The document traces the history of hackers from the 1960s to the present. It describes different types of hackers including white hat, black hat, and grey hat hackers. It also discusses script kiddies and phreakers. The document outlines some common hacking techniques and topics in computer security like penetration testing and the advantages and disadvantages of ethical hacking.

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4. The first hacker was appeared in 1960’s at the
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology(MIT)
During the 1970’s, a different kind of hacker
appeared: Phone Phreaker or Phone Hacker
 In the 1980’s, phreaks started to migrate to
computers, and the first Bulletin Board
System (BBS) appeared
During the 1990’s, when the use of internet
widespread around the world, hackers
multiplied

5. Hacker
 Access computer system or network without
authorization
 Breaks the law
 Ethical Hacker
 Performs most of the same activities but with
owner’s permission
 Employed by companies to perform
Penetration Tests

7.  White Hat Hacker
 Good guys
 Don’t use their skill for illegal purpose
 Computer security experts and help to protect from
Black Hats.
 Black hack Hat Hacker
 Bad guys
 Use their skill maliciously for personal gain
 Hack banks, steal credit cards and deface websites
 Grey Hat Hacker
 It is a combination of White hat n Black Hat Hackers
 Goal of grey hat hackers is to provide national security

8.  Script Kiddie:
 A Script Kiddie is basically a hacker amateur who
doesn’t has much knowledge to program tools to
breaks into computer networks. He often use
downloaded hacking tools from internet written by
other hackers/security experts.
 Phreaker:
Phreaker is a telecom network hacker who
hacks a telephone system illegally to make calls
without paying for them.

11.  Website hacking
 Network hacking
 Email hacking
 Password hacking
 Online banking hacking
 Computer hacking

13. Advantages
 Provides security to banking and financial
establishments
 Prevents website defacements
 An evolving technique
 To catch a thief you have to think like a thief
Disadvantages
 All depends upon the trustworthiness of the
ethical hacker
 Hiring professionals is expensive.

16.  Next generation patch management tool released- Secunia
CSI 7.0
 Anonymity tool TOR gains more than 1.2 million users
since NSA PRISM Scandal
 Fear of NSA PRISM : Indian Government may ban US
email services for official Communication
 CISCO vulnerability allows remote attacker to take control
of Windows System
 New York Times. Twitter and Huffington Post Domains
hijacked by Syrian Electronic Army
 FBI uses Anonymous Hackers to attack foreign
Governments
 Palestinian Hacker , who hacked Zuckerberg’s Facebook
Account to be awarded with $12000

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