Who are Hackers and How Hacker Hacks ?

Internet Hackers: – Ruin the Whole Computer System



In the simple words Internet hacking is the retrieving of the protected computer system by deactivating or evading the security. Hackers are very intelligent; they may ruin the whole computer system. Some people make it their profession and some people just do for their fun. But one should always remember that hacking is an illegal act. Hackers have good knowledge of computer, this not only include the general learning of computer but, much of understanding, reading and skill is required. For this of course there is a distinct feature of computer study required. Hacker upsets the Internet connections and disturbs the files in the computer. They create malware into the computer which are very harmful to the system. They can easily steal the exact data from the websites like the most dangerous example of this is they steal phone numbers and call people with unwanted proposals.

They can easily send data or files to a number of people, which may contain viruses in it. Some people don’t even know that their e-mail attachment has virus, and unknowingly they welcome dangerous virus in their computer. It usually includes breaking of the security networks or application software.



A hacker can easily hack the complex financial data like- Credit Card Numbers, Social Security Numbers etc.

Now in modern times, there are many ways through which hackers damage the computer system, Companies and Industries are having lots of expenses on network security. Hackers are now coming with new talents and destroying the most difficult and complex software system.

Hacking is popular in- Software, website, mobile phone, e-mail, credit-card, password, Google, Linux, hacking games and there are many.

Password cracking is the method through which one can trespass into another computer system and can destroy the data. Password hacker mostly make a guess.

For keeping the private material safe, secure password is needed and this is also true that nowadays hackers can easily break the secure password. There ismuch software in the market which promotes the breaking of the password easily.

The most popular way of cracking password is-

Social Engineering Method- In this the user is certain that he is given all his private information to the reliable party  but actually the hacker portray himself as the system administrator and fake the user.

Hash Function Method- It is a database which converts the password into the long key thread which helps in finding the secret password inside the key.

Brute method- Brute method does not always succeed; it’s a character grouping till it catches the correct one. If the password is lengthy, then this method does not work.

LC5- It is popularly known for the recovery of the Microsoft windows passwords by means of dictionaries.

John the Ripper- It is the best wide spread hacking database which chains the diverse cracking programs into one set. It is a combination of hash and brute method.

Cain and Abel- This software retrieve the password by looking for the key which can break the password. Means generating the password’s password.