In this post, I will tell you
how
domain names are hacked.
*h*a*c*k*i*n*g* 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 *h*a*c*k* 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. UseWHOIS 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 *h*a*c*k* this email account.
For
*h*a*c*k*i*n*g* email
account go and
read email account
*h*a*c*k*i*n*g* 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...Enjoy friends
