Windows Login Passwords and BIOS: Hacking

Windows Login Passwords and BIOS: Hacking

On Many computers a series of keystorkes may crash the password program.

To try this boot the PC and wait for the password prompt,then keep pressing ESC 50 to 100 times.This will result in crashing of the password program and the computer will continue booting.However, this might work only in selected machines.

There's yet another pretty easy solution to the BIOS password problem.Its a program called KillCMOS which you can download from www.koasp.com

or if you cant find it there,search for it at astalavista.box.sk.There is also a number of CMOS password crackers available on various hacking web sites.But its really lame to use someone else's software for hacking and then call yourself a hacker.

you have cracked the BIOS password and are just about to say how easy this hack was,when you suddenly see windows asking you for the login password.

Fret not,for this hack is even easier than the previous one.After this hack,you will know why a hacker running windows is considered to be lame and why a hacker laughs whenever someone says Microsoft and security in the same sentence.

To hack the windows login password,reboot and wait for the message.

"Starting Windows 9x"

When you see this on the screen,press f8.The boot menu will come up.Select option 7,to boot into Dos.Then go to the Windows Directory by typing

c:\>cd windows

Keys that will affect the boot up process are F4,F5,F6,F8,Shift +F,Control+F5 and Shift+F8.Try them out and see what happens!!!!!

then rename all files with the extension.pwl by tyyping the following command:

C:\windows>ren*.pwl*.xyz

Or,delete them typing

C:\windows>del"*.pwl*.xyz

......poof............

Now when windows Password login pops up,yo can write anything in the place where the password has got to be typed.As you have renamed(or deleted-although remaining then would be better as the victim will not know that his PC has been tampered with)the password files,Windows cannot find the file so when you enter a password,Windows just takes it as the original password..

Key loggers

Software-based keyloggers

A logfile from a software-based keylogger.

A control window from a software-based keylogger.

These are software programs designed to work on the target computer’s operating system. From a technical perspective there are five categories:

• Hypervisor-based: The keylogger can theoretically reside in a malware hypervisor running underneath the operating system, which remains untouched. It effectively becomes a virtual machine. Blue Pill is a conceptual example.
• Kernel-based: This method is difficult both to write and to combat. Such keyloggers reside at the kernel level and are thus difficult to detect, especially for user-mode applications. They are frequently implemented as rootkits that subvert the operating system kernel and gain unauthorized access to the hardware, making them very powerful. A keylogger using this method can act as a keyboard device driver for example, and thus gain access to any information typed on the keyboard as it goes to the operating system.
• API-based: These keyloggers hook keyboard APIs; the operating system then notifies the keylogger each time a key is pressed and the keylogger simply records it. Windows APIs on such as GetAsyncKeyState(), GetForegroundWindow(), etc. are used to poll the state of the keyboard or to subscribe to keyboard events.^[1] These types of keyloggers are the easiest to write, but where constant polling of each key is required, they can cause a noticeable increase in CPU usage, and can also miss the occasional key. A more recent example simply polls theBIOS for pre-boot authentication PINs that have not been cleared from memory.^[2]
• Form grabbing based: Form grabbing-based keyloggers log web form submissions by recording the web browsing onsubmit event functions. This records form data before it is passed over the Internet and bypasses HTTPS encryption.
• Packet analyzers: This involves capturing network traffic associated with HTTP POST events to retrieve unencrypted passwords.

Remote access software keyloggers

These are local software keyloggers with an added feature that allows access to the locally recorded data from a remote location. Remote communication may be achieved using one of these methods:

• Data is uploaded to a website, database or an FTP server.
• Data is periodically emailed to a pre-defined email address.
• Data is wirelessly transmitted by means of an attached hardware system.
• The software enables a remote login to the local machine from the Internet or the local network, for data logs stored on the target machine to be accessed.

One of the simple Keylogger is Award Keylogger.It even Captures the screen whenever you press ENTER (after typin the password in certain websites like facebook.) After the victim enters the password,the keys which he pressed are registered and stored in the keylogger application.