Top Five Ethical Hacking Certifications

CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)

The Certified Ethcial Hacker is a professional certification provided by EC-Concil. EC-council is world’s largest computer security certification provider organisation.A  Certified Ethical Hacker has obtained a certification in how to look for the vulnerabilities in the target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools.

A Starting Salary of a Certified Ethical Hacker according to Payscale is around $75000 USD

CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator)

The Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator is a professional certification provided again by EC-COUNCIL. This certification is designed to look at network security in its investigation phase, detecting attacks and properly extracting evidence to report the crime adn conduct to prevent future attacks.

A Starting Salary of a Certified CHFI according to Payscale is around $85000 USD

ECSA ( EC-Council Certified Security Analyst)

ECSA is a professional certification provided by EC-Council. The ECSA Certification is a complementary certification to EC-COuncil’s CEH certification by exploring the analytical phase of ethical hacking.

A Starting Salary of a ECSA  according to Payscale is around $75000 USD

CISA (Certified Information System Auditor)

CISA is a professional certification for information technology audit professionals sponsored by the Information System and Control Association. Candidates for the certification must meet requirements set by ISACA.

A Starting Salary of a CISA according to Payscale is around $84000 USD

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

CISSP is an independent information security certification governed by not-for-profit. CISSP was the first information security credential accredited by ANSI ISO/IEC Standard 17024:2004 accreditation. It is formally approved by U.S. Department of Defense in both their Information Assurance Technical and Managerial Categories.

A Starting Salary of a CISSP according to Payscale is around $1,29,829 USD

Get admin password back with Cain & Abel

Hello friends i am here to show you how to sniff for local passwords that are stored in the computer using Cain&Abel. I think you all should know that Cain&Abel is very useful and it can do a lot of stuffs. I use it for Sniffing mostly.

If you do not have this tool,go and download at this link:

http://www.oxid.it/cain.html

Install and launch Cain&Abel.

If you are using this for the first time,it will look like this: 

Choose the one that has IP,do not choose those with 0.0.0.0…

Now,you will be prompted by something like this:

Choose “Decoder” from the bar and you will see the this:

Choose the type of passwords that you want to search from the computer..

After that,click on the “+” button:

You are about to finish the job,you will see some passwords or hash…

This is the example of clear-text password:

This is the example of hash: