Ethical Hacking

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WHAT IS ETHICAL HACKING?

Hacking is the process of finding vulnerabilities in a system and using these found vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access into the system to perform malicious activities ranging from deleting system files to stealing sensitive information.

• You might wondering what is vulnerbilities?

In computer security, a vulnerability is a weakness which can be exploited by a threat actor, such as an attacker, to cross privilege boundaries (i.e. perform unauthorized actions) within a computer system. ... Then there are vulnerabilities without risk: for example when the affected asset has no value.

Vulnerable. adjective. Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. Vulnerability � something many of us avoid due to fear of being judged, hurt or failure. ... To be vulnerable means to put yourself out there and be open to possibilities and opportunities.

• EXAMPLE

If you are running for political office and you don't want anyone to find out about a scandal in your past, the scandal is an example of a vulnerability. A security exposure in an operating system or other system software or application software component.

• Is vulnerbility good or bad?

Answer is �Vulnerability isn't good or bad. It's not what we call a dark emotion, nor is it always a light, positive experience. Vulnerability is the core of all emotions and feelings. To feel is to be vulnerable.

What are the 5 steps of ethical hacking?

• Reconnaissance.
• Scanning.
• Gaining Access.
• Maintaining Access.
• Clearing Tracks.

• What is cyber reconnaissance?

Cyber Reconnaissance can be defined as the tracking, analysing, and countering of digital and cyber security threats. This type of cyber reconnaissance or cyber intelligence is a mixture if physical espionage and defense with modern information technology.

• What is sanning?

Network scanning is used to recognize available network services, discover and recognize any filtering systems in place, look at what operating systems are in use, and to protect the network from attacks. It can also be used to determine the overall health of the network.

• What is meant by gaining access?

Gaining Access: This phase is where an attacker breaks into the system/network using various tools or methods. After entering into a system, he has to increase his privilege to administrator level so he can install an application he needs or modify data or hide data.

• what is maintaining access?

�Maintaining Access� is a phase of the pentest cycle which has a very concrete purpose � to allow the pentester to linger in the targeted systems until he acquires what information he considers to be valuable and then manages to extract it successfully from the system.

• What is clearing tracks?

The final phase of every successful hacking attack is clearing the tracks. It is very important, after gaining access and misusing the network, that the attacker cover the tracks to avoid being traced and caught. To do this, the attacker clears all kinds of logs and malicious malware related to the attack.