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Some Software SecuritySome So

ftware Security

BasicsBasics

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What is SecurityWhat is Securit

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Security is what keeps a person or things shielded from threats. This is a simple answerto the question “What is security?”. The same is true for software application security

– unless a web application or mobile application is secure enough, it is ery much likely

to become a target for hackers. The security protocol of these applications thus to be

needs to be highly e!ectie so that any unauthori"ed access can be aoided.

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Quick Overview of Hackers

Quick Overview of Hackers

Hackers backgrou

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$yber $rime Statistics

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Types of Hacker T

ypes of Hacker

)f you are about to deal with hackers for the sake of your apps, you need to know some

facts about them. There are mainly three types of hackers – black hat, white hat and grey

hat. *hile Black hats iolate software security for personal pro+t, White hats stop

them from doing that. Grey hats on the other hand, break the security protocol an app

ust for the pleasure of doing so. They might hack a company-s web app and then inform

the company about the ulnerabilities in the app.

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Hacker !thica" Hacker Hacker !thica" Hacker

Those with a basic idea of software securityare familiar with the term “hacker”. thers,howeer, need a clear de+nition of the term. #

hacker is a tech/say professional who tries togain unauthori"ed access to mobile and webapplications with malicious intent. %acker andethical hacker are similar professionals withopposite intentions. #n ethical hacker applieshis skills to stop hackers from ruining softwareapplications and accessing the con+dential datathey manipulate.

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History of HackersHistor

y of Hackers 1903/ 0agician and inentor 1eil 0askelyne disrupts 2ohn #mbrose 'leming-s

public demonstration of 3uglielmo 0arconi-s purportedly secure wirelesstelegraphy technology, sending insulting 0orse code messages through the

auditorium-s proector.

1932/ 4olish cryptologists 0arian 5eewski, %enryk 6ygalski and 2er"y 578ycki

broke the 9nigma machine code.

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:;later nicknamed $aptain $runch, his friend 2oe 9ngressia,

and blue bo@ phone phreaking hit the news with an 9squire 0aga"ine featurestory.

:;AB/ The C:Cs break into DE computer systems at institutions ranging from the(os #lamos 1ational (aboratory to 0anhattan-s 0emorial Sloan/Fettering

$ancer $enter. The incident appeared as the coer story of 1ewsweek with the

title G&ewareH %ackers at playG. #s a result, the I.S. %ouse of 5epresentaties held

hearings on computer security and passed seeral laws.

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:;AD/ #fter more and more break/ins to goernment and corporate computers,$ongress passes the $omputer 'raud and #buse #ct, which makes it a crime tobreak into computer systems. The law, howeer, does not coer ueniles.

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Hacking #rocessHackin g #rocess

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Some $amous HackersSome $amous Hackers

% Of The Wor"d&s 'ost $amous Hackers% O f The Wor"d&s 'ost $amous Hackers

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