The document discusses the history and types of hacking. It provides an overview of hacking beginning in the late 19th century and its increase with inventions like UNIX. It defines hacking as finding entry points into computers or networks to gain unauthorized access, often to steal information or harm systems. The document outlines different types of hackers (black hat, grey hat, white hat) and techniques (phishing, DoS attacks, keyloggers). It also discusses some major hackers and hacks in history and how to better secure data, such as keeping firewalls on, updating antivirus software, and using unique passwords.

1. Hacking
-the art of deceiving

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?

6. Hacker Types
o Black Hat Hackers
o Grey Hat Hackers
o White Hat Hackers

7. Hacking Techniques
 Bait and switch
 Click Jacking Attacks
 Eavesdropping (Passive Attacks)
 Fake WAP
 Waterhole attacks
 Phishing
 Denial of Service (DoSDDoS)
 Key Logger
 Ransom Ware

8. Major Hackers in the history
Gary
McKinnon
Samy
Kamkar
Kevin
Mitnick
Linus
Torvalds

9. Major hacks happened around world
Ransom ware Attack on 12 May 2017

10. Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked by
Khalil Shreateh

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

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