2. • History of Hacking
• What is Hacking?
• Who is a Hacker?
• Hacker Types
• Hacking Techniques
• Major Hackers in the history
• Major hacks happened around world
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• How to secure our data?
Contents
3. History
The very first hack came in 1878 at
Bell Telephone.
Started in 1960, at MIT.
Hacking increased due to invention
of UNIX.
4. What is Hacking?
Act of finding the possible entry points that
exist in a computer or in a network and finally
entering into them.
Usually done to gain unauthorized access to a
computer to harm the systems or to steal sensitive
information available on the computer.
5. In the computer security context, a hacker is
someone who seeks and exploit weakness in a
computer or in a network.
The term hackers is reclaimed by computer
programmers who argue that someone breaking into
computers is better called a CRACKER.
Who is a Hacker?
11. Advantages
Testing security measures
Detects bugs and weakness in software
Allow nations to spy on other nations
Hackers helped make your PC
Can make you a good programmer
Recovering lost information
12. Disadvantages
Illegal
Can harm someone’s privacy
Criminals use it to their advantage
Unauthorized access to private
information isn’t good
13. How to secure our data?
Keep Your Firewall Turned On
Install or Update Your Antivirus Software
Keep Your Operating System Up to Date
Be Careful What You Download
Create unique passwords
Do not use open Wi-Fi