How to Crack / Reset Windows User Account Password (XP, Vista, 7, 8)

There are several ways to Recover a forgotten password in Microsoft Windows OS. They provide several solutions such as Recovery Disk, Hint etc. But what if you don’t have any of these options practical ? or What if you want to make your friends amaze by your Hacking skill on this field ?
(Use this only for Recovery/Educational purposes. Don’t harm any one’s PC)


In this tutorial, I will be teaching you How to Hack a User account in Microsoft Windows Operating System. It can be Windows XP, Vista, 7 etc. This tutorial can be used to Reset, Change or Hack Password of a User Account in yours or any others PC.

First of all, let me tell you that, we are not discussing anything about the Recovery Disk, or such Windows provided options. When your PC got locked and there were no way to open it other than HACKING!!!

If you don’t have access to any other accounts in the same PC -> then do these steps… else go to end of the post

• You will be getting a Login screen asking you the Password of the user. On this screen the utilities like Task Manager, CMD Prompt etc. will not work. In any case if you can open these two: then it’s easy… just skip to next heading.

Notepad Tricks: Cool Notepad tricks for Windows

Notepad, the text editor that comes bundled in Windows is an excellent tool for text editing. But that is not the only thing for which notepad is famous. It is also famous for its tricks and hacks. Here is a roundup of some of the best and coolest tricks that you can try using Notepad.

Matrix Falling Code Effect - Notepad CMD (.BAT) Tricks

Inspired by the movie Matrix, this falling code trick is extremely popular on social networking websites. Copy and paste the code given below in Notepad and save the file as "Matrix.bat" or *.bat. 

How to Use Any Sim Card in Idea Net Setter 3G (HAUWEI) Modem

We know that the Idea Net Setter is locked by Idea and we cannot use any other sim in it, even the idea sim. But we can unlock it and use any sim on it to browse internet, but some of the new devices won’t answer this unlock and many people gets their Net Setter damaged!
Today, I am going to describe you how to use any sim in such devices WITHOUT UNLOCKING it! Follow the given instructions carefully and you could do it well..

Requirements:

• A Net Setter (eg: Idea Net Setter – HAUWEI) and installed its software
• Nokia PC Suite (Can be downloaded here)

All you need to do this trick is a copy of Nokia PC Suite software installed on your PC! you can download it from the above link.

• After installing Nokia PC Suite, connect your Modem with your new sim inserted ie. Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel etc. (I hope you’ve already installed the Modem… If not, do it now… It automatically installs when you plug the modem for first time)

11 Firefox Addons For a Hacker Must Have

Firefox is one the most secured web browser in the world. Have you ever dreamed of that we can use Firefox to Hack like a pro? Firefox like other browsers has a feature called add-on. Add-ons adds an additional functionality to your Firefox browser. There are thousands of Firefox add-ons available for Mozilla but Computerworld brings you the best and most effective Hacking add-ons ever on Firefox. In short, we are listing a most popular and interesting Firefox add-ons that are useful for Hackers. This list of 11 add-ons vary from information gathering tools to attacking tools. All these add-ons are available for free and you can download from the Mozilla add-on website. So friends lets see what Hackingloops has bring this time for you. I will list them in way from top( I like most) to bottom pattern but note that all of them are extremely good tools.

                               

11 Firefox Add-ons a Hacker Must Have and use

1. Tamper Data
Tamper data is an great tool to to view and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers and post parameters. We can alter each request going from our machine to destination host with this. Thus it helps in security testing web application by modifying POST parameters. It can be used in performing XSS and SQL Injection attacks by modifying header data.
Add Tamper data to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/tamper-data/

2. Firebug
Firebug is a nice add-on that integrates a web development tool inside the browser. With this tool, you can edit and debug HTML, CSS and JavaScript live in any webpage to see the effect of changes. It helps in analyzing JS files to find XSS vulnerabilities. It’s an really helpful add-on in finding DOM based XSS for security testing professionals.
Add firebug to your browser :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/
 
3. Hackbar
Hackbar is a simple penetration tool for Firefox. It helps in testing simple SQL injection and XSS holes. You cannot execute standard exploits but you can easily use it to test whether vulnerability exists or not. You can also manually submit form data with GET or POST requests. It also has encryption and encoding tools. Most of the times, this tool helps in testing XSS vulnerability with encoded XSS payloads. It also supports keyboard shortcuts to perform various tasks.I am sure, most of the persons in the security field already know about this tool. This tool is mostly used in finding POST XSS vulnerabilities because it can send POST data manually to any page you like. With the ability of manually sending POST form data, you can easily bypass client side validations of the page. If your payload is being encoded at client side, you can use an encoding tool to encode your payload and then perform the attack. If the application is vulnerable to the XSS, I am sure you will find the vulnerability with the help of the Hackbar add-on on Firefox browser.
Add Hackbar to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hackbar/

4. Cookies Manager +
Cookie Manager is one of the greatest tool ever made. Using this tool you can actually play with cookies. You can alter almost all cookie using this tool. You can use Cookies manager to view, edit and create new cookies. It also shows extra information about cookies, allows edit multiple cookies at once and backup/restore them.
Add Cookies Manager to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookies-manager-plus/

5. NoScript
No Script add-ons greatness is beyond imagination. With this tool you can monitor each an every script running on website, you can block any of scripts and see what actually that scripts does on website. But this add-on is for experts, newbies will face problems using this. Note: If you are testing XSS, HTTPS header modifications, Injection attacks on any website you need to disable this plugin because it will not allow you to do so. 
Add NoScript to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/noscript/

6. Grease Monkey
Grease Monkey is an counter part of No Script, its actually behaves opposite of Noscript. We use Noscript to block the scripts and use GreaseMonkey to run the scripts. It allows you to customize the way a web page displays or behaves, by using small bits of JavaScript. 
Add Grease Monkey to Firefox :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/

7. User Agent Switcher
User Agent Switcher add-on; adds a one click user agent switch to the browser. It adds a menu and tool bar button in the browser. Whenever you want to switch the user agent, use the browser button. User Agent add on helps in spoofing the browser while performing some attack.
Add user agent Switcher to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/

8. CryptoFox
CryptoFox is an encryption or decryption tool for Mozilla Firefox. It supports most of the available encryption algorithm. So, you can easily encrypt or decrypt data with supported encryption algorithm. This add-on comes with dictionary attack support, to crack MD5 cracking passwords. Although, it hasn’t have good reviews, it works satisfactorily.
Add CryptoFox to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cryptofox/

9. SQL Inject Me
SQL Inject Me is another nice Firefox add-on used to find SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications. This tool does not exploit the vulnerability but display that it exists. SQL injection is one of the most harmful web application vulnerabilities, it can allow attackers to view, modify, edit, add or delete records in a database.The tool sends escape strings through form fields, and tries to search database error messages. If it finds a database error message, it marks the page as vulnerable. Hackers can use this tool for SQL injection testing.
Add SQL Inject Me to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/sql-inject-me/ 

10.  XSS ME
Cross Site Scripting is the most found web application vulnerability. For detecting XSS vulnerabilities in web applications, this add-on can be a useful tool. XSS-Me is used to find reflected XSS vulnerabilities from a browser. It scans all forms of the page, and then performs an attack on the selected pages with pre-defined XSS payloads. After the scan is complete, it lists all the pages that renders a payload on the page, and may be vulnerable to XSS attack. Now, you can manually test the web page to find whether the vulnerability exists or not.
Add XSS ME to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/xss-me/

11.  Passive Recon
Last but not the least. Passive recon is a good information gathering tool. 
PassiveRecon provides information security professionals with the ability to perform "packetless" discovery of target resources utilizing publicly available information. It gathers information like DnsStuff tool available on backtrack.
Add Passive Recon to Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/passiverecon/


That's all for today , i hope you all are enjoying your journey towards becoming a Professional Hacker. Have fun! Keep Learning.