Ethical Hacking in Cyber Security: A beginners guide

 

    What is Ethical Hacking: A beginners guide

In todays times, new technology, softwares and tool are being developed. All these softwares and tools make our work easy. But in all these softwares and tool there is some bug and vulnerability.  ethical hacking is related to finding these bugs and vulnerability and fixing it. Ethical hacking is a legal and professional way of finding security weaknesses before real hackers do.

In this post, you’ll learn:

• What ethical hacking really means
• Types of hackers
• Tools ethical hackers use
• How to start ethical hacking the right way

Types of hacking

White Hat hacking

• White hat hacking means hacking and penetrating a system or software for ethical purpose like bug bounty, securing an organisation.

Grey Hat hacking

• The grey hat hacking means hacking a system or softwares for ethical as well as unethical purpose.  hacking a system without permission is illegal and it can lead to imprisonment and fine.

Black Hat Hacking

• The black hat hacking means hacking a system for un ethical purpose. the black hat hackers penetrates a system and exploits it for unethical purpose. hacking a system without organisation permission can lead to imprisonment.

Common Skills of an Ethical Hacker

• Basic computer knowledge
• Networking fundamentals
• Linux basics
• Understanding how attacks work
• Strong problem-solving mindset

To became an ethical hacker one should start with learning operating system like windows macos and Linux. one should be familiar with working of operating system. 

Then Basic of networking. it is necessary because before hacking into any system one should familiar with how system communicate with each other. How data transfer took place?. so networking is must before starting hacking. when you became familiar with the above. then you should start learning hacking tools.

Popular Ethical Hacking Tools 

1. Kali Linux: It is a debian base linux operating system used by professional. the Kali linux is used because it comes with inbuilt tools for hacking.

2. Nmap: Used for scanning networks and open ports.

3. Burp Suite : Used for testing web application security.

Final Thoughts

Ethical hacking is not about breaking rules—it’s about protecting systems and users. If you’re:

• Curious about how attacks work
• Interested in cybersecurity
• Willing to learn ethically

Then ethical hacking is a great path for you.