Overview of Hacking! Advantages Disadvantages and purpose of Hacking!!

Overview

Hackers have participated in calculations for nearly 50 years and are a very broad theme covering a wide range of topics. The first known hacker attack occurred in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960, and the word "hacker" was also the origin. Hacker's attack is the ultimate entry behavior to detect the final entry point of a computer system or computer network. Hacking is usually done to gain unauthorized access to a computer system or computer network, thereby stealing confidential information that the system is compromised or available on the computer. Hackers are usually legitimate as long as vulnerabilities in computer or network systems test it. This hacker is what we call an ethical hacker. A computer expert who performs hacking acts as a "hacker". A hacker is a person seeking knowledge, understanding the mechanism of the system, designing patterns, and then playing these systems.

Types of Hacking

We can divide hackers into different categories based on hacking. This is an example:

• Website Hacking − Hacking a website means taking unauthorized control over a web server and its associated software such as databases and other interfaces.

• Network Hacking − Hacking a network means gathering information about a network by using tools like Telnet, NS lookup, Ping, Tracert, Netstat, etc. with the intent to harm the network system and hamper its operation.

• Email Hacking − It includes getting unauthorized access on an Email account and using it without taking the consent of its owner.

• Ethical Hacking − Ethical hacking involves finding weaknesses in a computer or network system for testing purpose and finally getting them fixed.

• Password Hacking − This is the process of recovering secret passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system.

• Computer Hacking − This is the process of stealing computer ID and password by applying hacking methods and getting unauthorized access to a computer system.

I already explained these terms(almost all of them) in my previous posts so if you haven't read them go and check them out.

Advantages of Hacking

Hackers are very useful in the following cases:

• To recover lost information, especially in case you lost your password.

• To perform penetration testing to strengthen computer and network security.

• To put adequate preventative measures in place to prevent security breaches.

• To have a computer system that prevents malicious hackers from gaining access.

Disadvantages of Hacking

Hackers are very dangerous if it is harmful to the intention. It can cause:

• Massive security breach.

• Unauthorized system access on private information.

• Privacy violation.

• Hampering system operation.

• Denial of service attacks.

• Malicious attack on the system.

Purpose of Hacking

After the implementation of hacking activities may have a variety of positive and negative intentions. This is a list of possible reasons why people are addicted to hacking

• Just for fun

• Show-off

• Steal important information

• Damaging the system

• Hampering privacy

• Money extortion

• System security testing

• To break policy compliance

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