Hacking
Hacking History
From phone phearks to Web attacks, hacking has been apart of computing for 40 years.
1960s
The Dawn of Hacking
The first computer hacker emerged at MIT . They borrow their name from a term to describe members of a model train group at school who "hack" the electric trains, tracks, and switches to make them perform faster and differently . a few of the members transfer their curiosity and rigging skills to the new mainframe computing systems being studied and developed on campus.
1980s
Hacker Message Boards and groups and groups
Phone phreaks begin to movie into the realm of computer hacking and the first electronic bulletin board systems (BBSs) spring up.
The precursor to Usenet newsgroups and E-mail, the boards--with names such as Sherwood Forest and Catch-22--become the venue of choice for phreaks and hackers to gossip, trade tips and share stolen computer password and credit card numbers.
1988s
The Morris Worm
Robert T. Morris, Jr., a graduate student at Cornell University and son of chief scientist at a division of the national security Agency, launches a self-replicating worm on the government's ARPAnet (precursor of the Internet) to test its effect on UNIX systems.
1995
The Mitnick Takedown
Serial cybertrespasser Kevin Mitnick is captured by federal agents and charged with stealing 20,000 credit card numbers . He's kept in prison for four year without a trial and becomes a cause celecre in the hacking underground.
After pleading guilty to seven charges at his trial in March 1999, he's eventually sentenced to little more than he had already served while he awaited a trial.
Russian crackers siphone $10 million from citybank and transfer the money t bank accounts around the world. Vladimir levin, the 30-year-old ringleader, uses his work laptop after hours to transfer the funds to accounts in finland and Israel. Levin stand trial in the United States and is sentences to three years in prison. Authorities recover all but $400,000 of stolen money.
Hacking is a process to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network.Hacking ia an unauthorized use of computer and network resources.In recent year thought,with easier access to multiple systems, it now hes negative implications
Defining Hacker
Hacker is a word that has two meaning:-
Traditionally, a hacker is someone who likes to tinker with software or electronic systems. Hacker enjoy exploring and learning how computer systems operate.
Recently , hacker has taken on a new meaning - someone who maliciously breaks into systems for personal gains. Technically there criminals are crackers (criminal hackers). Cracker break in to (crack) system with malicious intent.They are out for personal gain : fame . profit , and even revenge. They modify , delete ans steal critical information , often making other people miserable.
Hackers(bad guys) try to compromise computers.
Ethical Hackers (or good guys ) protect computer against illicit entry.
Hacking History
From phone phearks to Web attacks, hacking has been apart of computing for 40 years.
1960s
The Dawn of Hacking
The first computer hacker emerged at MIT . They borrow their name from a term to describe members of a model train group at school who "hack" the electric trains, tracks, and switches to make them perform faster and differently . a few of the members transfer their curiosity and rigging skills to the new mainframe computing systems being studied and developed on campus.
1980s
Hacker Message Boards and groups and groups
Phone phreaks begin to movie into the realm of computer hacking and the first electronic bulletin board systems (BBSs) spring up.
The precursor to Usenet newsgroups and E-mail, the boards--with names such as Sherwood Forest and Catch-22--become the venue of choice for phreaks and hackers to gossip, trade tips and share stolen computer password and credit card numbers.
1988s
The Morris Worm
Robert T. Morris, Jr., a graduate student at Cornell University and son of chief scientist at a division of the national security Agency, launches a self-replicating worm on the government's ARPAnet (precursor of the Internet) to test its effect on UNIX systems.
1995
The Mitnick Takedown
Serial cybertrespasser Kevin Mitnick is captured by federal agents and charged with stealing 20,000 credit card numbers . He's kept in prison for four year without a trial and becomes a cause celecre in the hacking underground.
After pleading guilty to seven charges at his trial in March 1999, he's eventually sentenced to little more than he had already served while he awaited a trial.
Russian crackers siphone $10 million from citybank and transfer the money t bank accounts around the world. Vladimir levin, the 30-year-old ringleader, uses his work laptop after hours to transfer the funds to accounts in finland and Israel. Levin stand trial in the United States and is sentences to three years in prison. Authorities recover all but $400,000 of stolen money.
