Hello guys! Today I'm going to post about a hacking technique named "DNS Spoofing or DNS Cache Poisoning". DNS cache poisoning is a computer hacking attack, whereby data is introduced into a Domain Name System (DNS) name server's cache database, causing the name server to return an incorrect IP address, diverting traffic to another computer (often the attacker's).
This trick is commonly used by hackers for redirecting original site to fake site (like opening Facebook, Gmail would open fake facebook, gmail).
Let's understand it by taking an example:
This trick is commonly used by hackers for redirecting original site to fake site (like opening Facebook, Gmail would open fake facebook, gmail).
- Go to C:\Windows\ System32\ Drivers\ etc\ Hosts
- Open it with notepad.
- Write 67.195.160.76 www.google.com below 127.0.0.1 localhost like that:
127.0.0.1 localhost
67.195.160.76 www.google.com
Where 67.195.160.76 is IP address of yahoo, you can change it whatever you want. If you are thinking about knowing IP address of any site, then go to command prompt> Type ping site name, for e.g. ping www.facebook.com.
Note: Even you can use it for phishing purpose.
Source: Basicsofethicalhacking
Source Link: http://www.basicsofhacking.com/2014/01/redirect-yahoocom-by-entering-googlecom.html