How To Hack an Email Account – Email Hacking Methods

One of the most frequently asked questions by the internet users is “Is it possible to hack an email account?” I’ll start by saying Yes! As a matter of fact, almost anything can be hacked. But before we go on, let’s talk about email security for a moment. You may already know that email is insecure; however, it may surprise you to learn just how insecure it really is.
For example, did you know that messages which you thought were deleted years ago may be sitting on servers half-way around the world? Or that your messages can be read and modified in transit, even before they reach their destination? But the most common question seems to be the recent hacking attacks of the usernames and passwords that people use to login to their email servers.

The following article is not an effort to teach you email hacking, but it has more to do with raising awareness on some common email hacking methods.

Hacking an email account is not easy. You can’t do that by simply entering the email address and waiting for the software to crack passwords. If there exists such a software, will there be any security on web, and what would be the reputation of the email service providers such as Google, Yahoo and other services.

Now, before you learn the real ways to hack email, the following are the things you should be aware of:

1. There is no ready made software that can hack emails and get you the password just with a click of a button. So if you come across any website that claims to sell such softwares, I would advise you not to trust them.

2. Never trust any email hacking service that claims to hack any email for just $100 or $200. Most of them are no more than a scam.

So, How Can We Hack an Email Account?

With my experience of over 5 years in the field of ethical hacking and computer security, I can tell you that, there exists only few foolproof methods to hack emails. All the other methods are simply scam or don’t work. The main 5 methods used to hack Email account passwords are:

1. Remote Keylogging

Remote keyloggers are used for the purpose of monitoring a remote PC. Once a remote keylogger is installed on your computer the attacker can get your keystrokes, your webcam shots, chat logs, etc. sitting in any part of the world.

You can find tons of Remote keyloggers on web, but lots of them are either not capable of properly recording keystrokes or they have a high antivirus detection rate. I recommend the following keyloggers as best for your monitoring needs:

- SniperSpy – For Windows
- SniperSpy – For Mac

- Win-Spy

SniperSpy is one of my most favorite keyloggers. It is extremely powerful and has a very low antivirus detection rate. SniperSpy is the industry leading Remote password hacking software combined with the Remote Install and Remote Viewing feature.

Once installed on the remote PC(s) you wish, you only need to login to your own personal SniperSpy account to view activity logs of the remote PC’s! This means that you can view logs of the remote PC’s from anywhere in the world as long as you have internet access!

Do you want to Spy on a Remote PC? Expose the truth behind the lies! Unlike the rest, SniperSpy allows you to remotely spy any PC like a television! Watch what happens on the screen LIVE! The only remote PC spy software with a SECURE control panel!

This Remote PC Spy software also saves screenshots along with text logs of chats, websites, keystrokes in any language and more. Remotely view everything your child, employee or anyone does while they use your distant PC. Includes LIVE admin and control commands!

Win-Spy Software is a Complete Stealth Monitoring Software that can both monitor your Local PC and Remote PC. It includes Remote Install and Real-time Remote PC Viewer. Win Spy Software will capture anything the user sees or types on the keyboard.

Win-Spy is a remote spy software solution that requires no physical installation, and is the first product to allow you to truly view activity logs from any location at any time!

Which software keylogger is better, Sniperspy or Winspy?

I recommend Sniperspy for the following reasons:

1. SniperSpy is Fully compatible with Windows Vista, and Win-Spy has known compatibility issues with Windows Vista.
2. SniperSpy has low antivirus detection rate.
3. SniperSpy can bypass firewall, and Win-Spy can’t.
4. SniperSpy is recognized by CNN,BBC,CBS and other popular news network.
5. Hence it is reputed and trustworthy.

2. Phishing

Phishing is a method of stealing login info (usernames and passwords) by directing the victim to a clone (fake) login page, that logs the login info without the knowledge of the victim. Such clone website is known as a phisher. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to fool users. When the users try to login from these fake pages and enter their passwords there, the login details are stolen away by the hacker.

Creating a phisher and taking it online to successfully hack an email account password is not an easy job. It demands an in depth technical knowledge of HTML and scripting languages like PHP, JSP etc. In addition to that, carrying out a phishing attack is a serious criminal offence.

3. Brute-forcing

In Brute-forcing, you have to get wordlist – which contains various words and these words are tried out as passwords for victim hotmail account. Generally, for other sites like Gmail, Yahoo, etc. you have limited account login chances and once that number of chances expire, you are not allowed even to try to login. This mechanism helps in avoiding Bruteforce attack against email accounts. So, it is debating to say that email account passwords can be hacked (actually cracked) by Bruteforcing.

The most famous Bruteforcing software used is Brutus. But remember, for hacking email account password by Bruteforcing, you must have good quality wordlist which can be obtained via Google.

4. Social Engineering

Social Engineering is the art of Hacking In Real Life. Social engineering is the art of getting people to tell you stuff that they usually wouldn’t disclose, through the use of words and your appearance. A good Social engineerer can make people believe nearly anything.

This sounds to be pretty not working at beginning, but it all depends on your manipulation skills. The most important thing is having a believable story, and a lot of patience.

5. Guessing The Secret Question

Knowing your victim is the only condition in order to use this email hacking method. If your victim uses a weak password, you could simple guess it by using the information you know about he/she. Some examples of this are: date of birth, phone number, favorite pet, and other simple things like these.

I recommend the usage of Keyloggers as the best option to hack email password. In order to use this software you don’t need to have any special knowledge of hacking, and anyone with a basic knowledge of computer should be able to install and use this software with ease.

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