Introduction Of Hacking

Welcome to the first tutorial of our Ethical Hacking Course in this tutorial we will discuss what is hacking? Types of hacking  and difference between then, we'll start with what is hacking?

What Is Hacking ?

Finding loopholes/weaknesses in the security and using the weakness for breaking the security and gaining access on the site,server or system in called Hacking and the person who do this is called Hacker.Now further hacking is divided into parts Ethical hacking and cracking so whats the is Ethical hacking and cracking ? Let's figure it out.

What Is Ethical Hacking And Cracking ?

According to many people hacking is unauthorized and illegal, but it is only one side of coin, Many organizations hire hacker to hack/test their system security to find holes and weaknesses so it could be fixed before getting into wrong hands, This type of hacking which is performed on permission of the the owner to test their security level is called Ethical Hacking and the one who does this is known as Ethical Hacker.

While the hack which is performed with bad-intentions to steal data and information of anyone is called Cracking and the person who do this is known as Cracker or black hats.

Difference Between Ethical Hackers And Crackers...?

Ethical Hackers

        Hackers Are hired by a company or an individual on a contract to test their systems security by performing methods of hacking to make it secure and safe from crackers and these hackers are also known as ethical hacker.

Crackers

        Crackers they are malicious group or single person who breaks into anyone systems without his/her permission and steals the precious document. although he perform same process hacking.

The whole hacker community is disrespected because of the cracker's work and that's why hacking is referred as Wicked, Although Ethical Hacker and Crackers use the same techniques called hacking but their motives and intentions are different Ethical Hacker do hacking for making the systems more secure on the other hand Cracker do hacking for stealing documents,data and password from systems and end up landing behind the bars.