Who is a HACKER?

A hacker is a person who has a complete knowledge of a computer system.

Differences between a hacker and cracker

Hacker Cracker

Referred as White hat Referred as Black hat

Hired by companies Work for themselves

Aims to fix flaws Breaks into system illegally

Where does India lag in terms of cyber security??

India has around 35,000 cyber security professionals

Whereas

China has 3,50,00,000 cyber security professionals…

CBI site was hacked in

December 2010 by

Pakistan

Cyber Army (PCA).

Hosting history of www.cbi.nic.in

Hosting history of www.fbi.gov

Most common hacking techniques

• Email Spoofing

• SQL Injection

• Phishing

• Key Loggers

E-mail spoofing

• Fooling people by sending fake emails.

• Attatchments can be sent along with emails containing viruses

• Popular sites -funmaza.com,deadfake.com,emkei.z

A Good Hacker

* Knows how to program.

* Knows how to use open source UNIX.

* Doesn’t leave any trace behind.

* Knows how to use World Wide Web and write HTML

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

* Professional certification by EC-Council

* Usually employed for an organization

* Certification achieved by clearing exam

* Exam Code 312-50, 125 MCQ questions,4 hours exam

India’s Hacking genius -Ankit Fadia

Hacked first website at age of 14 Wrote “Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking” at age of 15 Featured in MTV show “MTV What the Hack” in

October,2009. Gave tips about how to make good use of internet India’s youth icon of the year 2008 Ambassador for Cyber Security by Indian Govt. in 2011

Information Technology ActInformation Technology Act

Act of Indian ParliamentAct of Indian Parliament Passed on October 17,2000Passed on October 17,2000 94 sections segregated into 13 94 sections segregated into 13

chapterschapters Strict actions against cyber crimesStrict actions against cyber crimes

Better be a

than being a

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