Thursday, July 28, 2011

[Eden Guide to Hacking] 'Hacking Philosophy' ~ from Rig Veda and Sun Tzu's Art of War

This is a part of "Eden Guide to Hacking" which is my writing attempt for a quick to read, broadway guide to HACKING ~ for anyone to have grasp of important concepts and skills which makes up the knowledge base of a hacker.
W.I.P. @ https://github.com/abhishekkr/eden_guide_to_hacking/


'Hacking Philosophy' ~ from Rig Veda and Sun Tzu's Art of War
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[+] Art of Hacking
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 |[+] from 'Rig Veda'
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 | |[+] "Who so would kill us, 
 | |  whether he be a strange foe or one of us."
 | |  Means: "The security parameters could be defeated by
 | |   (un/mis)-handled feature or an already compromised
 | |   component present within an un-breakable system."
 | |
 | |[+] "Loosed from the Bowstring fly away, thou arrow,
 | |   sharpened by our Prayer.
 | |  Go to the foemen, strike them home, and let not one
 | |   be left alive."
 | |  Means: "Make an exploit robust, accurate, infectious
 | |   and untraceable."
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 |[+] skills could be seen as 13 chapters of Sun Tzu's
 | | 'Art of War' ~
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 | |[+] Laying Plans
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 | | |[+] Exploit the parameter never thought to be a
 | | |  part of the security implications of the system.
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 | |[+] Waging War
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 | | |[+] Don't overburden yourself with complex routes,
 | | |  if there exist less techie but more easy options.
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 | |[+] Strategic Attack Planning
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 | | |[+] Exploit the parameter never thought to be a
 | | |  part of the security implications of the system.
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 | |[+] Tactical Disposition
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 | | |[+] First secure your own location & technologies,
 | | |  then you are in safe & stronger place to attack.
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 | |[+] Directed Energy
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 | | |[+] Attacking a complex security infrastrucure is
 | | |  no different than a simple one. Break it down.
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 | |[+] Weaknesses & Strengths
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 | | |[+] Analyze the system well to aim its vulnerability
 | | |  and leave it's alarm system untouched.
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 | |[+] Engaging the Force
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 | | |[+] One can't defeat an opponent without knowledge
 | | |  of opponent's security & service design.
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 | |[+] Variations & Adaptability
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 | | |[+] The system, service & security could be set up
 | | |  with any kind of tweaking and hence makes the 
 | | |  pre-analysis for attack a failure.
 | | |  Attacker must be always ready to amend its ways.
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 | |[+] The Army on the March
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 | | |[+] When to attack, and when to wait.
 | | |  Instincts to stay out of trap & sense enemies.
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 | |[+] Situational Positioning
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 | | |[+] Access, attack & safety parameters involved.
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 | |[+] The 9 Battlegrounds
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 | | |[+] Different types of security parameters lead to
 | | |  different attack or sometimes no attack practices.
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 | |[+] 5 Ways of Attacking with Fire
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 | | |[+] Break-in target's system with deception
 | | |[+] Starve the resources powering security
 | | |[+] Attack availability of service
 | | |[+] Defeat the implemented security system
 | | |[+] Infect reachable systems related to target
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 | |[+] Intelligence & Espionage
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 | | |[+] Gather as much information possible and 
 | | |  try attacks like spear phishing to have a slave.
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 |[+] It's your Dharma to Hack, if you are a Geek.
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 |[+] & it all starts in following part of this Eden Guide
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