HACKING (CRIME)
If we can defeat them sitting at
home……who needs to fight with tanks
and guns!!!!
Presented By
Farkhanda Kiran.

INTRODUCTION
The internet is growing rapidly. It has given rise to
new opportunities in every field we can think of be it
entertainment, business, sports or education.
There’re two sides to a coin. Internet also has it’s
own disadvantages is Cyber crime- illegal activity
committed on the internet.

DEFINING CYBER CRIME
 Crime committed using a computer and the
internet to steal data or information.
 Illegal imports.
 Malicious programs.

Cyber crime
is nothing but where
the computer used as an object
or subject of crime..

TYPES OF CYBER CRIME
• Hacking
• Denial of service attack
• Virus Dissemination
• Computer Vandalism
• Cyber Terrorism
• Software Piracy

HACKING
• To gain illegal or unauthorized access to a
file, computer, or network

HISTORY
• Phase 1: early 1960s to 1970s
– It was a positive term introduce by MIT
– A "hacker" was a creative programmer
who wrote elegant or clever code
– A "hack" was an especially clever piece
of code

HISTORY
• Phase 2: 1970s to mid 1990s
Phone Phreaker or Phone Hacker

HISTORY
• Phase 3: beginning with the mid 1990s
Phreaks started to migrate to computers
-Political hacking (Hacktivism) surfaced
– Denial-of-service (DoS)
– Large scale theft of personal and
financial information

Who is a “HACKER” ?

HACKER
• who access computer system and
network without authorization.

Types of Hackers

1. Black Hat hackers always do illegal work. They
Work for black money .
2. Hack into to Bank Websites , credit card
websites and stole Money from accounts in
bank websites.
3. They use their knowledge for illegal purposes.

•White hat hackers are like Ethical Hackers .
They use their skills for good purposes
•They work for organizations for stop the
illegal activities through black hat hackers.

1. Grey Hat hackers have both qualities like
black hat hackers and white hat hackers .
2. They use their knowledge for bad
purposes and good purposes too.

Terminologies
Hackers
• Access computer systemornetworkwithoutauthorization
• Breaks thelaw; cango toprison
Crackers
• Break into systems to steal or destroy data
• U.S.Department of Justice calls both hackers
Ethical hacker
• Performs most of the same activities but with owner’s
permission

Hacktivism

Hacktivism/Political Hacking
• The act of hacking, or breaking into
computer system, for a political or socially
motivated purpose.

The Law: Catching and
Punishing Hackers:
• 1986 Congress passed the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
– Covers government computers, financial and
medical systems, and activities that involve
computers in more than one state, including
computers connected to the Internet
– The USA Patriot Act expanded the definition of
loss to include the cost of responding to an
attack, assessing damage and restoring
systems

The Law: Catching and
Punishing Hackers (cont.):
• A variety of methods for catching
hackers
– Law enforcement agents read hacker
newsletters and participate in chat rooms
undercover
– They can often track a handle by looking
through newsgroup archives
– Security professionals set up ‘honey pots’
which are Web sites that attract hackers, to
record and study
– Computer forensics is used to retrieve
evidence from computers

The Law: Catching and
Punishing Hackers (cont.):
• Security
– Internet started with open access as a means
of sharing information for research
– Attitudes about security were slow to catch up
with the risks
– Firewalls are used to monitor and filter out
communication from untrusted sites or that fit a
profile of suspicious activity
– Security is often playing catch-up to hackers as
new vulnerabilities are discovered and
exploited

The Law: Catching and
Punishing Hackers (cont.):
• Responsibility for Security
– Developers have a responsibility to develop
with security as a goal
– Businesses have a responsibility to use
security tools and monitor their systems to
prevent attacks from succeeding
– Home users have a responsibility to ask
questions and educate themselves on the tools
to maintain security (personal firewalls, anti-virus
and anti-spyware)

Conclusion
• Hacking is a good computing skill that can be used for
good or bad intention.
• Hacking does not mean using your computing skills to do
bad. Society have forgotten the difference between
crackers and hackers.
• Learning skills of hacking is only for the greater good.

References
• http://compnetworking.about.com/od/networksecurityprivacy/f/what-is-hacking.
htm
• http://whatishacking.org/
• http://whatismyipaddress.com/hacking
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hacker?s=t
• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_hacking_and_crac
king
• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071206182542AA3JzNy
• http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/eva-blumdumontet/29c3-hacking-politics_
b_2512573.html
• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110801131429AAFTktO
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ehow.com/about_4673738_why-do-You
people-hack.html
• http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/28/anonymous-stratfor-hack-10-things-to-know/
• http://www.slideshare.net/TerroWhite/ethical-hacking-and-it-security-training
• http://www.switched.com/2011/02/24/what-to-do-email-account-hacked/

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