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Week 12 Introduction To Hacking

The document discusses hacking and provides information on different types of hacking such as website hacking, password hacking, and computer hacking. It defines a hacker as someone who attempts to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and resources. The document outlines ethical hacking which involves legally testing a system's security with the owner's permission to find weaknesses. It also discusses tools used for hacking and methods of penetration testing conducted by ethical hackers.

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Week 12 Introduction To Hacking

The document discusses hacking and provides information on different types of hacking such as website hacking, password hacking, and computer hacking. It defines a hacker as someone who attempts to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and resources. The document outlines ethical hacking which involves legally testing a system's security with the owner's permission to find weaknesses. It also discusses tools used for hacking and methods of penetration testing conducted by ethical hackers.

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Professional Practices

CS 625

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Introduction to hacking

The process of attempting to gain or successfully gaining,


unauthorized access to computer resources is called hacking.

OR

The process of modifying the features of a system, in order to


accomplish a goal outside of the creator's original purpose.

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Who is hacker?

 A computer hacker is someone who develops, changes or attempts


to circumvent computer security hardware or software.
 Intelligent, having advance knowledge of hardware and software.

 Can either happen for negative (criminal) or positive reasons.

 Criminal hackers develop computer malware or spyware to gain


access to confidential information.

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Types of hacking
 Website Hacking

 Net Hacking

 Password Hacking

 Software Hacking

 Ethical Hacking

 Email Hacking

 Computer Hacking

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Website Hacking

 Hacking a website means taking control from the website


owner to a person who hacks the website.

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Net Hacking

 Gathering information about the domain

 IP address (Address of your computer in the internet)

 Port (It is logical port on your computer which hacker can use to
enter in the system)

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Password Hacking

 Password Hacking or Password cracking is the process of


recovering secret passwords from data that has been stored in or
transmitted by a computer system.
 Brute force (Hackers try out all the combination of all keyboard
letters)
 Dictionary based (Hackers use predefine passwords. It is
unsuccessful method)

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Software Hacking

 In that hackers changes the look & execution way of that


software. For example change the demo version into the full
version of that software.
 Modifying existing features of the software.

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Ethical Hacking

 The process in which a person hacks to find weakness in a


system and then usually patches them.
 Can be used to recover lost information where the computer
password has been lost.
 To test security of the system.

 Also called white hat computer hacking.

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Email Hacking

 Email hacking is unauthorized access to an email account or


email correspondence.

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Computer Hacking

 Computer Hacking is when files on computer are viewed,


created, edited or deleted without authorization.

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What should do after hacked?

 Shut down /Turn off the system

 Separate the system from network

 Restore the system with backup Or reinstall all programs

 Connect the system to the network

 Good to call the police

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Tools of Hacking
Scanners

A program that automatically detects security weakness in remote host

Telnet

It is terminal emulation program that allows us to connect to remote system

FTP

FTP is one type of protocol but some time it is used as hacking tool, port 21
for the ftp. For connecting ftp we need some ftp s/w known as ftp client.
For connecting ftp server you have to hammer that server.

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Computer Security Ethics
 Being ethical is not necessarily following one’s feelings; “feelings
frequently deviate from what is ethical“.
 Ethics is not confined to religion nor is the same as religion. Also
being ethical is not solely following the law
 Example: “If a person conceives of engineering activity as only
making money, then one's definition of practical ethics, one's
actions and values will, be guided by this basic philosophical
position. “

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Ethical Hackers

 Performs most of the same activities but with owner’s


permission such as penetration tests.

 Penetration test means Legal attempt to break into a company’s


network to find its weakest link Tester only reports findings

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Penetration-Testing Methodologies
 White box model
Tester is told everything about the network topology and technology and is authorized
to interview IT personnel as well. Makes the job easier for him

 Black box model


Company staff does not know about the test. Tester is not given detail about the
network so the burden is on the tester to find out the details. The test determines if the
security personnel are able to detect an attack.

 Gray box model


This mode of test is combination of both white and black box models. The company
provides the tester with partial information about the network.

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Hackers Code of Conduct
Hacker creed (Steven Levy’s “Hackers: Heroes of Computer
Revolution” - 1984 ):
 Access to computers should be unlimited and total.

 Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative

 All information should be free.

 Mistrust authority -- promote decentralization.

 Hackers should be judged by their hacking.

 You can create art and beauty on a computer.

 Computers can change your life for the better.

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New Code of Ethics (90s) - Steven Mizrach :
 Above all else, do no harm"

 Protect Privacy

 "Waste not, want not."

 Exceed Limitations

 The Communicational Imperative

 Leave No Traces

 Share!

 Self Defense

 Hacking Helps Security

 Trust, but Test!

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Certified Ethical Hackers

 Developed by the International Council of Electronic


Commerce Consultants (EC-Council)
 Based on 21 domains (subject areas)

 Web site: www.eccouncil.org

 Red team: Composed of people with varied skills

 Conducts penetration tests

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