• Most of the so-called hacks are in Windows (98). Show me one hacker/cracker who uses Windows. If you ain’t using Unix/Linux/Solaris you ain’t no hacker mate. Why? Coz Windows hasn’t got half the tools and features that one requires to do a successful system penetration. For a deeper understand read a book on the Hacking Exposed series.
• Registry hacks and tweeks are passed off as hacking

Sandip thinks that Ankit Fadia is fake and is far from a hacker.

First, disable your site, bring it down temporarily. The last thing you want is for more people to be scammed by a hacker who compromised your site. You can do that by disabling all access to all the files within your website. If the website is running on unix/linux you can do a “chmod -R 000 ” (Refer to the chmod tutorial here). For those using cpanel, go to the file manager and change the permissions of the document root for the website.

Semantic Overload’s blog was compromised by hackers who installed a phishing attack code in his site. Luckily he caught it in time and offers advice on how to fight back and protect your site.