How Google Pakistan Was Hacked?

Today morning, when i accessed google.com.pk, I was surprised to see the defacement page of turkish hackers, Later on i came to know that other websites such as Microsoft.com.pk were also defaced this morning. On checking the name servers with nslookup, the DNS servers were pointing towards another website, It was clear that the hacker compromised the DNS server and changed the DNS servers to their own, where they had their defacement page. The above image appeared on major .pk domains, when users were trying to access them.

Some time later the page started pointing towards google.com instead of google.com.pk, However the name servers of all .pk domains are still pointing towards freehostia.

How was Google Pakistan Hacked?

So as i mentioned earlier that it looks to me that the registrar that was responsible for Google's DNS records may have been compromised and the records were changed, so when users went to google.com.pk they were redirected to different website which was setup by Turkish hacker to make it look that google.com.pk has been actually compromised. 

By a quick whois search i came to know that the registrar that is responsible to PKNIC domains is MarkMonitor, The is a huge chance that the turkish hackers may have gained access to MarkMonitor and then would have changed the DNS servers. Another possibility is that the hackers may have used an attack called "DNS Cache Poisoning" in order to change the DNS servers. I will update this page as soon as i have more updates regarding this attack.


Update: Here is the Full List Of Compromised Domains:

google.com.pk
microsoft.pk
biofreeze.com.pk
blackstone.pk
blogspot.pk
itunes.pk
gmails.pk
zynga.com.pk
chrome.com.pk
chrome.pk
visa.com.pk
bx.com.pk
abbvie.com.pk
abbvie.pk
cgma.pk
chacos.com.pk
cimacpa.pk
cisco.pk
ciscosystems.pk
blogspot.com.pk
cpacima.pk
cpaintl.pk
cpaldglobal.pk
cpalwglobal.pk
drivealliance.pk
eastman.biz.pk
eastman.net.pk
eastman.org.pk
ebay.pk
monatin.pk
everyblock.pk
youtube.pk
3com.web.pk
hp.web.pk
revlon.pk
streetwear.pk
windows7.pk
windows8.pk
windowsrt.pk
yahoo.pk
yahoomaktoob.pk
zynga.pk
firstdirect.com.pk
flickr.pk
fordgofurther.pk
gbuzz.pk
gmailbuzz.pk
gmail.pk
googlebrowser.com.pk
google.pk
googlebuzz.pk
googlechrome.com.pk
abbviepharmaceuticals.pk
abbviepharmaceuticals.com.pk
hewlettpackard.pk
hexagon.com.pk
hsbcamanah.biz.pk
hotmail.com.pk
hpcloud.com.pk
hp.com.pk
hpscalene.com.pk
hsbc.biz.pk
hsbcadvance.com.pk
hsbc.pk
hsbcpremier.com.pk
hsbcprivatebank.biz.pk
hsbcamanah.com.pk
hsbcdirect.com.pk
hsbcnet.com.pk
hsbcpremier.biz.pk
hsbcpremier.pk
hsbcprivatebank.com.pk
investdirect.biz.pk
investdirect.com.pk
ipod.pk
jaiku.pk
kellyservices.com.pk
maktoob.pk
markmonitor.pk
microsoftsmartglass.com.pk
microsoftsmartglass.pk
xboxsmartglass.com.pk
xboxsmartglass.pk
msn.org.pk
windowsstore.pk
windowsstore.com.pk
opteron.com.pk
parkplaza.pk
paypal.pk
postini.pk
scalene.com.pk
schwab.biz.pk
schwab.com.pk
sonystyle.com.pk
streetwear.com.pk
theworldslocalbank.com.pk
genapp.pk
genapp.com.pk
generationapp.pk
generationapp.com.pk
windows.com.pk
windows7.com.pk
windows8.com.pk
3com.biz.pk
3com.fam.pk
3com.net.pk
3com.org.pk
gchrome.com.pk
aicpacima.pk

Source :- RHA

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How To Change Your MAC Address

The following guide will show you how to correctly change your Network Card’s MAC Address using the Windows Registry. Below are several different methods to accomplishing this and I am sure that one will work for you. These methods can be used in both Windows Vista and Windows 7; I have not yet tested them in the Windows 8 environment.

Method One:

1. Access your network connection properties and select the configure option.

 

2. Select the Advanced Tab and then select Network Address. From here you need change the Value to custom and enter your desired MAC Address. Remember that this can only be twelve numbers in length.

 

3. Check to see if your MAC has changed using the “ipconfig /all” command in Command Prompt. If your MAC Address is still the same as your original please move to the next method.

Method Two:

1. Open your terminals Registry Editor by typing “regedit” into your start menus search box and pressing enter.

 

2. Once Registry Editor has opened navigate through the following path:

CODE :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Class > {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

3. After you have navigated to this location you will need to create a new entry in the folder so that you can store the information for the new / fake MAC Address. To do this right click anywhere in the right-hand pane and select “New” > “String Value”

4. Rename this new entry to “NetworkAddress” and modify the details of this entry to the desired result. To edit the details simply right click the entry and select “modify”. Remember to ensure that the value is exactly 12 digits long, the length of a MAC Address.

5. Restart your network adapter and then view your MAC Address using an ipconfig /all command in command prompt. If your MAC Address is still the same as your original please move to the next method.

 

Method Three:

1. Step three is the last resort method but is also probably the quickest. Simply download and install Technitium MAC Address Changer from the below link:

CODE :

http://www.technitium.com/tmac/index.html#download

2. After installation you need to run the application and edit in your desired MAC Address in the “Change MAC Address” field and press the “Change Now” button. You will see an example of this in the screenshot below.

3. After you have done this a message box will appear informing you that your MAC Address has been successfully changed. To be sure of this simply use the checks outlined in Method 1 point three.

 

 

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World's Top 5 Hackers List

1] Gary McKinnon

USA declared him as the biggest military computer hacker ever. He whacked the security system of NASA and Pentagon. This made him one of the great black hat hacker celebrities and got his name into the hacker's community. The nerd is now facing 70 years of imprisonment and is deprived from accessing internet. He has illegally accessed 97 computers and has caused around $700,000 damage to the economy.

2] Robert Tappan Morris

  He is the creator of first internet worm ?Morris worm? he was a student at Cornell and from that where he started writing codes to create worms as he wanted to know how large the internet world is. But the worm lead to the slow speed of internet and made the systems no longer usable. There was no ways to know how many computers were affected but the experts alleged that around 6000 machines. He was sent to 3 years imprisonment, 400 hours of community service and was fined $10,500. At present he is a professor at Massachusetts institute of technology, computer science and artificial intelligence laboratory. He was the first person prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

3] Kevin David Mitnick

The computer security consultant, author and a hacker was accused of many cases. He broke into the computer of top technology and telecommunications like Nokia, Motorola, Fujitsu Siemens and sun Microsystems. He termed his activity as ?social engineering? to legalize his acts. He hacked the Los Angeles bus transfer system to get free rides the biggest h@cking was the breaking into the DEC system to view the VMS source code (open virtual memory system which lead to the clean-up cost of around $160,000. He also gained the full administration privileges to IBM minicomputers at the computer learning institute in Los Angeles for a bet.

4]Kevin Poulson

He is best known for his takeover of the KIIS-FM phone lines, a Los Angeles based radio station. He was also known as dark Dante. The former black hat hacker is currently a senior editor at wired news

5] Jonathan James

He is maestro of all hackers who broke into the server of department of defense in the year 1999 which gave him a nick name c0mrade at the age of 16. He also got into the h@cking of NASA. Stealing softwares of NASA and DoD later put him into big trouble. As he was a minor the punishment was for for 6 months imprisonment and has to pledge that he won?t be using computers forever.

 

 

 

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