What can a Hacker do with your IP Address? Track Your Location?🤔

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What is an IP Address?

Internet protocols (IP) facilitate global communication between computers, where each device interacts using unique IP addresses. Two types of IP addresses exist public IP, assigned to devices accessible on the internet, and private IP, reserved for local network communication among devices.

192.168.0.1 — → (Private IP Address)

162.159.153.4 — → (Public IP address)

How Hackers Steal Your IP Address?

These are the following possible ways your IP address is being breached:

Social Media And the Internet:

There is no day without the internet or social media in today’s generation, On every site you visit, your IP address is collected, and there is no guarantee your IP address could be shared with third-party sites or even sold in the black market. This happens especially when you register your information on any website. Ok, is that it? Only because with internal exploitation, No Way! Now this takes me to the next point!

Hacking Websites:

Now there is a concept called website penetration testing, where ethical hackers find bugs in websites and get bounties, but what if a hacker exploits this? Yes! There are some critical bugs called SQL injection and Remote code execution(RCE) if a hacker exploits this, not only your IP address all your sensitive info like passwords, Banking information, everything is exploited and breached!

Phishing:

A base of the entire hacking domain “Phishing”! Simple, yet dangerous! For those who don’t know, ‘It’s an act of sending fake links via Social media and mail and making you believe as the original one and tempting you to give information on that site eg: Fake Amazon anniversary, which includes a register page.’ Yes, when someone sends you a fake link, and if you just touch it, your IP Address is captured on the back end, for eg: Grabify(Only for educational purposes)

Public WiFi:

Yes! Even I wasn’t aware of this impact until I came into the cyber domain, one of the easiest ways to exploit and gather your public information is by connecting your internet to public wifi such as Railway station wifi, airport wifi and cafeteria Wifi’s. The point here is I am not saying you to ignore it completely, but the thing is, don’t install any apps or games and don’t do any money transactions in public wifi’s.

What can A Hacker do with your IP address?

Track Location?:

Many people have this doubt can Hackers find my location with my IP address, Practically, Yes! But technically difficult because if a hacker gets your IP address only your Country and your city will be disclosed! Like the pic below. If you want to spot the exact location, you need the help of your ISP provider. Only highly authorized professionals have access to this, such as digital forensic investigators and Cops. And even they have several procedures and protocols to meet the ISP provider and get the location. Mainly used in criminal tracking and in Police investigations. Yet hackers can get your location by doing OSINT investigations on you, like surfing through your social media and stuff and using Phishing techniques

Spoofing:

If a hacker gets your IP address, Using simple spoofing tools. A hacker can use your IP address and do some illegal stuff like browsing any illegal activities, hacking into sites and stealing users’ info, launch a DDOS attack with your IP. Use your IP as an entry point to breach your wider network and devices, Create fake clone sites mapped to your IP to distribute malware, etc.

Sending Spam Messages:

A hacker can send some phishing links to gather more information from you, such as passwords and credit card details, they will track you down from top to bottom and exploit you when the time arrives. This phase is called information gathering. If you master this skill both in life and hacking. You and your mindset will be different .😎

How can I protect my Ip Address?

There are several ways to protect your IP address. Here are some of them:

• Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) that encrypts your data and hides your IP address by redirecting your traffic through a separate server.
• Use DuckDuckgo, brave, or TOR browsers instead of Google.
• Create unique passwords for your devices and accounts to prevent unauthorized access.
• Update your router and firewall rules to forward data between networks and block malicious traffic.
• Restrict all your apps from accessing your location and other sensitive information.
• Be careful with phishing emails and malicious content that can compromise your security.
• Add extra protective layers such as antivirus software, browser extensions, and proxy servers.

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