What is Computer Hacking ?

Denial of Service Attacks: This involves the use of computers in multiple locations to attack servers with a view of shutting them down.

Spam: Sending unauthorized emails. These emails usually contain advertisements.

What is Ethical Hacking?
Ethical Hacking is identifying weakness in computer systems and/or computer networks and coming with countermeasures that protect the weaknesses. Ethical hackers must abide by the following rules.

Get written permission from the owner of the computer system and/or computer network before hacking.

Protect the privacy of the organization been hacked.

Transparently report all the identified weaknesses in the computer system to the organization.

Inform hardware and software vendors of the identified weaknesses.

Why Ethical Hacking?
Information is one of the most valuable assets of an organization. Keeping information secure can protect an organization’s image and save an organization a lot of money.

Hacking can lead to loss of business for organizations that deal in finance such as PayPal. Ethical hacking puts them a step ahead of the cyber criminals who would otherwise lead to loss of business.

Legality of Ethical Hacking
Ethical Hacking is legal if the hacker abides by the rules stipulated in the above section on the definition of ethical hacking.

The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) provides a certification program that tests individual’s skills. Those who pass the examination are awarded with certificates. The certificates are supposed to be renewed after some time.

Hacking is identifying and exploiting weaknesses in computer systems and/or computer networks.

Cybercrime is committing a crime with the aid of computers and information technology infrastructure.

Ethical Hacking is about improving the security of computer systems and/or computer networks.

Ethical Hacking is legal.

Computer hacking, on one hand, describes the activities practiced by individuals, organizations, and nations, in order to gain unauthorized access to computer and technology dependent systems. These activities may involve the modification or alteration of system's software and hardware in order to perform activities neither purposed by the creator nor in line with the creator's original intentions.

On the other hand, and in a more positive connotation, it refers to the habitual activities of someone who possesses exceptional skills and enjoys researching and analyzing the innermost intricacies in computer programming.

On the other hand, and in a more positive connotation, it refers to the habitual activities of someone who possesses exceptional skills and enjoys researching and analyzing the innermost intricacies in computer programming.

we can see that the general term is not permanently doomed with a negative connotation. In fact, depending on the nature of the objectives of the hacker, a differentiation has been stipulated in the computer world. As such, hackers with malicious intent have been defined as crackers.

The world of technology includes devices, software programs, and applications.

Individuals and organizations use various methods and precautions to protect their digital assets from being compromised.

To prevent hacking, it's important to update applications and devices as soon as the updates are available. Updates not only enhance and improve the user's experience with the application, but also they constantly improve and rectify security weaknesses and loopholes in it.

This may include capitals, numbers, and characters. Passwords are safest if they are not shared with anyone - not even IT administrators and so-called organizational representatives - or written down. It's also important to change them often.

It's amazing how careful we are when we use our credit and debit cards in public yet an even more menacing threat exists right under our thumbs: downloading. There is an app for everything these days, and everything is at the tip of our thumbs with the download button.

It's also important to be security conscious of the networks we access in addition to securing our devices. Secure wireless access connections always require a password.