Hacking means unauthorized access, modification or exploitation of any computer systems, networks or data, often performed by skilled individuals known as hackers for bad intension. Hacking can take many forms, including:
- Unauthorized access: Gaining access to a computer system, network or device without permission to access & steal the personal data.
- Malware: Creating or deploying malicious software such as viruses, worms or Trojans to compromise a system or steal data for any personals or organization.
- Phishing: Tricking people into giving out sensitive information such as passwords or credit card numbers, often through fraudulent emails or websites to trap to get the informative details.
- Social engineering: Tricking people into revealing confidential information or performing activities that compromise security with user data or personal information.
- Denial of service (DoS) attacks: Inflicting excessive traffic on a system or network, making it unavailable to core/valid or legal users.
- Exploiting vulnerabilities: Identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities or weaknesses in software, hardware or network configurations to gain unauthorized access or cause damage in many ways for an individual.
It is important to note that hacking can be malicious, with the intent to cause harm or steal information, or ethical, where it is done with permission to test or improve security systems.
Ethical hackers, also known as penetration testers or white-hat hackers, use their skills to identify vulnerabilities in systems and help organizations strengthen their security to avoid from hacking attack.
Hacking can be used in both the ways as to protect the data or personal information of a user & also it’s helps hacker to steal the data & personal information to user which are more dangerous for the user to get out of it.
