This Ethical Hacking tutorial series will give you complete information about Ethical Hacking, which will enhance your understanding of it and helps you improve the security of computer systems, hardware, and computer network.
Most people have the notion that the term "Hacking" is used as an illegal purpose; topics related to cybercrime or computer-related crime. But that's not true at all. "Hacking" is actually science and art to find solutions to a real-life problem.
Gathering information is the first step where a hacker tries to get information about the target. Hackers use different sources and tools to get more information, and some of them briefly explained here. This informations will be useful for you to become an ethical hacker.
Footprinting is the technique to collect as much information as possible about the targeted network/victim/system. It helps hackers in various ways to intrude an organization's system.
Scanning is another essential step, which is necessary and it refers to the package of techniques and procedures used to identify hosts, ports and various services within a network.
In other words, social engineering refers to the psychological manipulation of a human being into performing actions by interacting with them and then breaking into normal security postures. It's like a trick of confidence which is used to gather information, gaining unauthorized access by tricking or doing fraud.
Mostly, people talk about hacking from the attacking point of view and deal with the logical security, but physical security is also a matter of concern from both malicious hacker and penetration tester's point of view. Penetration testing against physical targets is also a common phase of testing.
System hacking is defined as the compromise of computer systems and software to gain access to the target computer and steal or misuse their sensitive information. Here the malicious hacker exploits the weaknesses in a computer system or network to gain unauthorized access of its data or take illegal advantage of it.
Phishing is an attempt to grab sensitive information and identity such as credit card details (while doing online transactions or e-marketing- indirectly money), username and password (while using personal email account or other social networking sites). The term sounds similar […]
A computer virus is a program or a piece of code that is specifically designed to spread from computer systems to another computer and to interfere with computer operation without the knowledge of the victim.
Rootkits are a collection of tools or set of applications that allow the administrator level access to a computer or a network. These rootkits are fed into the host computer by a cracker (malicious hacker) either by exploiting a known vulnerability of the system or by cracking the password.
A botnet is a short form of 'robot network'. The term 'bot' is used when we have to define some automated tasks that are performed without user intervention. But as this term is used concerning hacking, to describe a new breed of malicious threats, we will learn about it with every detail.
Hackers have numbers of reason to break through network security. Whatever the reason is; hacking causes damage both to that particular individual who becomes the prey along with the computing devices and lays a more significant impact on business firms […]
"Darknet" or "Dark Net" is a lamination of a specific type of network which can only be retrieved by particular software, techniques, authorization or configurations. It is often accessed using non-standard protocols and ports.
