Hacking

In Day to Day Life We Often Listened A Word “Hacking” What Exactly Hacking ? Is It Good Or Bed ? So, Let’s Start Go Know About “Hacking”.

Hacking is the activities practiced by individuals, organizations, and nations, in order to gain unauthorized access to computer and technology dependent systems. These activities may involve the modification or alteration of system’s software and hardware in order to perform activities neither purposed by the creator nor in line with the creator’s original intentions.

Here, Hacking Is Done In Both With Good Intention And Bad Intention And Also Some Times For Fun. Thus This Things Hacking Is Divided In Three Different Types.

Types Of Hacking

As We Talked There Are Three Types Of Hacking Which Are

• Ethical Hacker (White hat)
• Cracker (Black hat)
• Grey hat

Ethical Hacker (White hat): A hacker who gains access to systems with a view to fix the identified weaknesses. They may also perform penetration Testing and vulnerability assessments.

Cracker (Black hat): A hacker who gains unauthorized access to computer systems for personal gain. The intent is usually to steal corporate data, violate privacy rights, and transfer funds from bank accounts etc.

Grey hat: A hacker who is in between ethical and black hat hackers. He/she breaks into computer systems without authority with a view to identify weaknesses and reveal them to the system owner.

Ethical Hacker

Ethical Hacking is identifying weakness in computer systems and/or computer networks and coming with counter measures that protect the weaknesses. So, It must abide by the following rules.

• Get written permission from the owner of the computer system and/or computer network before hacking.
• Protect the privacy of the organization been hacked.
• Transparently report all the identified weaknesses in the computer system to the organization.
• Inform hardware and software vendors of the identified weaknesses.

Information is one of the most valuable assets of an organization. So Keeping information secure can protect an organization’s image and save an organization a lot of money.

Hacking can lead to loss of business for organizations that deal in finance such as PayPal. Ethical hacking puts them a step ahead of the cyber criminals who would otherwise lead to loss of business.

In Sort,

• Hacking is identifying and exploiting weaknesses in computer systems and/or computer networks.
• Cybercrime is committing a crime with the aid of computers and information technology infrastructure.
• Ethical Hacking is about improving the security of computer systems and/or computer networks.
• Ethical Hacking is legal.

Black Hat Hacker

A black hat hacker is a person who attempts to find computer security vulnerabilities and exploit them for personal financial gain or other malicious reasons. This differs from white hat hackers, which are security specialists employed to use hacking methods to find security flaws that black hat hackers may exploit.

Black hat hackers can inflict major damage on both individual computer users and large organizations by stealing personal financial information, compromising the security of major systems, or shutting down or altering the function of websites and networks.

Grey Hat Hacker

As in life, there are grey areas that are neither black nor white. Grey hat hackers are a blend of both black hat and white hat activities. Often, grey hat hackers will look for vulnerabilities in a system without the owner’s permission or knowledge. If issues are found, they will report them to the owner, sometimes requesting a small fee to fix the issue. If the owner does not respond or comply, then sometimes the hackers will post the newly found exploit online for the world to see.

These types of hackers are not inherently malicious with their intentions; they’re just looking to get something out of their discoveries for themselves. Usually, grey hat hackers will not exploit the found vulnerabilities. However, this type of hacking is still considered illegal because the hacker did not receive permission from the owner prior to attempting to attack the system.

Although the word hacker tends to evoke negative connotations when referred to, it is important to remember that all hackers are not created equal. If we didn’t have white hat hackers diligently seeking out threats and vulnerabilities before the black hats can find them, then there would probably be a lot more activity involving cyber criminals exploiting vulnerabilities and collecting sensitive data than there is now.