What is Hacking? | Types of Illegal Hacking | Why should We Avoid Hacking?

What is Hacking?-Introduction of Illegal Hacking

Illegal access to a computer or a network is called hacking. Hacking involves compromising the security of networks, breaking the security of applications software, or creating malicious programs such as viruses.

Types Of Illegal Hacking

The most popular forms of network hacking are denial of Service (DoS) attacks and mail bombs. DoS attacks are designed to attack a computer network to crush it. Mail bombs also work similarly but they attack the network’s mail servers. eBay was attacked in February 2000 and its web server was bombarded with fake requests for web pages. It overloaded the site and caused it to crash.

Network hackers also try to break into secure areas to find sensitive data such as credit card numbers. Application hackers break security on application software to get it for free. Such as hackers may set up a serial number generator that will try millions of combinations to find the correct match. Application hackers also attack the program itself to remove certain security features.

Hackers also create viruses, logic bombs, worms, and Trojan horses to perform the most malicious hacking activities. A virus is a program that can attack and corrupt computer files by attaching itself to a file. It can also cause a computer to crash by utilizing all resources of the computer. The logic bombs are designed to attack a certain event like a change in date. Worms attack networks to replicate and spread. Trojan horse is a program that appears to do one thing but really does something else. A computer system may recognize a Trojan horse as a safe program but it can release a virus, worms, or logic bomb when executed.

Platforms Which Faces more Hacking Issues

Major Platforms   Included:

• Facebook Accounts
• Instagram
• Google Accounts
• Twitter Accounts etc