Hacking Tools

Many of the hackers are essentially grate tool users. They exploit the software using these tools. It is not that much the art of programming. They break a trivial target program using the software to manipulate it in a number of ways.

There are hundreds of easy to use tools that may be used to get IP addresses of the remote system. These tools are also used to scan the various IP ports to see if any port can be used to enter the target system. Adware, Spyware, worms and Trojan horses have been deployed into target systems using these tools. These then generate greater vulnerabilities so that the other tools the hacker has could be used to other purposes. Wireless devices have not been spared either.

Most other smart hackers use disassemblers, scripting engines and input generators to find out more about a software or application. They find bugs in the give software and use these loop holes to gain access to systems where ever the software is installed. A few tools are DeCSS, Cold life, Intelli Tamper, John the ripper, and Nmap for Windows.

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Hacking Software

Hacking software is a wide variety of software sold in the market that makes hacking easy. It is as easy as the advert says it is. Click and hack.

Many of the hacking software features automated tools. These tools allow fraudsters to make major as well as minor changes on a computer or on a network of hacked PC's. All these can be achieved simply by the click of a mouse or drag and drop menu or even a pull down menu. You can even delete or add files on an infected computer

Many of these automated tools also provide you all the passwords stored on the computer. This may include passwords of user, or stored forms that contain personal information. Some softwares contain sophisticated algorithms to hack and crack encrypted password files. John the Ripper cracks MD% passwords in almost no time. Rainbow crack is another password tracker. Bug bear and IRC bots help you become moderators for a chat room or even pose as officials of the company. Many of the softwares are updated regularly with tools and scripts that could help you spy and hack into people's computers. Packet storm enables you to take a peek into IP packets and extract information that matters.

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Hacking Run

A Hacking run is usually a hacking session where the hacker is attempting to get past a particular security level or the hacker is attempting to retrieve information and is limited by the entire volume of information. In such cases the hack session would usually extend beyond a day, sometimes twelve hours on a stretch.

In many case such a long period of hacking could spell danger as the persons sitting on the computer that is hacked or even the network that is being hacked into could get suspicious. However hackers are becoming cleverer and as such are using alternate methods of botnets and spreading the source of hacking so that they are not detected. Hacking by these methods would involve placing Trojans on unsuspecting persons computers and using these computer systems in the long sessions of hacking.

What ever the methods used by hackers they are always limited by the bandwidth of the internet and cannot get the ultimate out of it. The traffic and bandwidth factors reduce the speed of data transfer and hence may contribute to an extended session or hacking run. The best means of preventing a hacking run is to be security conscious and regularly look at the outgoing data and incoming data to find out if anyone is trying to access your network or system.

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Hacking Programs

Hacking programs are the many ready made programs that help in the process of hacking.

These programs are mainly used as a reconnaissance so that the hacker gathers the important information before making the attack. The various reconnaissance programs are a part of the hacker's repertoire of tools. For a personal computer and networks it is mainly finding the various loopholes in the internet protocols and the security measures on the system. Port mapping is one method used. When the various attempts to get at your system through IP port fails then the method used would be sending you a mail or getting information through social engineering techniques that could help in further attacks.

Hacking programs are mostly available as spy ware the help others gather data from your system. It gives information by sending out data from key loggers and even screens shots. This might help the hacker to determine what other hacking programs to use to get control of your network or machine.

Some of the hacking programs are John the Ripper, Rainbow crack, bug bear, DeCSS 1.2b , Coldlife 4.0, PCHelps Network Tracer, Backdoor.IRC.ColdLife.30 , NMap Win 1.2.12 . Some of these program are used to hack websites as well.

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Hacking

Hacking can be used with respect to a computer system as its use without a specific constructive purpose and without proper authorization. Hacking is more mastery over technology.

Hacking would include knowledge over a variety of subjects. In Hacking the telephone it could mastery over the various modes of communication which would relate to the subject of electronics. It would mean mastery over the principle of electricity to be able to tap the telephone and know how electricity can help in its working. It would also means having knowledge of switching systems and Internet Protocol wherein some telephonic communications take place.

For a computer with a variety of software and hardware it essentially would mean getting complete or in-depth knowledge of the any particular aspect that could help you go beyond the capabilities of what the software or hardware was intended. This manipulation of technology to take it beyond its inherent capacity is what hacking is all about. This can happen in a public kiosk where the security restriction of the software is by passed so that a web site or some computer may be accessed. It can also happen from a corporate or home environment. There are some who do it just for the heck of it. There are others who make money out of hacking. Therefore the various distinctions among hacking is white hat hacking, Black hat hacking and grey hat hacking. Blue hat hacking is the recent addition to paid security analysts and consultant finding loop holes in a program.

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Hackers Bible

Hacker's Bible refers to a wide range of books on how to learn the working of any particular system. It gives information on how to disassemble the system, tweak the various parts and fine tune the working and reassemble the system back.

Some of the famous hacker's bibles are scanner hacker's bible, cellular hackers Bible, cable hacker's bible, CGI hacking bible, etc�The hackers Bible is essentially a guide getting you through the various processes. Its possible source is the Hacker Quarterly which focuses on different aspects of technology. The bible talks about how to augment the capacities of any electronic apparatus.

Another possible source of the hackers Bible is the Jargon file. The Jargon file is a complete glossary of hacker slang that has been collected from the old days of Arpanet. Thee hacker slang is provided so that those who search for hacking terms can do so discretely with the general public being ignorant of what is actually going on.

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Hacker

Hacker is now used in a broader range which initially meant a person who had mastery over computers. Now you find ATM hackers, Game equipment hackers, Mobile hackers and so on.

In most connotations it means some one who can analytically take apart any system understand its working and put it back again. Hackers initially were terms used for computer Geeks at MIT where they would use the programming and show case their knowledge by exploits.

The Mass media now uses the term hacker very synonymously with criminals who uses programming and mastery over aspects of the computer system and usually has illegal means and ends to do the task.

To differentiate the mass media used term and the original term a new plethora of definitions have emerged. These are white hat hacker, grey hat hacker, blue hat hacker, black hat hacker, cracker, script kiddie, Google hacker and so on.

White hat hacker is a person who hacks for altruistic reasons, Black hat hacker does it for dubious reasons and the Grey hat hacker is in between with an ambiguous set of ethics.

Blue Hat is hackers that are referred when a testing is done on particular software before it is launched. These are security experts or consulting firms looking for exploits in the software so that it can be closed before the launch.

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