Difference between Hacker and Cracker

Now days everyone wants to become hacker but they don’t know difference between hacker and cracker. They join any institute and learn about hacking but they don’t know how to become a perfect hacker. first of all I want to say that everyone should ask by self why we want to learn hacking, what is use of hacking, what is the scope of hacking. Nobody think about these things. I will suggest you first of all if you want to become a hacker then you have to decide to know more than more about computer you have to spend much time with computer because when you spend lots of time with computer you face many problems while working with computer.

I will give you advice you have a personal computer or laptop and Internet connection, these things are not enough for hacker. You have to learn about computer languages, hardware knowledge and networking knowledge in depth.

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Difference between Hacker and Cracker

HACKER:-

A hacker is a person who is interested in the working of any computer operating system. Hackers obtain advance knowledge of operating systems and programming languages. A hacker is someone who likes to play with software or electronic system. They love to discover new ways to work electronically. Hacking is an art of exploring various security branches. Hackers are human like the rest of us and are therefore, unique individuals, so an exact profile is hard to outline.

The best description of hackers is that all hacker aren’t equal. Each hacker has motives, methods and skills. But some general characteristics can help you understand them. Not all hackers are antisocial, pimple faced teenagers. They do it for personal gain, fame, profit and even revenge. They modify, delete and steal critical information. Hacking has a lot of meaning depending upon the person’s knowledge and his work intention.

Hacking is the knowledge by which one gets to achieve his goals, anyhow, using his skills and power. Most people associate hacking with breaking law, therefore calling all those guys who engage in hacking activities to be criminals. We agree that there are people out there who use hacking techniques to break the law, but hacking is not really about that. In fact, hacking is more about following the law and performing the steps within the limits.

The hacker takes much delight in exploring the system from the outside / inside searching vigorously for Misconfiguration, bugs, and holes in the operating system that would allow them to break into a machine.

Cracker:-

A cracker is a person who breaks into other people system, with malicious intentions. Crackers gain unauthorized access, destroy important data, stop service provided by the server, or basically cause problem for their targets. Crackers can easily be identified because their actions are malicious. Cracker is the term used to describe those who break security through vulnerability on our system. A cracker is a technical person who has mastered the art of breaking system, often not for acquiring knowledge but to hamper the system’s security.

Most of the crackers are young teenagers who have malicious intentions and seem to relish or enjoy by destroying or alternating data on a system. Cracker seek to crack or gain unauthorized access to computer to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, bank account details, address books, or other personal, financial, or business information.

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