The Good Hacking:
Most of us would never have thought there was never a good side to hacking. Well there is, such as individuals and organizations that conduct security audits and research and publishing their findings for the security industry and to also help new users who aren't familiar with security, this can also help us be a step ahead to protect the online society from exploits and security risks. The people who find security holes and help fix them, and the people who develop security tools and techniques to help fight such acts in the future is also known as hacking, but is used in a good way.
Companies such as us who test security and help users understand security easier; this is an example of a good side of testing and hacking. This is done by examining the systems and examining software that is known to have security weaknesses, then informing the customer so that they can close the hole, by finding new solutions and techniques, this can minimize the work and effort of a hacker in the future.
The Bad Hacking:
This is where you can truly now add in the hackers that break into computer systems for criminal financial gain and as well stealing accounts and causing Identity theft. Base on Computer Crimes Act 1997 Section 3(1): A person shall be guilty of an offence if (a) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer; (b) the access he intends to secure is unauthorized; and (c) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case. Section 5(1): A person shall be guilty of an offence if he does any act which he knows will cause unauthorized modification of the contents of any computer.
Despite what people think, the bad side can get pretty ugly, such examples are the famous City bank hack and the UK cash-point hack that was successfully blocked before any substantial harm was caused or any information was stolen.
Most of us would never have thought there was never a good side to hacking. Well there is, such as individuals and organizations that conduct security audits and research and publishing their findings for the security industry and to also help new users who aren't familiar with security, this can also help us be a step ahead to protect the online society from exploits and security risks. The people who find security holes and help fix them, and the people who develop security tools and techniques to help fight such acts in the future is also known as hacking, but is used in a good way.
Companies such as us who test security and help users understand security easier; this is an example of a good side of testing and hacking. This is done by examining the systems and examining software that is known to have security weaknesses, then informing the customer so that they can close the hole, by finding new solutions and techniques, this can minimize the work and effort of a hacker in the future.
The Bad Hacking:
This is where you can truly now add in the hackers that break into computer systems for criminal financial gain and as well stealing accounts and causing Identity theft. Base on Computer Crimes Act 1997 Section 3(1): A person shall be guilty of an offence if (a) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer; (b) the access he intends to secure is unauthorized; and (c) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case. Section 5(1): A person shall be guilty of an offence if he does any act which he knows will cause unauthorized modification of the contents of any computer.
Despite what people think, the bad side can get pretty ugly, such examples are the famous City bank hack and the UK cash-point hack that was successfully blocked before any substantial harm was caused or any information was stolen.
Hacking has a good and bad effect to itself. It can be used for positive things and negative things, no matter what the cause, everything, including hacking, has a positive effect/side. Security will get tighter as the years go by, but we don't need to contribute to the bad side.
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