The Hacker

As claimed by Andrew Beattie “There are hackers who do good work, by hacking into sites in order to inform and help improve that person's security.” His statement shows a more positive side on the topic in this argument. Although a consensus shows that a large amount of people think of hacking as obtaining personal information illegally, not all hackers are as bad because they use their skills for testing company security and to help spread awareness of certain issues. The argument of this topic…

defines ethics hacker as “A person who hacks into a computer network in order to test or evaluate its security, rather than with malicious or criminal intent”. Successful ethical hackers have all kinds of skills. First and most basic, they should be trusted. As Willems demonstrated in Tracey’s report (2011), when a hacker is not trusted by others, he is very difficult to become an ethical hacker, because distrust and doubt is difficult to be changed in the industry. Ethical hacker, as a…

Anonymous: The Generation of Hacktivists “We are not hackers. We are not terrorists. We are not violent. We are citizens of the world who bear witness to tyranny, oppression and censorship.” “We resist those who seek to violate our rights as human beings.” “We are everyone and we are no one.” “United as One, Divided by Zero. We are Anonymous.” These are quotes stated by hqanon, or the Headquarter of Anonymous, describing Anonymous and the fight creates against their opponents. Through the past…

Although in today’s media we hear a plethora of reports regarding hackers and attacks on government agencies, multi-million dollar organizations and small business; it’s rarely brought to our attention that many compromises are made possible by insider threats. Without a doubt it is instantly assumed that a majority of insider attacks are intentional; however, it’s the unintentional insider threats that pose a bigger danger to security. Why is the unintentional insider threat a bigger threat?…

CHAPTER IILiterature ReviewEthical Hacking and Its Importance The word hacking is used to defined as the computer criminals. Using illegal actsand have malicious intent. Hacker is the one who doing the hacking process. Hackers usetheir skill in programming and their enjoying the work in learning the details of thecomputer systems and stretch capabilities from the system. The word cracker also belongs to the same field that also uses hacking skills for the unlawful purposes likeemail id, intrudi…

Conscience of a Hacker," or "The Hacker's Manifesto" went viral, it was written by a computer security hacker who went by the name 'The Mentor'. His purpose was to demystify the motives of a hacker. In this essay, he described hackers as smart individuals who had a thirst for knowledge that they could not get from school. He points out that the computers do not judge them and are only controlled by code as compared to human beings. He then categorically states that all the hackers are alike and…

What makes this film even more interesting is the fact that it is one of the first motion pictures to replicate the video game craze on the rise in the 1980s. The main character in Tron is a computer programmer who is zapped into the cyberworld he helped create, forced to duel in gladiatory digital games, and tries to outsmart a corrupt master program. The film Tron works best on strictly an entertainment value, its colorful, has actions, and looks incredibly fun, much like a huge video game…

the hackers into three categories based on their findings, “good hackers”, “notoriety or fame driven hacking”, and “hacking for profit” (Leeson, 2005). Good hackers are a little harder to understand since there really isn’t any true motivation for them. The reason being that they don’t earn fame or fortune from their acts and are a “gray” area of the law, because they are still technically break the law. Fame hackers hack to become the best of the best and want the recognition from the hacker…

cyberspace. This 2015 documentary interviews multiple professional computer hackers to explain what hacking skills they rely on in order to conduct either legal or illegal activities across the web. Whereas the scholars in this discipline focus on studying the psychology of hackers along with their communication skills used to deceive users online. Through interviews with professional hackers, this documentary analyzes why hackers are dangerous while scholars study their behaviorism and…

precautions will ensure 100% protection. Instead, the best option is to take the necessary steps to minimize the chances. Motivations and Evolutions A hacker’s motivation is varied and complex. Siciliano (2011) states that there are seven types of hacker motivations: • White…