Ankit Fadia

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Ankit Fadia is an independent computer security consultant[1] He runs a program on computer security for corporates in alliance with Reliance Info.[2]

Ankit Fadia

Contents
1 Biography 2 Controversy 2.1 Authenticity of claims 3 TV shows 4 Books and Publications 5 References 6 External links

Biography
Born

Ankit Fadia May 24, 1985 Coimbatore, India ) Mumbai, India

Ankit went to Delhi Public School, R K Puram for school.[3] He started a website called "HackingTruths".[4] At 15, his book on Ethical Hacking made him the youngest author to be published by Macmillan India.[4][5][6] Fadia has also sponsored Singapore Management University's "Ankit Fadia Information Security Award", which consisted of a $500 cash prize and Certificate and was given for two years to "an outstanding student" in the Information Security and Trust Course under the Bachelor of Science (Information System Management) degree.[7]

Residence

Nationality Indian Education Delhi Public School RK Puram

Occupation Author, computer security consultant, MTV Host and Speaker Website ankitfadia.in (http://www.ankitfadia.in)

Controversy
Authenticity of claims

According to Wendy McAuliffe at ZDNet UK, Fadia's Hacking Truths website was judged "second best hacking site" by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, though no ranked list of "hacking sites" has been published by the FBI.[3] In 2000, Chennai Online reported that Fadia's consulting clients included several of the largest technology and financial services companies in the world. No other source corroborates that report; were it true, Fadia's client list would exceed that of many of the largest independent security consultancies. The same article reported Fadia's involvement in decrypting a message from an Al Qaeda operative; no other source corroborates that claim, nor does any of Fadia's published work involve cryptography or cryptanalysis.[8][9][10]

In April 2000, Rediff.com published an interview [11] with Ankit Fadia. Anti-India Crew (AIC), a Pakistani hacker group noted for defacing Indian Government websites, rubbished the claims that Fadia had made in the interview. Fadia had claimed that his alert to a U.S. spy agency had prevented an attack by Pakistani hackers. However, he never divulged the name of the agency, citing security reasons.[4] AIC and another Pakistani hacker group WFD defaced an Indian Government site, epfindia.gov.in, and "dedicated" it to Fadia in mock deference to his capabilities to hack or prevent hacking.[12][13] AIC also said that it would be defacing the website of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), www.cbec.gov.in, within two days and challenged Fadia to prevent the attack by patching the vulnerable website. AIC maintained that Fadia should stop calling himself a hacker, if it succeeded in hacking the CBEC website.[12] AIC kept its promise and defaced the CBEC website after two days. At another defaced website (bhelhyd.co.in), AIC termed the claims of Indian media about Ankit Fadia as "Bullshit".[14] Some security experts in India dismissed him as just another fad.[15] Ankit Fadia is listed on attrition.org's Security Scene Errata: Charlatans webpage alongside individuals such as Steve Gibson and Carolyn Meinel. This page seeks to "point out a few cases of fakes walking among us".[16] He has been accused of copying materials from internet and paraphrasing into his own books and lectures. Recently, his claims have been proved false and he has been cited as fake person boastering in his own imaginations of fancy hacking for gaining cheap publicity.[17][18] Fadia's earlier site, Ankitfadia.com, was attacked in 2003, by a cracker who self-identified as SkriptKiddie. Fadia explained that he was using a private web server for hosting his website and they were responsible for the lack of security. However, all web servers give their customers an option to build their own security installing their own (customer's) software and patches when they opt for private servers. In December 2009 Fadia's business site, hackingmobilephones.com was hacked by a spammer promoting pharmaceutical products for erectile dysfunction. Fadia again "claimed it had happened because of a fault in the server that hosts his site." "The problem lies in the server and all the sites hosted by it have been infected." [19] [20] However, on February 24th, 2011 his website was hacked, yet again and this time the vulnerability was not on the server but the website itself. [21]

TV shows
According to the DNA Newspaper article (http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_from-this-diwali-mtvwill-be-more-than-just-music_1298240) , in Oct 2009 MTV India announced the launch of Ankit Fadia's new TV show on MTV called What the Hack! According to the MTV India website (http://www.mtvindia.com/news/news.php?id=3419) , on the show What The Hack! Ankit Fadia gives tips on how to make good use of the internet and answers people's queries/questions. Internet users email their problems to MTV India and Ankit gives them the solution.

Books and Publications

Fadia, Ankit. The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking, Course Technology PTR, 2020. ISBN 1931841721. Fadia, Ankit. Network Security: A Hacker's Perspective, Course Technology PTR, 2020. ISBN 1598631632.

Fadia, Ankit. Hacking Mobile Phones, Course Technology PTR, 2020. ISBN 1598631063. Fadia, Ankit. Tips and Tricks on Linux, Centro Atlantico, 2002. ISBN 972-8426-34-8. Fadia, Ankit. Email Hacking, Vikas Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9788125918134. Fadia, Ankit. Windows Hacking, Vikas Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9788125918141. Fadia, Ankit; Jaya Bhattacharjee. Encryption Protecting your Data, Vikas Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9788125922513. Fadia, Ankit; Zacharia, Manu. Intrusion Alert: An Ethical Hacking Guide to Intrusion Detection, Course Technology PTR, 2020. ISBN 1598634143. Ankit, Fadia; Diwakar, Goel. Google Hacking - An Ethical Guide, Vikas Publications, 2020. ISBN 8125922490. Das Patnaik, Nishant; Ankit, Fadia. Software Hacking, Vikas Publications, 2008. ISBN 9788125928676. Ankit, Fadia; Boonlia, Prince. System Forensics, Vikas Publications, 2020. ISBN 9788125931515. Ankit, Fadia; Singh, Aditya. Cracking Admissions in Colleges Abroad, Vikas Publications, 2020. ISBN 9788125930754. Fadia claims that his books are being "used as text books in computer security courses across South-East Asia".[22] In 2005, Fadia said that he is going to write a thriller on the lines of Dan Brown's Digital Fortress, which he hopes to make into a movie. He claimed that a production company has approached him with a blanket offer.[23]

References
1. ^ "Ankit Fadia: Everything official about him" (http://www.cpilive.net/v3/inside.aspx? scr=n&NID=982&cat=LOCAL%20NEWS&pub=SECURITY%20ADVISOR%20MIDDLE%20EAST&k=ISA CA%20UAE%20Chapter,%20IT%20governance,%20IS%20auditing) . The Times of India. 3 September 2001. http://www.cpilive.net/v3/inside.aspx? scr=n&NID=982&cat=LOCAL%20NEWS&pub=SECURITY%20ADVISOR%20MIDDLE%20EAST&k=ISA CA%20UAE%20Chapter,%20IT%20governance,%20IS%20auditing. 2. ^ "Ankit Fadia Computer Security for Corporates program" (http://relianceworld.in/afcs.htm) . Relianceworld.in. http://relianceworld.in/afcs.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 3. ^ a b Wendy McAuliffe (2001-08-07). "Schoolboy's book on ethical hacking an online hit" (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2092686,00.htm) . ZDNet, UK. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2092686,00.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-12. 4. ^ a b c "Indian hacker turns cyber cop" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1934874.stm) . BBC News. 2002-04-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1934874.stm. Retrieved 2006-07-12. 5. ^ "E2 labs to combat cyber crime in Hyderabad" (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/04/19/stories/2003041901390700.htm) . The Hindu Business Line. 2003-04-19. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/04/19/stories/2003041901390700.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-19. 6. ^ Manoj Kumar (2003-04-13). "Teen hacker who is sought after by FBI" (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030413/cth1.htm) . The Tribune, Chandigarh. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030413/cth1.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-19. 7. ^ 8. Information Security Student Awards (http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/students/award_winners/) . SMU School of Information Systems. 8. ^ "Cracking hacking" (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl? file=2003012800360200.htm&date=2003/01/28/&prd=mp&) . The Hindu. 2003-01-28. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl? file=2003012800360200.htm&date=2003/01/28/&prd=mp&. Retrieved 2008-12-19. 9. ^ "Ankit Fadia's new books"

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(http://web.archive.org/web/20060513181327/http://www.chennaionline.com/education/Books/2006/01ankit.asp ) . Chennai Online note. 2006-01-27. Archived from the original (http://www.chennaionline.com/education/Books/2006/01ankit.asp) on 2006-05-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20060513181327/http://www.chennaionline.com/education/Books/2006/01ankit.asp. Retrieved 2006-08-19. ^ Suelette Dreyfus (2003-08-05). "Hacktivism through the eyes of an infiltrator" (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/04/1059849331034.html) . http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/04/1059849331034.html. Retrieved 2006-07-11. ^ Interview with Ankit Fadia (http://www.rediff.com/search/2002/apr/18ankit.htm) . Rediff.com ^ a b K. Srinivas Reddy (2002-04-30). "Hacker threat to CBEC website" (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/30/stories/2002043002271300.htm) . The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/30/stories/2002043002271300.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-19. ^ K. Srinivas Reddy (2002-04-28). "This hacker has a different message" (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/28/stories/2002042800921000.htm) . The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/28/stories/2002042800921000.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-19. ^ "The defaced version of bhelhyd.co.in" (http://www.zone-h.org/defaced/2002/04/26/bhelapp.bhelhyd.co.in/) . http://www.zone-h.org/defaced/2002/04/26/bhelapp.bhelhyd.co.in/. Retrieved 2006-11-21. ^ Suelette Dreyfus (2003-08-05). "Hacktivism through the eyes of an infiltrator" (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/04/1059849331034.html) . http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/04/1059849331034.html. Retrieved 2006-07-11. ^ "Security Scene Errata - Charlatans" (http://web.archive.org/web/20070408105055/http://www.attrition.org/errata/charlatan.html) . Archived from the original (http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan.html) on 2007-04-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20070408105055/http://www.attrition.org/errata/charlatan.html. Retrieved 2007-0606. ^ Ankit Fadia : Certified Ethical Idiot // needlessly|messianic (http://www.ankurb.info/2007/12/05/ankit-fadiacertified-ethical-idiot/) ^ Beware of Ankit fadia n his "AFCEH" Ankit fadia certified ethical hacking course - Airtel Reliance TaTa Docomo vodafone free GPRS, 3G Tips n tricks, Latest Telecom news forum (http://gstek.info/forum/index.php?topic=1209.0;wap2) ^ Attrition.org (2009-12-02). "Errata: Ankit Fadia Site Hacked by Spammers" (http://attrition.org/errata/secco/fadia01.html) . http://attrition.org/errata/sec-co/fadia01.html. Retrieved 2009-12-02. ^ MiD DAY (2009-12-08). "Is Ankit Fadia selling Viagra?" (http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/dec/081209ankit-fadia-hacker-hacked.htm) . http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/dec/081209-ankit-fadia-hackerhacked.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-08. ^ "Ankit Fadia is also not Secure - The Hacker News" (http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/02/ankit-fadiaethical-hacker-and-cyber.html) . http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/02/ankit-fadia-ethical-hacker-andcyber.html. Retrieved 2011-02-25. ^ "The Ethical Hacker: Ankit Fadia" (http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/135/4/The-Ethical-HackerAnkit-Fadia/Page4.html) . http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/135/4/The-Ethical-Hacker-AnkitFadia/Page4.html. Retrieved 2006-11-20. ^ "Young cyber security guru from USA" (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050912/cth1.htm#9) . The Tribune, Chandigarh. 2005-09-12. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050912/cth1.htm#9. Retrieved 200611-20.

External links
Official website (http://www.ankitfadia.in/) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankit_Fadia" Categories: 1985 births | Living people | People associated with computer security This page was last modified on 25 February 2011 at 13:35.

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