Some Hacking Terminologies

Hear are some terminologies relating to hacking and computer studies. Enjoy reading.

Adware : Adware is software designed to force pre-chosen ads to display on your system.

Attack : An attack is an action that is done on a system to get its access and extract sensitive data.

Back door : A back door, or trap door, is a hidden entry to a computing device or software that bypasses security measures, such as logins and password protections.

Bot : A bot is a program that automates an action so that it can be done repeatedly at a much higher rate for a more sustained period than a human operator could do it. For example, sending HTTP, FTP, Telnet and messages at a higher rate or even calling.

Botnet : A botnet, also known as zombie army, is a group of computers controlled without their owners’ knowledge. That is, they are a collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.

Brute force attack : A brute force attack is an automated and the simplest kind of method to gain access to a system or website. It tries different combination of usernames and passwords, over and over again, until it gets in.

Buffer Overflow : Buffer Overflow is a flaw that occurs when more data is written to a block of memory, or buffer, than the buffer is allocated to hold.

Clone phishing : Clone phishing is the modification of an existing, legitimate email with a false link to trick the recipient into providing personal information.

Cracker : A cracker is one who modifies the software to access the features which are considered undesirable by the person cracking the software, especially copy protection features.

DoS : The DoS is short for denial of service attack. A denial of service (DoS) attack is a malicious attempt to make a server or a network resource unavailable to users, usually by temporarily interrupting or suspending the services of a host connected to the Internet.

Exploit : Exploit is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or a sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability in a system, to compromise or cause unanticipated behavior to the security of the computer or network system. An example of am exploit is Metasploit.

Exploit Kit : An exploit kit is software system designed to run on web servers, with the purpose of identifying software vulnerabilities in client machines communicating with it and exploiting discovered vulnerabilities to upload and execute malicious code on the client.

Firewall :  A firewall is a filter designed to keep unwanted intruders outside a computer system or network while allowing safe communication between systems and users on the inside of the firewall.

Keystroke logging : Keystroke logging is the process of tracking the keys which are pressed on a computer keyboard, computer touch screen or mobile phones. The softwares used for key stroke Logging are called key loggers. It is used by gray and black hat hackers to record login IDs and passwords of a victim system through its vulnerabilities or bugs. Keyloggers are usually installed onto a device using a Trojan horse delivered by a phishing email or when accessing a malicious link especially shortened links.

Logic bomb :  A virus secreted into a system that triggers a malicious action when certain conditions are met. The most common version is the time bomb.

Malware : Malware is an umbrella term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software, including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, and other malicious programs.

Master Program : A master program is the program a black hat hacker uses to remotely transmit commands to infected zombie drones, normally to carry out Denial of Service attacks or spam attacks.

Phishing : Phishing is an e-mail fraud method in which the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking emails, in an attempt to gather personal and financial information from recipients. An example can be an email you received claiming it’s from Facebook, that your account have been hacked and you should log in via the email to reclaim your account and then questions like your age birth date and year, and possibly password is been asked.

Phreakers : Phreakers are considered the original computer hackers and they are those who break into the telephone network illegally, typically to make free long distance phone calls or to tap phone lines.

Spam : A spam is any undesired electronic content automatically generated or sent by someone for commercial purposes or any form of message sent to a site which does not relate to the descriptions of that site.