Methods in Hacking: No System is Safe

In the movie, Who am I - No System is Safe, Benjamin Engel, a young, friendless, German computer whiz, was invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage and became a most wanted man.

Who Am I movie poster

The movie is interestingly an action-packed tutorials on the various methods of hacking into the systems whether software or hardware.

Here are some of the methods in hacking to which were demonstrated in the movie:

0 Day Exploit
According to Wikipedia, zero-day (also known as zero-hour or 0-day) vulnerability is an undisclosed and uncorrected computer application vulnerability that could be exploited to adversely affect the computer programs, data, additional computers or a network.[1] It is known as a "zero-day" because once a flaw becomes known, the programmer or developer has zero days to fix it.

Zero-day exploits are attempted before or on the day notice of the vulnerability is released to the public; sometimes before the author is aware or has developed and made available corrected code.

Zero-day attacks are a severe threat and they occur because a vulnerability window exists between the time a threat is released and the time security vendors release patches.


Phishing
Phishing is still the most popular attack vector used for hacking Facebook accounts. There are variety methods to carry out phishing attack. In a simple phishing attacks a hacker creates a fake log in page which exactly looks like the real Facebook page and then asks the victim to log in. Once the victim log in through the fake page the, the victims "Email Address" and "Password" is stored in to a text file, and the hacker then downloads the text file and gets his hands on the victims credentials.

Keylogging
Keylogging is the easiest way to hack a Facebook password. Keylogging sometimes can be so dangerous that even a person with good knowledge of computers can fall for it. A Keylogger is basically a small program which, once is installed on victim's computer, will record every thing victim types on his/her computer. The logs are then send back to the attacker by either FTP or directly to hackers email address.
source: Top 10 Facebook profile hacking techniques!

But there's more. Benjamin and his team used to try to hack a nemesis identity.

Using a Trojan?
As per Wiki : "A Trojan horse, or Trojan, in computing is generally a non-self-replicating type of malware program containing malicious code that, when executed, carries out actions determined by the nature of the Trojan, typically causing loss or theft of data, and possible system harm" and in the Benjamin is trying to identify the ip address and location of MRX, another hacker.

In most part of the story, they used Social Engineering as a tactic to get necessary information and/or convince the victim to do what the hacker wishes him/her to do.

"But the greatest of all is - Social Engineering!"

How a hacker proved that with social engineering technique he can get a free burger!

This was what said for how many times in the movie because they said "hacking is like magic".

Social Engineering always play a vital role to any hacking-related activity.
Social engineering is a non-technical method of intrusion hackers use that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking normal security procedures. It is one of the greatest threats that organizations today encounter.
TechTarget

Lets take a look at one of the reviews for this movie:

'Who am I' is a fast paced thriller, incessant, written and directed by the German director Baran Bo Odar talking about the increasingly present virtual world and the tasks of the hackers, who apparently are the new superheroes of the digital age , replacing the classic Superman, Batman or Spiderman. Young and capable of anything when faced with a computer.
- agolpeeventos blogspot (translated)

And by the way, this movie is available in mediafire.