HACKING…..

Around 2nd highest percent of hacking is done in India among all countries and it is illegal in some aspects but it also a great profession and has vast job opportunities at many government and private sectors but it should be done legally.

There are two main factors that determine what type of hacker an individual is: their motives and legality of their actions.There are many courses related to hacking to be a professional hacker and even many students are learning those courses making it as a career opportunity.Hacking is an attempt to exploit a computer system or a private network inside a computer.

Simply put, it is the unauthorised access to or control over computer network security systems for some illicit purpose.Hackers are divided into three types—white, black, and grey hat.This is done through cracking of passwords and codes which gives access to the systems.The access to a password is obtained by the hacker through password cracking algorithms programs.It is not difficult.

It takes time and determination, but practically anyone can become a hacker with proper training.Kevin Dominick, the world’s most famous hacker, will use live demonstrations to illustrate how cyber criminals take advantage of your employee’s trust through the art of social engineering.

Kristoffer von Hassel is the world’s youngest hacker.At the age of five, Hassel exposed security lapses in the Microsoft Live Xbox system, prompting wide media coverage, with some journalists highlighting the dropping age of hackers and their technology mastery.

Ankit Fadia is India’s first hacker.India has a huge community of white hat hackers and bug bounty hunters (programmers who get paid for reporting flaws in a software).

According to bug bounty and vulnerability coordination platform Hacker One’s annual report, Indian hackers claimed the second-highest share of bug bounties in the world in 2018, behind the US. It’s still second, with the 2020 version of the company’s report saying India took 10% of the total bug bounty payouts in the world. US took the top spot with 19%, while Russia, China and Germany rounded up the top five.According to security researcher Karan Saini, hacking an individual’s Facebook or email account in India is a job that could fetch as little as ₹2,000 for someone who is willing to do it.

However, there are easy-to-find websites on the dark web that are filled with clients promising $500 (approximately ₹37,000) for the same job.

India saw second highest phishing hosting attacks in Q1 2019 Phishing attacks targeting India increased 54 per cent Q-o-Q in Q2 globally, Facebook most used for phishing (18 per cent), Yahoo (10 per cent) and Netflix (5 per cent) Covid-19 has increased phishing attacks globally, using information from blood samples of recovered patients According to FBI, businesses have lost $26 billion in the past four years due to Business Email Compromise attacks.thousands of young people mostly based in small Indian towns, often self learn how to hack or break into systems, devices and networks to figure out ways to make easy money.