Domain NameHijacking(pccorner.tk)

In this post, I will show

you how domain names

are hacked. Hacking of a

domain name from it's

original user is known

as Domain name

hijacking. Let me explain

what is this.

Suppose i bought a

domain name. Now i

need a web host for

hosting my website.

Now how it works??

When we bought a

domain name, we also

get a control panel for

full control on this

domain name. From this

control panel we point

our domain to the web

server where our files

are actually host.

For ex- I have a domain

name abc.com and i

bought hosting at a

server webhost.com.

then for working of our

website we need to

setup our domain to

point to our web

hosting server

webhost.com.

Now how domain

hijacked??

For hijacking a domain

name, you need to get

access the domain

name control panel and

point out it to your

website server from

it's original server. In

above example,

suppose a person Y

wants to hack the

domain name abc.com.

He will try to get access

to the control panel of

the domain name

abc.com. After doing

this he will change it to

point ywebhosting.com

where Y has hosted his

website. Now we can

see thaty the original

website was on

webhost.com but now

it changes to

ywebhosting.com. All

visitors of abc.com will

see a different website

now.

How to get access to

the domain control

panel??

To hijack a domain

name it is necessary to

get access to the

domain name control

panel. For this we need

2 infornmations.

1. Domain name registrar

2. Administrative email

associated with this

domain

This is very easy to get

these information

about a domain name.

Use WHOIS service for

this. go to http://

whois.domaintools.com/

enter the target URL

and lookup. You will get

the whois record of the

domain name. NOw see

the record and find the

administrative email

address and registrant

service provider for this

domain name. Now you

have both informations

about this domain

name.

The administrative

email address of this

domain name is the key

to hijack this domain

name. Now hack this

email account. For

hacking email account

go and read email

account hacking of this

website section.

after gaining access to

this email id, search in

mail for emails from the

registrar emails. Surely

there will be an email

with user name and

password. If not then

go to the registrar

website and click on

forgot password link

and reset the password

of your choice. Now you

can login to the control

panel of the domain

name. Change the

settings of this domain

name.

Domain name is now

hijacked ......

How to protect your

domain name??

For protecting your

domain name, protect

your administrative

email address. Protect

your email account from

being hacked.

Another best way is

private domain name

registration. In this type

of registration, your

private information

such as administrative

address will be hidden

to public in whois

records. So the private

registration provides an

extra security and

protects your privacy.

Private domain

registration costs a bit

extra amount but is

really worth for it’s

advantages. Every

domain

registrar provides an

option to go for private

registration, so when

you purchase a new

domain make sure that

you select the private

registration option

please comment below

if this post is useful for

you..

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