HACKING

HACKING

1. Unauthorized access into computers

   • Spread computer worms and viruses

2. MOTIVE

   • Profit
   • Protest
   • Challenge

3. TYPE

   • White Hat
     • Breaks security for non-malicious reasons
     • To test their own security system
     • Perform tests and assessments within a contractual agreement.
   • Black Hat
     • Break security for personal gain
     • To destroy data or make the network unusable
   • Grey Hat
     • Combination of White + Black Hat
     • Hack into system and notify the administrator - the system security is defect
     • Offer to correct the defect
   • Script kiddie
     • non-expert
     • using pre-packaged automated tools written by others

4. TECHNIQUES

   • Password cracking : repeatedly try guesses for the password.
   • Phishing: masquerades another website or system until user revealing confidential information, such as user names and passwords
   • Social engineering: pose as a user who cannot get access to his or her system.
   • Keystroke logging: to record every keystroke on an affected machine for later retrieval,