EthicalHacking_AakashTakale
- 1. Ethical Hacking Presented by :- Aakash M Takale Guided by :- Prof. Dr. Steven Silverman
- 2. • Introduction • Definition : Ethical Hacking • Types of Hackers • Different types of System Attacks • What does an Ethical hacker do? • Required skills of an Ethical hacker • Advantages – Disadvantages • Future Enhancements • Conclusion • References Contents
- 3. Introduction • Ethical hacking also known as penetration testing or white-hat hacking, involves the same tools, tricks, and techniques that hackers use, but with one major difference that Ethical hacking is legal. • The intent of ethical hacking is to discover vulnerabilities from a hacker‘s viewpoint so systems can be better secured. • Its part of an overall information risk management program that allows for ongoing security improvements.
- 4. Definition Eric Raymond, compiler of – The New Hacker’s Dictionary, defines a hacker as a clever programmer. “A good hack is clever solution to a programming problem and hacking is the act of doing it”
- 5. Raymond lists five possible characteristics that qualify one as a hacker, which he paraphrases here: • A person who enjoys learning details of a programming language or system. • A person who enjoys actually doing the programming rather than just theorizing about it. • A person capable of appreciating someone else's hacking. • A person who picks up programming quickly. • A person who is an expert at a particular programming language or system.
- 6. Types of Hackers • Black-Hat Hacker A black hat hackers or crackers are individuals with extraordinary computing skills, resorting to malicious or destructive activities. That is black hat hackers use their knowledge and skill for their own personal gains probably by hurting others. • White-Hat Hacker White hat hackers are those individuals professing hacker skills and using them for defensive purposes. This means that the white hat hackers use their knowledge and skill for the good of others and for the common good.
- 7. • Grey-Hat Hacker These are individuals who work both offensively and defensively various times. We cannot predict their behavior. Sometimes they use their skills for the common good while in some other times he uses them for their personal gains.
- 8. Different kinds of System Attacks
- 9. What does an Ethical Hacker do? • An ethical hacker is a person doing ethical hacking that he is a security personal who tries to penetrate into a network to find if there is some vulnerability in the system. • An ethical hacker will first think with a mindset of a hacker who tries to get in to the system. • He will first find out what an intruder can see or what others can see. • He may also sometimes make patches for that particular vulnerability or he may suggest some methods to prevent the vulnerability.
- 10. Required skills of an Ethical Hacker • Microsoft – skills in operation, configuration and management. • Linux – knowledge of Linux/Unix, security setting, configuration and services. • Firewalls – configurations and operation of intrusion detection systems. • Routers – knowledge of routers, routing protocols. • Network Protocols – TCP/IP; how they function and can be manipulated. • Project Management – leading, planning, organizing and controlling a penetration testing team.
- 11. Advantages and Disadvantages Ethical Hacking nowadays is the backbone of a network security. Each day its relevance is increasing, the major pros and cons of Ethical Hacking are given below :- Advantages Provides security to banking and financial establishments. Prevents website defacements. Fighting against terrorism and national security breaches An evolving technique.
- 12. Disadvantages The ethical hacker using the knowledge they gain to do malicious hacking activities. Allowing the company's financial and banking details to be seen. All depends upon the trustworthiness of the ethical hacker. Hiring professionals is expensive.
- 13. Future Enhancements As it is evolving branch the scope of enhancement in technology is immense. No ethical hacker can ensure the system security by using same technique repeatedly. He would have to improve, develop and explore new avenues continuously. More enhanced software should be used for optimum protection. Tools used, need to be updated regularly and more efficient ones need to be developed.
- 14. Conclusion Technology keeps on evolving every now and then and new software, systems come into the market. As we all know, there is no software or the system that can be made with zero vulnerability so an individual must take different vulnerabilities into account and try to construct the system which is more secure and less penetrable. Hence to make a client’s system secure, a complete ethical hacking is required.
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