This document provides an overview of security and hacking. It defines security as protection from harm and defines differences between security and protection. It then discusses what hacking and hackers are, provides a brief history of hacking from the 1960s to present day, and describes different types of hackers like white hat and black hat hackers. The document also outlines the hacking process and some common tools used. It lists some famous hackers and recent news stories about hacking.

1. WELCOME

3. WHAT IS SECURITY
 Security is the degree of resistance to, or
protection from, harm.
It is the state of being free from danger or
threat.

4. Difference Between Security and
Protection
Security and protection are extremely close
concepts though not same.
 Security measures are adopted to increase
the level of protection
The feeling of protection arises when one
has enough security measures
Security is a type of protection against
external threats.

5. Overview of Hacking
 Hack
• Examine something very minutely
• The rapid crafting of new program or the making
of changes to existing, usually complicated
software
 Hacker
• The person who hacks
 Cracker
• System intruder/ destroyer

6. History Of Hacking
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

7.  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

8. Hacker and Ethical Hacker
 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

9. Types of Hacker
 White Hat Hacker
• Good guys
• Don’t use their skill for illegal purpose
• Computer security experts and help to protect from
Black Hats.
Black 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

10. Hacking Process
Footprinting
Scanning
Enumeration
Attack and Gaining
Access
Escalating
Privilege, Covering
Tracks and Creating
Backdoors

11. Some Tools
• Who is, ping
• Traceroot, nslookup
Footprinting
• nmap
• nessus
Scanning
• Netcat. tcpdump
• Telnet, firewalk
Enumeration

12. Some Famous Hacker
Ian Murphy Kevin Mitnick Johan Helsinguis
Linus Torvald Mark Abene Robert Morris

13. Recent news of Hacking
• 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