Hack Yourself
Ever wondered exactly what hackers do when trying to break into a machine? Everyone’s heard the vague generalities—run password crackers, sniff out data in unsecured public Wi-Fi hot spots, and i wont even touch those movie stuff - but what are the actual specific tools they use? Could you use them to test your own network? Of course you can.
But hold on just a second, bucko. There’s nothing in this article that will help you break into NASA mainframes. The programs we’re going to show you are common knowledge among security aficionados. Even so, these are the kinds of tools that are often used to poke around unsuspecting user’s PCs—precisely because they’re prepackaged and ready to go.
So let’s step through a typical hack and run some of the attack tools. The idea for this exercise is to look from the outside in, to see if you can penetrate your own network’s defenses—the equivalent of trying to open your doors and windows from the outside after locking them. This will give you a better picture of what your network looks like from the hacker’s point of view as well as show any vulnerability.
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