ETHICAL HACKING? HACKERS TERMS • Hacking - showing computer expertise • Cracking - breaching security on software or systems • Phreaking - cracking telecom networks • Spoofing - faking the originating IP address in a datagram • Denial of Service (DoS) - flooding a host with sufficient network traffic so that it can’t respond anymore • Port Scanning - searching for vulnerabilities in ports • Doxing – gather information about others TYPES OF HACKERS BLACK HAT PROFESSIONAL HACKERS SCRIPT KIDDIES
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Internet Safety: How do we share the planet with other living things? Does your parents or teacher tells you to be safe on the internet? Did anybody hack you’re account or post your personal information online? Have you ever got a virus from certain websites or ads? Well‚ if you want to protect you and your computer‚ you should learn some tips about internet safety. What is internet safety? Internet safety is something you should have all the time whenever
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written by Cliff Stoll. It was something like reading a horror story book. It was creepy‚ suspense‚ curiosity and scary too. The hacker every time breaks into a military system seemed to be like a ghost entering into the house and not like a thief. We know thief will definitely when he attacks a home he will for sure grab all things possible for him to steal. But this hacker was not doing just that‚ he was wandering in the system and making some creepy moves and disappeared. Many a times he would just
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a cyber crime? Something as simple as a weird pop up that won ’t go away? Or maybe something a little bit more serious like your personal web page gets hi-jacked? All this "malicious" damage that causes you much grief isn ’t so much the work of a hacker‚ per se‚ but more the work of a "cracker" or a "script kiddie". Now you ’re confused right? Well let ’s just say everyone who knows how manipulate a computer isn ’t doing it on bad and evil terms‚ like writing a virus to deploy on a certain date to
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that hacking and cracking of computer software are both unethical. Hacking is a felony in most other countries. When it is done by request and under a contract between an ethical hacker and an organization‚ it ’s ok. The key difference is that the ethical hacker has authorization to probe the target. A Worldwide Problem Software piracy is defined as the illegal copying of software for commercial or personal gain. Software companies have tried many methods to prevent piracy
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not fear the result of a hundred battles.” Know your enemy ● Hacker (n) – refers to a person who enjoys learning the details of computer systems and stretch their capabilities. Hacking (v) – describes the rapid development of new programs or reverse engineering of already existing software to make the code better and efficient. Cracker – refers to a person who uses his hacking skills for offensive purposes. Phreak – a hacker variant with an interest in telephones and telephone systems. Hactivism
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customer browsing and online purchasing habits. Nowaday‚ hacker is someone makes the technology’s life to be more interesting. The term hacker has evolved over the years and been growing. For years there existed a fuzzy distinction between good and bad computer hackers‚ or we also call them white hat and black hat hackers. Whether they are good or bad‚ we can’t negate they don’t have any influence on the development of technology. Hiring known hackers to test the security of a system is an example of this
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consider computer hackers‚ who engage in illegal activity‚ as serious criminals. People do not consider computer hacking a serious crime because they are not directly affected. If a computer hacker taps into a network to gain wi-fi‚ no one will really care. But if a computer hacker hacks into a home network and steals credit card information to make purchases‚ then the severity of computer hacking is noticed. I believe that computer hacking is a very serious problem. Hackers tap into other users
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The word hacker in today’s society has many meaning‚ but the definition that I will be talking about in this paper is best described by dictionary.com as‚ “One who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to a computer network or file.”[1] According to wikipedia.com there are three different types of hackers‚ white hat hackers‚ grey hat hackers and black hat hackers. A white hat hackers is‚ “. . .a person who is ethically opposed to the abuse of computer systems. Realizing that the Internet
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Chapter II Test I Identification 1. It is the act of bypassing ones account or database and hacking involves stealing of identity and use it in his/her own interest. Answer: Computer Hacking 2. Who is the computer ethicist that defines computer hacker as an individual working with computers who was technically gifted and skilled? Answer: Duncan Langford 3. It is considered as an act of trespassing‚ it is an unauthorized viewing of someone’s computer private or confidential documents. Answer: Computer
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