Thursday, September 20, 2018

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Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking

What is Ethical Hacking?

Ethical Hacking is the act of locating weaknesses and vulnerabilities of computer and information systems by duplicating the intent and actions of malicious hackers. The key difference between this and illegal hacking is gaining the owners permission before beginning. Ethical Hacking can also be called or known as penetration testing, intrusion testing, red teaming, or tiger teams.

Who are Ethical Hackers?

An Ethical Hacker or white hat is a security professional professional who applies their hacking skills for defensive purposes on behalf of the owners of information systems.
Ethical hackers know how to find and exploit vulnerabilities and weaknesses in systems just like a malicious hacker or black hat. In fact, they both use the same skills; however, an ethical hacker uses those skills in a legitimate, lawful manner to try to find vulnerabilities and fix them before the bad guys can get there and try to break in. The primary difference between ethical hackers and real hackers is the legality. Nowadays, certified ethical hackers are among the most sought after information security employees in large organizations.
Ethical Hackers use many techniques and tools to locate vulnerabilities in systems including but not limited to penetration testing, social engineering, scanning, sniffing, cracking passwords, and locating weaknesses in security systems.
Popular Ethical Hacking tools include: Nmap, Metasploit, Kalu Linux, Burp Suite, Cain & Able, Aircrack, Nessus, and many more.
The role of an ethical hacker is important since the bad guys will always be there, trying to find cracks, backdoors, and other secret ways to access data they shouldn’t. In fact, there’s even a professional certification for ethical hackers: the Certified Ethical Hacker(CEH).

*make sure you have documented permission from the right people before breaking into something. Not breaking the law is paramount to being an ethical hacker.

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Friday, September 14, 2018

White Hat News

White Hat News Magazine

     

    Technology is advancing quickly and encompassing of daily lives. For every new amazing device created we face the reality of misuse, compromise, attacks, and vulnerabilities. 


     Bad Actors and Black Hat Hackers work tirelessly to invade our privacy and find exploitable aspects of new and old technology. Hackers as a whole have been given a dark and negative image by society.  I suspect if you are reading this you already understand not all Hackers are Bad. In today's modern world we have a valuable asset Heros of technology White Hat Hackers are known by many names such as Cybersecurity Experts, Information Security, Red Teams, just to name a few.

     Keeping up with current threats, exploits, and attacks is not only important to Hackers of all types but to the general technology user as well. Being well informed is a positive step in securing your privacy and gadgets.

     White Hat Magazine is a collection of News, Tips, Advice, and much more to help many from the common user to the expert Security Administrator. I hope you enjoy checking out this growing collection.

   
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