Hacking vs Cracking. The comparison b/w Hacking and Cracking explained !

1. Hacking vs Cracking
BY
NARENDRA KUMAR

2. Contents
 What is Hacking
 What is Cracking
 Objectives of Hacker
 Objectives of Cracker
 Difference between Hacking and Cracking
 Steps to be taken to prevent attacks from Hacking and
Cracking
 Conclusion

3. What is Hacking
 Hacking is the gaining of access (wanted or unwanted)
to a computer and viewing, copying or creating data
without the intention of destroying the data or
maliciously harming the computer.
 Hacking is the art of exploitation.
 Hackers have curiosity on the working of system and
skilled persons.
 Hackers are good guys who often doesn’t harm the
system or cause damage.
 Generally Hackers are referred as ‘White Hat’ Hackers.

4. What is Cracking
 Cracking is the process of gaining unauthorized access
with the intention of causing damage.
 The purpose of cracking is to breach or bypass security
or gain access to software without paying royalties.
 Cracker is the name given to hackers who gain into
computers for criminal gain.
 Crackers are intended to damage the personal data or
break the security
 Generally Crackers are referred as ‘Black Hat’ hackers.

5. Objectives of Hacker
 Gaining access to the system by authorized or
unauthorized means.
 Hackers won’t cause damage to the system or break
the system, they will view, copy and access the data.
 Hackers are often hired so as to secure the data by
detecting vulnerabilities.
 Hackers modify and add code to the initial software, so
that it does what it is not intended for.

6. Objectives of Cracker
 Gaining access to the system by unauthorized means
thus breaking the security.
 Crackers will steal the data, causing damage to the
system.
 Crackers steal the data by reverse engineering (using
the software created by hackers).
 Crackers break the system by malicious way introducing
a virus into the system.

7. Difference between
Hacking and Cracking
 Hacking is the legal activity.
 Cracking is an illegal activity.
 Hackers make the code.
 Crackers break the code.
 Hackers do hacking with the intention of their curiosity
and to gain knowledge.
 Crackers hack intentionally for the purpose of earning,
causing damage to system or break the code.

9. Steps to be taken to
prevent attacks from
Hacking and Cracking
 Be cautious in sharing data with the unknown websites.
 Never use unknown public Wi-Fi networks that are free
and share your personal data by public network.
 Always use updated Anti-Virus in your system.
 Never click on spam links that are publishing day to day
widely in social networks (click jacking).
 Don’t exchange transactions on non https web pages.

10. Conclusion
 Thus, all the Hackers aren’t the Crackers. Hackers won’t
damage the system and break the code for their
personal use. Crackers cracks the software's and breaks
the code.
 The hackers are mistaken as crackers and bad guys by
the people in the networking world, actually crackers
are bad ones.
 Hacking is the curiosity that made them discover new
things about the vulnerabilities.
 Cracking is the purpose of earning and breaking law
that make them popular among the cyber world but
remains criminals in cyber crime.