Ethical Hacking as a Defence Mechanism

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ETHICAL HACKING AS A DEFENCE MECHANISM
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1ETHICAL HACKING AS A DEFENCE MECHANISM
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
2.0 Cybercrimes:........................................................................................................................3
3.0 Crime cases:.........................................................................................................................4
4.0 Ethical hacking.....................................................................................................................5
5.0 Conclusion:..........................................................................................................................5
6.0 References:...........................................................................................................................7

2ETHICAL HACKING AS A DEFENCE MECHANISM
1.0 Introduction
Computer crime, widely known as cybercrime associated with criminal activities
while utilizing network devices or computers. Majority of the cybercrime is initiated to gain
profit but some of them are designed to damage infected devices or compromise crucial data.
Mostly, cybercrimes are associated with spreading malware and illegal content. Some of the
cybercrimes involved both as Ransom ware attack, where crucial data is encrypted in the
infected system and asks for ransom to access this files. Users need to pay certain amount of
crypto currency in order to gaining access to their files. Cybercrimes can also be
distinguished into two types as computer enabled crime and computer depended crime.
Computer depended crimes are offences which can only be committed while utilizing the
computer devices or network or any application of information technology. This type of
attacks involves spreading of malware, virus and hacking and DoS attacks. On other hand,
computer enabled crimes are traditional crimes which can be improved in their reach or scale
by utilizing computers, computer network or other type of information technology. Unlike
cyber-dependent crimes, they can be committed without the use of ICT. Theft and fraud are
the two widely listed occurrences of cyber enabled crime.
This report describes about the fundamentals of cybercrimes. Cybercrime is a broad
topic which cannot be described fully within such short parameter. So, it is mainly focused on
the different kind of computer crimes. This paper explains what constitutes a crime when
using computers, how computer crimes are committed along with a broad description of
ethical hacking. The discussion is also associates with what Ethical Hacking is, what makes it
a legal activity, and what it actually is about, which is a network defence mechanism. Further,
a conclusion has been drawn from the discussion.