Unethical hacking is the illegal activity of obtaining unauthorized information by modifying the characteristics of a system and exploiting its flaws.
Especially today, when much of our data is online, hackers can relatively easily gain access to information such as credit card details, email , and personal matters in general.
So, understanding the above, it is important to know the 10 most common hacking techniques used in order to secure your personal information from future attacks.
Keylogger
A keylogger is a simple softwarethat records your keystrokes and keyboard paths in a log file on your machine. It can be either software or hardware and is referred to as keyboard capturing. A keylogger is the reason why many banking sites provide you with a virtual keyboard.
Denial of Service (DoS/DDoS)
DoS is a hacking technique that targets excessive activity on a server or site, with the aim of overloading it and consequently causing it to crash. For DDoS attacks, hackers often use botnets, which flood the server with request packets. Over the years and as hackers have evolved, the number of DDoS attacks has been increasing.
Waterhole attacks
Once hackers know your times, they use this hacking technique to create a fake Wi-Fi and modify your favorite site to collect information from you. One of the best ways to protect yourself from such an attack is to follow basic security practices and keep your software updated.
Fake WAP
For no particular reason, a hacker can set up a fake wireless access point. Once you connect, they can access your data as above. One of the best ways to protect yourself from such attacks is to use a VPN.
Eavesdropping
Eavesdropping is another hacking technique. It is not very similar to the previous ones, because it works passively. Essentially, someone monitors systems and networks to gain the information they need. The motivation behind eavesdropping is not to harm the system, but to get some information without being detected.
Phishing
Phishing is the now-familiar technique in which fake links are sent to the victim. Once the victim tries to log in or enter certain data, the hacker obtains their private information using the trojan running on the fake site.
Virus, Trojan
These are malicious software programs that enter the victim's system and send their personal data to another server. With this hacking technique, many other actions are performed, such as spreading viruses to the system and advertising fraud.
ClickJacking
ClickJacking is also known by a different name, UI Redress. In this attack, the hacker hides the real UI, where the user is supposed to click. This behavior is very common in app downloads, movie streaming, and torrent.
Cookie Theft
Browser cookies store our personal data, such as browsing history, username, and passwords. Once a hacker gains access to your cookies, they can authenticate themselves as if they were the same user in a browser.
Bait and Watch
With this hacking technique, the attacker buys advertising space on sites. So, when a user clicks on this advertisement, they may be directed to a site with malware. Hackers can run a program, which the user believes to be authentic. In this way, after installing the malicious program, the hacker gains access to your computer.
