Definition of Hacker, Phishing & Cracker

     Hari ini adalah hari ke-3 final exam. Paper hari ini adalah Bahasa Kebangsaan. Masa yang diberikan hanya 2 jam 30 minit untuk ke semua bahagian. Aku rasa macam tak cukup masa nak siapkan 2 karangan serta jawab soalan-soalan lain. Nasib baiklah sempat. Mencurah-curah pulak idea time tu. Kemain syok menulis, sampai tak sedar masa tinggal lagi 30minit. Sedangkan aku baru buat 1 karangan. Terpaksalah aku menulis dengan laju, tulisan aku tu pun,aku dah tak faham. Tak tahulah pensyarah tu faham ke tidak ngan tulisan aku tu. Disebabkan masa tak banyak, maka aku memilih untuk membuat surat rasmi bagi karangan aku yang ke-2. Tak banyak isi pun sebab aku dah tak tahu nak olah macam mane surat tu. Redha jelah dengan keputusannya nanti. 

       Dah habis tu, aku terus sumbat pen-pen ngan alat tulis aku ke dalam beg. Lepas tu ape lagi, drive balik rumahlah. Membuat persediaan untuk paper esok pulak. Esok paper Internet & E-Business. Harap-harap aku dapat jawab dengan mudah.

        Antara perkataan yang mungkin akan keluar dalam paper esok adalah Hacker, Phishing, Cracker & Sniffer.

• Hacker : somebody who finds weaknesses in a computer or computer network and exploits them through a process called penetration (depending on the motive). Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons such as profit, protest, challenge, or to aid security by pointing out vulnerabilities. The subculture that has evolved around hackers is often referred to as the computer underground and is now a known community.  

• Phishing : the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. Phishing emails may contain links to websites that are infected with malware. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail spoofing or instant messaging and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to deceive users, and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical security measures.

• Cracker : someone who breaks into someone else's computer system, often on a network; bypasses passwords or licenses in computer programs; or in other ways intentionally breaches computer security. A cracker can be doing this for profit, maliciously, for some altruistic purpose or cause, or because the challenge is there. Some breaking-and-entering has been done ostensibly to point out weaknesses in a site's security system.