Zone-H
Encyclopedia
Zone-H is an archive of defaced
websites. Once a defaced website is submitted to Zone-H, it is mirrored on the Zone-H servers, it is then moderated by the Zone-H staff to check if the defacement was fake.
Sometimes the hackers themselves admittedly submit their hacked pages to the site. Some hackers who post phishing
sites (illegally gathering credit card, bank account or other personal information and/or passwords by posing as a legitimate site) use Zone-H's list of hacked sites to find websites whose security status makes them vulnerable.
Defacement (vandalism)
In common usage, to deface something refers to marking or removing the part of an object designed to hold the viewers' attention. Example acts of defacement could include scoring a book cover with a blade, splashing paint over a painting in a gallery, or smashing the nose of a sculpted bust...
websites. Once a defaced website is submitted to Zone-H, it is mirrored on the Zone-H servers, it is then moderated by the Zone-H staff to check if the defacement was fake.
Sometimes the hackers themselves admittedly submit their hacked pages to the site. Some hackers who post phishing
Phishing
Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT...
sites (illegally gathering credit card, bank account or other personal information and/or passwords by posing as a legitimate site) use Zone-H's list of hacked sites to find websites whose security status makes them vulnerable.