passport for the victim. Then such a "decided" goes to the communication salon and restores the SIM card according to the document. This method is described in detail in our other article, which we recommend reading.
Why not use it?
Because it's wild pale. Firstly, everything will become clear to the victim, who sooner or later gets to the cell phone salon. It will all end with the police. If the victim is quick-witted, then suspicion will quickly fall on you. And then things are bad, since several articles of the Criminal Code are shining at once: forgery of documents, invasion of privacy, violation of the secrecy of correspondence. At the same time, there is no guarantee that the "decided" somewhere itself will not pierce, that his accomplice will not crack in the cell phone salon. A copy of a fake passport with a photo remained in the salon, he decided to get on three video cameras. They will find him and then you.
Solvers-helpers 2.0
There are solvers who have "good friends" in law enforcement or even among the employees of the social network itself. The investigator can, for a certain amount of money, decide that the account contains important information for the investigation of a criminal case, draw up a request and obtain information. In the case of acquaintances in the administration of the social network, everything is decided simply for money.
Why not use it?
All such things leave their marks. The investigator, who went to meet the customer and, accordingly, his greed, in fact, committed a whole list of official and criminal offenses. Thus, he gets to the customer on the hook, because only you know this little sin. Thus, he becomes your hostage, because with your submission he can easily be imprisoned, moreover, for 10-15 years in a strict regime. There are not so many willing to take risks.
Programmers
These are real classic good programmers. Wear glasses with thick lenses, like pizza and burgers. On the Internet, they usually do not offer any hacks, they earn differently. But if you have one among your friends and you manage to persuade him, he will help. They act in different ways. They can write for you or find a good Trojan so that it is not recognized by the antivirus and launch the victim into the computer. They can intercept traffic using a rooted phone while sitting next to the victim in a cafe. Can hack into a home router and get into a computer using home ports. The hardest part is finding a good programmer and convincing him to help.
Why not use it?
Programmers hate all this. Either you find an insufficiently competent specialist, or you simply cannot interest him. There are a lot of hassles, you need to rummage through the forums, look for information, then look for the right software, program something, sit somewhere on duty. They do not like all this. But if you are lucky and you find it - grab it. But remember that most of these guys work only when you are above your heart. As soon as control weakens, he immediately takes on another matter or, which is often, swells with friends in the shop.