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    Controversy) This quote is one of the many that show the down side to hacking. A hacker is a person who takes pleasure in understanding the internal workings of a systems. This does not necessarily classify hackers as bad. There are good hacking and bad hacking. But on the subject of hacking‚ its unclear whether or not they are truly good or bad. Not every single hack is bad. From the computer stand point‚ a hacker is a person who wants “ to gain access to a computer illegally.” (Webster Dictionary)

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    your system‚ and it can erase all of his data from his hard disk‚ send credit numbers and passwords to a stranger. A Trojan horse is a program‚ not a virus. It infects your computer and allows a hacker to get control over your computer. If your computer is infected‚ then it will be controlled totally by a hacker. Mostly home users are much targets of Trojan Horse programs because all other official organization and bank take care of this security in advance and keep a secure policy to prevent this type

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    computer system with malicious intent‚ a cracker‚ the popular media decided the then neutral word‚ hacker‚ was a better descriptor for the cyber-criminal. This was a blow to the legitimate hackers operating in the computer industry. In the early days of computers‚ a hacker was someone held in high regard; they were the innovators who could figure out a problem by ‘hacking’ together a software solution. Hackers are not the ‘bad guys’ the popular media has made them out to be; crackers are the bad guys

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    When a hacker gets insecure because of the success of your internet business‚ he will find a way on how to get your business down. In that case‚ he will plant a virus to your server and that virus will harm all your computer files and network in some way. Hackers hack because they want to see the flaw in the Operating System and the network. For example‚ this month people realized there was a major security flaw with internet explorer 7. Another is cause is piracy. If hackers want to

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    computer based system. With the increasingly use of computer and explosive growth of the Internet has brought many good things: electronic commerce‚ online banking‚ e-mail‚ video conferencing etc. The improvement of systems security to prevent criminal hacker has become an important concern to society. There are many ways to protect those information systems; it seems that the Ethical Hacking is a better way. Therefore‚ whether to teach or not teach the "Ethical Hacking" as a course in Tertiary education

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    TARGET‚ CONTENT‚ & LINKS‚ from http://csrc.nist.gov/nissc/1998/proceedings/paperG4.pdf. 3. Anatomy of the Hack - Hands-on Security‚ from http://w ww.slideshare.net/NewBU/anatom y-of-thehack-handson-security-information-assurance-dub. 4. Hacker methodology‚ from http://www.hackersecuritymeasures.com /. 5. Ethical Hacking‚ from www.securedeath.com. 6. C. C. Palmer‚ Ethical hacking from http://researchweb.w atson.ibm .com /journal/sj/403/palm er.htm l. 7. An Overview of Computer

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    normal behavior of network connections and connected systems.” Those who engage in hacking are termed hackers. Hacking on computer networks is often done through network programming. Hackers manipulate data passing through scripts‚ or a network connection‚ to obtain more information about how the target system works. These scripts are on the Internet for anyone to use. However‚ advanced hackers study and modify these scripts to develop new methods on how to manipulate network connection and computer

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    secure‚ but as the technology evolves so does the risk from hackers gaining access to that information. With the increasingly technological society the world is becoming‚ how dangerous is hacking becoming? Medical records are often either held for ransom with ransomware or even just taken from hospitals without the hospital knowing. These medical records include information such as Social Security numbers and credit card information. Hackers have even found ways to hacking into medical devices such

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    and hacks on the server. This will result in a instant ban since the player is cheating by unfairly doing something that may harm another player in the community. As a Helper i would record this hacker and send it to a higher staff to instantly ban them for their mistakes. A Helper could NOT kick the hacker but instead should record and post! <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> Advertising =>

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    can break into computer systems and rewrite programs‚ but hackers do not use their knowledge offensively or illegally. Crackers use their skills for illegal use: distributing pirated materials‚ stealing money and identities‚ etc. The ethical question about unlocking seems to have been answered - by governments‚ at least - as to say that it is the corporations’ hands that need slapping‚ and not the consumers. If I had to define what a "hacker" was‚ I’d say it’s someone who possesses a rare technical

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