How To Hack A Computer
Before discussing the methods of hacking a computer, we should know what
Hacking is and is it a good approach to hack a system or a bad approach?
What is Hacking
In simple terms, Hacking is a process of getting illegal access to a device
that may include a mobile phone, computer, networks, social media
accounts, or other authorized accounts. For example, hacking the password
of a computer and gaining access to it. Although it is an illegal process, it is
not always performed for bad deeds. The person who does hacking is known
as a Hacker. These people have complete or even depth knowledge about
the devices. Therefore, if a device is not strongly secured, it becomes easy
for hackers to break the security and enter the device and hack it. A Hacker
is responsible for finding the weakness of a computer and gaining access
over the system. There are different types of hackers where some are known
as official hackers as they perform the illegal process for accomplishing a
legal task. On the other hand, there are unofficial hackers who, with no
official goal, hack a device illegally. Thus, hacking a computer or other
device illegally is a crime for which the hacker can be arrested in an unlawful
activity approach.
There are various hacking techniques the hackers use for hacking a device:
o Viruses
o Trojans
o Worms
o Botnets
o DDoS Attacks (Denial of service attacks)
o Ransomware
o Social Engineering and Phishing
o Malware-Injecting Devices
o Cracking Passwords
o Missing Security Patches
o Browser hijacks, and many more.
Thus, one should always have strong security measures and authorizations
on a device so as to protect a device from any hacking offense. Especially for
businesses, government sectors, and other private sectors, there should be
no weak point present in the security.
What is Ethical Hacking
We discussed about an official hacking and an unofficial hacking. The
Hacking, which is performed for an official task, it is known as Ethical
Hacking. If the Hacking is performed for an unofficial offense, it is known as
a Cybercrime. Ethical Hacking is legal, but such ethical hackers abide by
certain rules that should be followed while hacking a device.
Here, we will discuss a method through which we can hack a computer.
Hacking Method: Bypassing Login on the Computer
Bypassing a login on a computer means to skip the login screen and directly
enter the desktop of the computer. If we successfully did this for hacking a
computer where we don't know the password of our prey's system, it means
we successfully hacked the system. We will discuss the steps to bypass the
password of a Windows 10 computer system. While doing so, one must know
that the security features of Windows 10 do not permit us to deal and
unauthenticate the Administrator account. Thus, we need to create a new
administrator on the system which we are going to hack. Using this bypass
method, one will not be able to change the password of the main
administrator account but will be permitted to change the system settings
virtually.
Follow the below steps to bypass login on Windows 10:
1. You need a spare flash drive having at least 8GB storage and attach it
to the CPU or laptop.
2. Now, open Windows 10 installation drive on the computer. If not
available, create one such partition.
3. Open the 'Windows 10 download' page on your computer.
4. Then click on the 'Download tool now'.
5. After downloading the tool, double-click on it.
6. Make sure the location chosen for installation is the flash drive.
7. Do not remove the flash drive when the process gets completed.
8. Now, we need to change the boot order of the computer as we need to
restart our computer via the flash drive, instead of starting it via hard
drive. For this, open Settings > Update & Security > Recovery.
9. There we will see 'Advanced startup' with other available options. Click
on 'Restart now' under it.
10. Under the Boot option, select the name of the attached flash
drive and press the up arrow key to make the flash drive reach the top.
11. Save and exit from it.
12. We will move to a setup screen, press Shift + F10 keys together
on our computer, and the command prompt of our system will open.
13. Remove the utility manager with cmd so that we can easily
execute the administrator-level functions and do not need to login to
the computer. For doing so, type:
"move c : \ windows \ system32 \ utilman . exe c : \ windows \
system ' ' ' 32 \utilman . exe . bak" command in the command
prompt. Then press enter.
14. Again type "copy c ; \ windows \system32 \ cmd . exe c : \
windows \system32 \utilman . exe" command in the command
prompt of the computer.
15. After replacing the utility manager, we need to restart the
computer. To do so, type the' wpeutil reboot' command on the
command prompt and press Enter. A snapshot is shown below:
16. While doing so, remove the flash drive or the installation media
from the computer. It will ensure that the rebooting process begins to
the login screen and not on the installation setup. However, if Windows
reboots into the installation setup and still there is a chance to
disconnect the installation media from the system, remove it without
wasting a second. Then, press and hold the Power button of the laptop
or CPU.
17. Once the lock screen page loads successfully, click on the 'Utility
Manager' icon present at the right bottom corner of the screen, as
shown below:
18. The Command Prompt will open. However, if we didn't replace
the Utility Manager with the 'Command Prompt' (as discussed in the
above steps), it will open the 'Utility Manager' only. So, the command
prompt will open, as shown below:
19. Now, there is a need to create a new user so as to access the
system privileges. To do so, type "net user <name> /add" command
in the command prompt.
Press Enter. Again type "net localgroup administrators <name> /
add" command in the cmd. Then press Enter. A snapshot is shown
below:
Note: The <name> value should be the same that we are creating as a user.
20. We need to restart the computer by clicking on 'Restart' under
the Power icon present next to the 'Utility Manager' icon.
21. When the system starts again, we will find our created account
below the Administrator account. Login to our account with our login
id, and Windows will make the required settings. Just wait for a while.
Finally, we will be able to access the data of the Administrator.
So, it is one such method through which we can hack someone's system, but
it is an illegal activity when not done for any official purpose.
