What is Hacking

What is Computer Hacking?

Here is an introduction for those who don’t know about hacking and wish to know about hacking. Let me move to the point without wasting your time

        

              What is hacking?

In the world of cyber security, people who are able to discover cyber weakness in a system and managed in exploiting to accomplish his goal is referred as a hacker and the process is referred as a hacking.

Recently, most of people’s though are based on hijacking Facebook account or defacing a website. You are right, it is also a part of hacking field but it doesn’t mean that it’s the main part of hacking.

Yes we are finally at the junction. So what is hacking, how can I become an hacker? Don’t worry. think deeply on that! The first most great and useful thing to become n hacker is self-interest. You should always be ready to learn new things everyday.

Note: there are much factors involved in becoming a hacker but that’s not today.

Let me explain different types of hackers that exist in cyber world.

1. Script kiddie hacker: These are hackers who use tools, scripts methods and programs created/made by real hackers. Let me break it down for you to understand, these hackers don’t understand how system works but are still able to exploit hacking with different tools.
2. White Hat Hacker: These are good hackers who hack for defensing purpose. The aim of white hacker is to improve the security of the system by finding security flaws after they fix them. They work companies, organization’, individual’s to make cyber space more secure.
3. Black Hat Hacker: these are really bad hackers, cyber criminal, who malicious goal to steal money, infect system with malware, destroy system, etc are referred as the black hackers. They use their hacking skills for bad and illegal purposes.

4. GreyHat Hacker: these are hackers who work offensively or defensively depending on the situation. These hackers don’t have malicious intention but sometimes like to break into third-party system for or just showing the existence of vulnerability.
5. Hactivists: these are hackers who use their hacking skills for protesting against injustice and attack a target system and website to bring the justice. Hactivist are always known to be anonymous.

I am sure who already know a hacker is , their types and their Goal.