The 10 Commandments of Internet Safety

Must draw a distinction between two types of hackers, the firstaims to do something bad, and the second aimed to create digital solutions more secure and in this sense we will give you a number of tips to avoid falling into the trap of bad hacking,

Network intrusion methodology

The goal of this article is to explain the methodology that pirates generally use to infiltrate a computer system. Its purpose is not to explain how to compromise a system but to help you understand how the process works so you can better protect yourself. The best way to protect your system is to use the same approach pirates do in order to map the system's vulnerabilities. As such, this article does not provide specific information about how flaws are exploited, but rather it explains how to detect and correct them.

The different types of attacks

The computer is a very wide area, the number of vulnerabilities on system may be important. Thus, attacks against these vulnerabilities may be the both very diverse and very dangerous. Therefore we will initially analyze what we call "the anatomy of an attack, then a second time, we characterize these attacks and observe their progress.

Attack Types and Vulnerabilities

Introduction

There exist numerous ways to attack a target system. It could be achieved by exploiting known vulnerabilities in software or taking advantage of a badly configured security policy; it could be implemented remotely or internally. The techniques and methods used are likely to vary depending on the target and they should be chosen appropriately having assessed the situation fully. The attack types and vulnerabilities discussed in this module, are:

• Buffer Overflow attacks.

• Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

• Misconfigurations.

• Abuse of Trust.

• Brute force attacks.

• CGI and WWW services.

• Back doors and Trojans.
 

Who The Hackers Are ?

The hackers are just like us. Made of same flesh and bones but think differently. What normal people cannot think even in their dreams, hackers can do that in reality.

The hackers possess higher degree of attitude and fortitude. Whatever they do is for humanity. They are responsible for the modern day technology and they have developed the techniques to cop with future problems. They are responsible for creating and updating the top security systems. Think about it, if hackers will be absent from our society, then, our society will be totally unable to secure the country and will be considered as a dull society.