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Hackers & hacktivism
Hackers and hacktivism can be summarized as follows: 1) Hacking involves unauthorized access to computer networks and systems, while hacktivism uses hacking for political or social causes. 2) Notable hacktivist groups include Anonymous, which has targeted government and corporate websites to support political protests and social issues. 3) Different types of hackers include black hat hackers who carry out computer attacks, while white hat hackers use hacking for security testing with authorization.
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- 1. HACKERS & HACKTIVISM •SYEDBILAL ALI (5803) •AHSAN KHAN GHORI (6121)
- 2. TOPICS COVERED INTHIS PRESENTATION •LITTLE BIT ABOUT HACKING •INTRODUCTION •HACKERS •TYPES •HACKTIVISM •SOME HACKERS GROUP •CONCLUSION
- 3. HACKING •Authorized/Unauthorized access ofNetwork & Computer resources OR •Activity within the computer programmer subculture
- 4. HISTORY 1960s MIT AI Lab KenThompson invented UNIX Positive Meaning 1970s Dennis Ritchie invented C 1980s Cyberspace coined 414s arrested Two hacker groups formed 1990s National Crackdown on hackers Kevin Mitnick arrested Microsoft’s NT operating system
- 5. WORLD MOST FAMOUSHACKERS Kevin Mitnick stephen wozniak Tsutomu Shimomura At the time of his arrest, he was the most- wanted computer criminal in the United States.
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- 7. FAMOUS NOTORIOUS BLACKHAT HACKER •Kevin Poulsen •Gary McKinnon •Kevin Mitnick •Jonathan James •Michael Calce •Adrian Lamo George Hotz
- 9. HACKTIVISM Hacktivism is theact of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for a politically or socially motivated purpose. The individual who performs an act of hacktivism is said to be a hacktivist. A hacktivist uses the same tools and techniques as a hacker, but does so in order to disrupt services and bring attention to a political or social cause.
- 11. •Anonymous to Hacked Facebook on November 5th. Anonymous is an extended group of hackers active on the Internet. They defend freedom of expression. During the physical manifestations of the collective, the members usually wear a mask. The mask symbolizes -the anonymity -the activism, it’s the mask of Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up the English Parliament in the 16th century because of disagreement with the policy of King James the first.
- 12. WHY ANONYMOUS?? Anonymous isin the news these days because the community declares war on facebook. It seems that this is a fake, however the actions of the group are large and extend over the planet.
- 13. The Anonymous organizationof hackivists has leveled a new threat against Egypt’s largest political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, saying it would take down the group’s online capacity. The announcement is titled “Operation Brotherhood Takedown.” And they said it was “engaged.”
- 14. SOME EXAMPLES RECENT ACTIVITY •Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf facebook pages has been hacked. The cyber attack on the different facebook page associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was made on 3rd February, 2012 (Friday) at 3:00 PM PST. Thousands of Tehreek-e-Insaf facebook supporters could not access the fan pages after repeated attempts. •Mr.Badoo is one of most famous and old hacker of Pakistan in cyber space.He is arrested by FBI on June, 25, 2012 for hacking into PC of Andy who create any event of drawing Prophet Muhammad’s(SAW). He hacked Andy account and remove that event from facebook.
- 15. Most Famous andRecent Hacker Groups In the World. •We are Anonymous , We don’t forgive , we don’t forget , Expect us •LulzSecurity commonly known as LulzSec, •Chaos Computer Club, CCC •Legion of Doom •Masters of Deception, (The Gang that ruled the cyber space ) •milw0rm (Nuclear Hacker Group)
- 16. CONCLUSION Q/A
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