HIGHLIGHTS What is ethical hacking Is hacking a

HIGHLIGHTS ØWhat is ethical hacking? ØIs hacking a crime? ØHacking Vs Cracking ØTypes of hackers ØSecurity ØQuestion

What is Ethical Hacking? ? v. Ethical Hacking is testing the resources for a good cause and for the betterment of technology. v. Technically Ethical Hacking means penetration testing which is focused on Securing and Protecting IT Systems.

Is hacking a crime? ? NO NO NO. . NOT AT ALL……. a T T O N s i g E n i M I k R c a C H

Hacker is a word that has two meanings: v. Traditionally, a Hacker is someone who likes to play with Software or Electronic Systems. H 4 ck 3 r v. Recently, Hacker has taken on a new meaning — someone who maliciously breaks into systems for personal gain. Technically, these criminals & are known as Crackers.

H 4 CKING VS CR 4 CKING HACKING WITH MALICIOUS INTENTION IS CRACKING v. The basic difference is hackers do not do anything disastrous. v. Cracking yield more devastating results. v. Cracking is crime. v. Cyber crime are the results of cracking , not hacking

Why Ethical Hacking!? It is Legal • Permission is obtained from the target • Part of an overall security program • Identify vulnerabilities visible from Internet at particular point of time • Ethical hackers possesses same skills, mindset and tools of a hacker but the attacks are done in a non-destructive manner •

Types of H 4 cker$ CODERS Ø ADMINS Ø SCRIPT KIDDIES Ø WHITE HATS Ø GREY HATS Ø BLACK HATS Ø

COD 3 RS= v. Have full knowladge. v. They know what exactly they are doing v. Well aware about the different codes v. Have complete idea what is going beyond coding. H 4 ck 3 r at work

ADMINS §Knows what they are doing. §They don’t have idea that what exactly going beyond codes. §Result oriented persons §They are not so harmful.

SCRIPT KIDDIES v. Script kiddies or packet monkeys • Young in-experienced hackers • Copy codes and techniques from knowledgeable hackers. • Don’t know what’s going beyond the coding. • Use techniques for fun purpose. • Sometimes could be very dangerous for the system,

WHITE HATS üThese are good hackers. üHave genuine license to hack. üHave registered police records üEvolves themselves in good works üGenerally owned by companies for security designing üHave high pay scales. üGenerally these are coders

BLACK HATS qvery dangerous persons. q. Always have motive to earn huge profit. q. Highly paid persons. q. Evolves themselves mostly in criminal activities. q. These could be coders, admins as well as script kiddies

GREY HATS üAlso known as red hats. üPerform both tasks fair as well as unfair. üGenerally these are admins. üHave little high pay than white hats. üGenerally not so dangerous, but sometimes could be.

Security & Counter Measures ØUse of anti-viruses. ØProper logout after use of mail id. ØManual opening browser Ødon't open spam. ØPassword protected admin account.

Anti viruses

Question v What do you know about hacking? v Why do you think hackers do what they do? v Do you think hackers add to new technology developments? v Do you always download security updates to protect your computer from hackers?

THANK YOU!