PRESENTED BY : Bhupendra Singh ETHICAL HACKING PRESENTED BY : Bhupendra Singh
Contents – Ethical Hacking Types of Hacking Why do Hackers Hack? Ethical Hacking? Who are Ethical Hacker? Why Ethical Hacking? Conclusion?
HACKING What Hack actually mean??? 2)Examine something very minutely Hack definition: 1) an article or project without constructive end 2)Examine something very minutely
S-Server H-Hacker U-User Types of hacking Normal data transfer U S S-Server H-Hacker U-User Interruption Interception U S U S H Modification Fabrication U S U S H H
Why do hackers hack? Just for fun Show off To know others secrets Steal important information Destroy enemy’s computer network during the war
ETHICAL HACKING It is Legal Permission is obtained from the target user Part of an overall security program Learn about the system and trying to find its weaknesses.
Who are Ethical Hackers??? Completely trustworthy. Ethical hackers possesses same skills, mindset and tools of a hacker but the attacks are done in a non-destructive manner Black-hat – Hacker White-hat – Ethical Hackers
Why Ethical Hacking???
Why Ethical Hacking?? Defacement Statistics for Indian Websites 1131 June 01, 2006 to Dec.31, 2006 Domains No of Defacements .com 922 .gov.in 24 .org 53 .net 39 .biz 12 .co.in 48 .ac.in 13 .info 3 .nic.in 2 .edu other Total 1131
Why can’t we be protect against hacking? There are many unknown security hole Hackers need to know only one security hole to hack the system Admin need to know all security holes to defend the system
How Ethical Hackers defend??? Harden the servers Scan, test and apply patches Monitor logs Train the technical staff on security Serious policy and procedures!
How to prevent Hacking??? Encrypt important data Ex) confidential data Do not run unknown programs Setup firewall Ex) ipchains , antivirus Backup the system often
What to do after being hacked? Shutdown the system Or turn off the system Separate the system from network Restore the system with the backup Or reinstall all programs Connect the system to the network It can be good to call the police
Conclusions Always security professionals are one step behind the hackers and crackers. Plan for the unplanned attacks. The role of ethical hacking in security is to provide customers with awareness of how they could be attacked and why they are targeted. “Security though a pain”, is necessary.
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