INTRO TO HACKING
Hacking is a word that instantly puts an image of a man in spectacles pressing one button and hacking the entire Google platform.
Yeah…. A hacker might have spectacles but hacking doesn’t work like that.
A hacker spends hours upon hours sitting behind a screen, inputting codes furiously on a keyboard.
Here is a video that takes you through a quick introduction to the world of hacking and the process.
WHAT IS ETHICAL HACKING?
Now that you have learnt about hacking. It’s time to know what ethical hacking is.
Hacker get unauthorized access by targeting system while ethical hackers have an official permission in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security (s).
There are some types of hacker, a bit of “terminology”.
1. WHITE HAT- ethical hacker
2. BLACK HAT- classical hacker, get unauthorized access
3. GREY HAT- a person who gets unauthorized access but revels the weaknesses to the company
4. SCRIPT KIDDLE- a person with no technical skills just used pre-made tools.
5. HACTIVIST-a person who hacks for some idea and leaves some message. For example, strike against copyright.
Actually, a good of ethical hacking I s to reveal the system weaknesses and vulnerabilities for a company to fix them. Ethical Hacker Documents everything he does.
A FEW PRO – TIPS BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR JOURNEY
*To be an expert at any programming language, understand the OS level operations of that language to be more generalized.
*Don’t get your hopes high if you can’t achieve results in a short span of time. I prefer the “Miyagi’ style of learning. So, keep yourself motivated for what comes next.
* Never underestimate the power of network and system administrators. They can make you their “hypothetical” slave in a corporate infosec environment.
*What really is necessary for every programming language is to learn the fundamentals of programming. Concept like the data types, the variable manipulation throughout the program at the OS level to the use of subroutines aka function and so on
QUESTION
1. Which one
of the following is a non-technical way of gaining access to a website’s
information?
a. TROJAN
b. VIRUSES
c. PHISHING
d. MALWARE
ANS-c. PHISHING
2. Which
one of the following is the first step to ethically hacking into a website?
A. SEARCHING FOR VULNERABILITIES
B. GAINING ACCESS VIA MALWARE
C. ACCESSING ADMIN PANEL
D. SCANNING THE SYSTEM
ANS-C. ACCESSING ADMIN PANEL
KEY
TAKEAWAYS!
Here are
some of the key points you might want to remember
*Hacking is
the act of finding the possible entry points that exists in a computer system
or a computer network and finally entering into them
*There are
2 types of hacker’s Black hat and white hat while one of them hacks for the
profit, the other hacks as a profession.
*The process of hacking follows certain steps such as footprinting, scanning, gaining access, maintaining and covering up the tracks.
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