Ethical Hacking

10 Best Hackers The World Has Ever Known In the world of web where we get the global connectivity, it is far easier to break into someone’s personal zone. By personal, we do not just mean the social media. The world wide web which has become the hub of storing and restoring information, considered to be the safest vault, is a mere toy in the hands of a few computer geniuses. Hackers, Black Hat Hackers, villains, crackers, cyber-criminals, cyber pirates as they are well-known, throw a malicious software or virus at a system to gain the access to the desired information. Piqued by curiosity, they may perhaps break into your system too. Here are top 10 hackers or the whiz kids who put the world in awe with their dexterity. 1. Gary McKinnon Gary McKinnon must’ve been a curious, restless child, for to gain information on UFOs, he thought it better to get a direct access into the channels of NASA. He infiltrated 97 US military and NASA computers, by installing viru...

MIND BLOWING HACKERS OF INDIA 1. Rahul Tyagi  Aside from being an expert on breaking and entering computers Rahul Tyagi is also an author and a talented actor. With over a hundred training sessions under his belt this guy is as versatile as it gets. 2. Pranav Mistry Source: vulcanpost.com This hacker extraordinaire is also famous for the invention of SixthSense-a technology that’s used by NASA and also the invisible computer mouse-yes, invisible. 3. Ankit Fadia Writing a book titled ‘Unofficial guide to ethical hacking’ at the age of 15 is a far cry from playing football at that tender age. And yet, that’s exactly what Fadia did, and the rest is history when it comes to this world-renowned Indian ethical hacker. 4. Koushik Dutta Koushik Dutta After completing his internship with Microsoft, Dutta left the firm and went on to hack Android cell phones. Don’t ask me why, that’s how these guys work. Presently working with Clockwork mod, he turned d...

TYPES OF HACKERS 1. White hat hacker 2. Gray hat hacker 3. Black hat hacker White Hat and Grey Hat Hacker & What is the Real Difference? What is worse, the public is not able to understand terms like grey hat, white hat, Linux OS, or cracker. However, the truth is that the subculture of the hacker world is more complex than we think. Especially if we consider that, these are very intelligent people. So, what is ethical hacking white hat and how does it differentiate from grey hackers? The only way to find out is to submerge ourselves in the world of hackers and understand, at least, the most basic concepts. What Is A White Hat Hacker? A hacker can be a wiz kid who spends too much time with computers and suddenly finds himself submerged in the world of cyber-security or criminal conspirators. On the other hand, he can be a master criminal who wants to obtain huge amounts of money for him, or even worse, dominate the world. In the movie Matrix, the concept ...

Ethical hacking and ethical hacker are terms used to describe hacking performed by a company or individual to help identify potential threats on a computer or network. An ethical hacker attempts to bypass system security and search for any weak points that could be exploited by malicious hackers. This information is then used by the organization to improve the system security, in an effort to minimize or eliminate any potential attacks. What constitutes ethical hacking? For hacking to be deemed ethical, the hacker must obey the following rules: Expressed (often written) permission to probe the network and attempt to identify potential security risks. You respect the individual's or company's privacy. You close out your work, not leaving anything open for you or someone else to exploit at a later time. You let the software developer or hardware manufacturer know of any security vulnerabilities you locate in their software or hardware, if not already known b...