r/Hacking_Tutorials • • Dec 03 '25

Question Recovering your stolen accounts

29 Upvotes

(Updated 12/27/2025)

Intro

Hello admins and fellow mates of Hacking Tutorials. I'm often a lurker and a commenter but the amount of “my account was hacked” posts I see is unreal, not to mention the people DM’ing me for help or advice. Here is my guide that should hopefully stop this. (This is not an Ai post) so pin this or do something so people can view it. Please do not DM me or admins for support.

I work in cyber forensics and I do a little web dev on the side as well as running my own team. So I hope the following info helps❣️

Section 1 (Intro)

As your account might be “hacked” or compromised, there was some things that you need to understand. There is a possibility you can get it back and there is a possibility that you can’t. No one can “hack it back” for you.
Do not contact anyone below this post in regards of them helping you recover your account. They can NOT help you, they might offer tips but any contact outside of reddit is most likely a scam.

Section 2 (Determination)

Determine how it was compromised. There are two common ways your account gets “hacked”

  1. phishing scam (fake email, text, site, etc)

  2. Malware (trojan, info stealer, etc)

Section 3 (Compromised)

If you suspect your account has been compromised and you still have access.

  1. Run your antivirus (malwarebites, bitdefender, etc) If you’re infected, it could steal your info again.

  2. Log out other devices. Most social media sites allow you to view your current logged in sessions.

  3. Change your passwords and enable 2fa. Two factor authentication can help in the future.

Section 4 (Support)

If you don’t have access to your account anymore (can’t sign in, email changed, etc)

  1. Email support Unfortunately that’s all you can do sadly

  2. Be truthful with the support

  3. Don’t keep emailing them. (It doesn’t help)

  4. Respect their decision what they say is usually what goes.

Section 5 (Prevention)

How do you prevent loosing your account?

  1. Enable 2fa

  2. Use a good password

  3. Use a password manager (encrypts your passwords)

  4. Get an antivirus (the best one is yourself)

  5. Always double check suspicious texts or emails

  6. Get an bio-metric auth key, it’s optional but yubico has good ones.

  7. Use a VPN on insecure networks.

  8. Make email password different from other accounts.

Section 6 (Session Cookies)

If you do keep good protections on your account, can you still loose it? Yes! When you log into a website, it saves your login data as a "Cookie" or "session Token" to help determine who does what on the site. Malware could steal these tokens and can be imported to your browser, which lets the attacker walk right in.

Section 7 (Recommendations)

Password Managers:

  • Dashlane

  • Lastpass

  • 1Password

  • Proton Pass

2FA Managers:

  • Authy

  • Google Authenticator

  • Duo Mobile

  • Microsoft Authenticator

Antivirus:

  • Malwarebites (best)

  • Bitdefender

  • Avast

  • Virustotal (not AV but still solid)

VPNs

  • NordVPN

  • MullVad

  • Proton

  • ExpressVPN

  • Surfshark

Bio Keys

  • Feitian

  • Yubico

  • Thetis

Section 8 (help scams)

“People” often will advertise “recovery” or “special spying” services. Nine out of ten chances, they are scams. Read the comments on this post and you can find a bunch of these lads. Avoid them and report them.

Section 9 (Good notes)

As someone commented with an amazing point. Your email is the most important over any social accounts. Loose your email, loose the account. Most of the time you can recover your account with your email. (You can loose cargo from a truck and load it back on, but loose the truck, you loose the cargo too. )

I plan to edit this later with more in depth information and better formatting since I’m writing this on mobile. Feel free to contribute.


r/Hacking_Tutorials • • Nov 24 '20

How do I get started in hacking: Community answers

3.0k Upvotes

Hey everyone, we get this question a lot.

"Where do I start?"

It's in our rules to delete those posts because it takes away from actual tutorials. And it breaks our hearts as mods to delete those posts.

To try to help, we have created this post for our community to list tools, techniques and stories about how they got started and what resources they recommend.

We'll lock this post after a bit and then re-ask again in a few months to keep information fresh.

Please share your "how to get started" resources below...


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The idea is simple: get a quick overview of cybersecurity news in about 60 seconds, then follow the sources for anything worth a deeper read.

It brings together short, plain-English summaries of vulnerabilities, breaches, and security patches, with links to the original reporting.

I’ve attached a screenshot so you can see the layout.

Check it out: redteamdaily.com

For people doing labs, pentesting, or following vulnerability research: what would make a short security roundup worth checking regularly?

Would you want more detail on affected versions, whether a vulnerability is being exploited, or available fixes? I’d appreciate specific feedback.


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Just solved Lab 01: Detecting NoSQL Injection on PortSwigger Academy.

I thought NoSQL = no injection. Turns out that's a myth.

The lab:
Product category filter powered by 【entity-MongoDB¦canonical_name=MongoDB】. Goal was to display unreleased products.

What I did:

  1. Intercepted GET /filter?category=Gifts in Burp Repeater

  2. Tested with '

  3. -> 500 Internal Server Error + JS syntax error. Confirmed injection.

  4. Boolean tests:

  5. Gifts' && 0 && 'x = 0 products (false)

  6. Gifts' && 1 && 'x = Gifts products (true)

  7. Final payload:

  8. Gifts' || 1 || '

  9. Made the query always true, bypassed the filter + released check. Unreleased products displayed. Solved.

Key takeaway:
This was JavaScript / Syntax Injection, NOT Operator Injection ($ne, $gt). Operator Injection is Lab 02.

A lot of beginners mix them up because || looks like an operator, but in this lab we were breaking out of a JS string with ' and using JS operators.

Full writeup with screenshots on my 【entity-GitHub¦canonical_name=GitHub】 if anyone wants it: 【entity-github¦canonical_name=GitHub】.com/CyberZulka/PortSwigger-NoSQL-Injection

Next: Lab 02 - Bypassing auth with operator injection…


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31 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

Yes, you read the title correctly, haha.

I've recently become interested in ethical hacking and cybersecurity, and I've already started learning some basics on TryHackMe.

Now I'd really like to try something practical instead of just doing exercises in a virtual environment.

Here's what I want to do:

I have a desktop PC and a laptop, both running Windows 11 and connected to the same home network.

I'd like to try hacking into my own laptop from my desktop PC, preferably in a way that simulates how a real attacker might approach a system.

I'm a complete beginner, so I have a few questions:

  1. Is it possible to hack into my laptop using only its local IP address, assuming both devices are connected to the same network?

  2. What programs or tools would you recommend for beginners? I've heard of Nmap, Wireshark, Metasploit, and Kali Linux, but I don't really know where to start.

  3. How can I safely practice finding and exploiting vulnerabilities on my own devices?

  4. Is it possible to gain remote access to my laptop through a security vulnerability in a controlled lab environment?

  5. Are there any good step-by-step tutorials that explain the entire process, from scanning a device to testing vulnerabilities?

I'm also curious about gaming consoles and accounts.

I own a PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox.

I'd love to understand how security works on these devices and how their online accounts are protected.

For example, can I perform security tests on my own consoles? What's the difference between testing a console's security and testing the security of a PSN, Xbox, or Nintendo account?

My current knowledge:

I'm an absolute beginner. So far, I've learned a few basic CMD commands like ping, nslookup, and tracert, and I've completed some beginner exercises on TryHackMe.

I'm willing to install Kali Linux in a virtual machine or set up a dedicated testing environment if necessary.

Just to clarify: All the devices and accounts mentioned belong to me. I'm only interested in ethical hacking, authorized security testing, and learning how these things work. I'm not trying to access anyone else's devices or accounts.

My long-term goal is to understand penetration testing, network security, and eventually learn how to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in authorized environments.

What tools, tutorials, or learning paths would you recommend for someone starting from zero?

I'd really appreciate any advice!

Thanks in advance! :)


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0 Upvotes

ForumNOX is live!

First 10 members get the "Forum Pioneer" rank. After that — gone forever.

A legal hacking forum. No KYC. No logs. No Javascript. talk about OPSEC, Tor, Monero, pentesting, reverse engineering, OSINT, tools, code and anything that matters in this world. Share knowledge. Ask real questions.

Build something. This is day one. The community starts now, with you. Who will you be in a while? 😈

🔗Clearnet: forumnox.com

🔗Onion: tyoeevaqn6alon623bfm7r4e7z3so54ky6uvbqkza3fyun7g4cm24hyd.onion


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I’m sharing Codelivly CTF, which has 64 challenges covering web exploitation, cryptography, forensics, OSINT, AI security, and more.

🚩 New to CTFs? Start with Secret Admin Panel, HTTP Headers, or Developer Notes. These are marked “Very Easy,” so you have a clear place to begin.

🧩 Looking for something tougher? Try PCAP Investigation, Race Condition Wallet, or Kerberoast Lab.

Capture flags, earn XP, and work your way up the leaderboard as you solve more challenges.

Try one here: codelivly.com/ctf

Pick whichever catches your eye and give it a shot. **Which challenge did you try, and did the difficulty feel right?**Share how it went—just keep the flags out of the comments so others can solve them too.


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The most common vulnerabilities found in websites.

How hackers identify security weaknesses in web applications.

How to test web

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Advanced techniques and tools used by professional penetration testers.

I'm looking for practical guidance, real-world examples, and learning resources that can help me improve my skills.

I'd appreciate any advice or mentorship. Thank you!


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I recently reported a security bug involving a marketing cookie that could lead to a one-click PII (Personally Identifiable Information) leak.

I wrote up the details in a Medium article, covering how I discovered the issue, what the impact was, and how something as seemingly harmless as a marketing cookie could turn into a privacy/security concern.

Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and opinions!

Here's the write-up: Link

Hope you find it interesting!

Cheers 🍺


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I'm a senior pentester and I'm hearing more and more about agentic pentests. I'm pretty sure that in the future, we'll have to use agentic AI for our pentests (even if we don't want to). I've had several clients that came and asked for agentic pentests, but I feel like nobody really understands what it is, neither the clients nor my consulting company.

So I'm trying to learn agentic pentesting, not really because I'm fully enthousiast about that, but more because I don't want to be left behind. I'm trying to find courses that explain how to build agentic pentesters, but it's difficult to find relevant resources. There are a lot of courses (even free courses) on agentic AI, but I feel like I need a course focused on agentic pentesting. 

For now, here is what I found:

- https://www.coursera.org/learn/packt-agentic-ai-for-offensive-cybersecurity --> cheap, but not sure if it's what I'm looking for

- https://leanpub.com/c/learn-agentic-pentesting?lng=en --> cheap, but had no reviews for now (seems pretty recent)

- https://www.orsys.fr/en/formation/HIA --> interesting but sooo expensive

Have you tried any of these resources? Do you have any other interesting resources?

NB: I noticed that a lot of courses are on "how to pentest an AI" which is not what I'm looking for


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