ABC of Hacking

● Hacker (n) – refers to a person who enjoys learning the details of computer systems and stretch their capabilities.
● Hacking (v) – describes the rapid development of new programs or reverse engineering of already existing software to make the code better and efficient.
● Cracker – refers to a person who uses his hacking skills for offensive purposes.
● Phreak – a hacker variant with an interest in telephones and telephone systems.
● Hactivism – refers to an act of hacking in order to communicate a politically or socially motivated message. An Internet enabled way to practice civil disobedience and protest.

Ethical Hacker – refers to security professional who apply their hacking skills for defensive purposes on behalf of its owners.

Ethical Hacking – is also known as penetration testing, intrusion testing, red teaming.

Anatomy of a hack (Reconnaissance)-Refers to a preparatory phase where an attacker seeks to gather as much information as possible about the target of evaluation prior to launching an attack.
methodological manner.

Scanning – refers to a pre-attack phase when the hacker scans the network with a specific information gathered during footprinting.

Gaining Access- Gaining access refers to the true attack phase.

Maintaining Access-refers to the phase when the attacker tries to retain his ownership' of the system.

Covering Tracks- Covering tracks refers to remove the evidence of his presence and activities.

System Hacking-Remote Systems access

Denial of Service- An attack with which an attacker renders a system unusable or significantly slowdown the system