A REVIEW ON ETHICAL HACKING

Abstract

Ethical hacking involves an authorized attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, application, or data. Carrying out an ethical hack involves duplicating strategies and actions of malicious attackers. This practice helps to identify security vulnerabilities which can then be resolved before a malicious attacker has the opportunity to exploit them.It is also known as penetration testing or white-hat hacking, involves the same tools, tricks, and techniques that hackers use,but with one major difference that Ethical hacking is legal. hacking Inform hardware and software vendors of the identified weaknesses Transparently report - All the identified weaknesses in the computer system to the organization Protect the privacy of the organization been hacked. Ethical hacking is testing the resources for a good cause and for the betterment of technology ◦ It also means to secure the system. ◦ There is a tremendous rise in cybercrimes, so in those cases ethical hacking act as a safeguard on internet and corporate networks and their websites.