CEH v12 Module 06 System Hacking refers to using technical skills and knowledge to gain access to a computer system or network.
Hackers employ many methods to get into a system by exploiting its vulnerabilities and concealing their activities to avoid detection.
Most people imagine system hacking as the work of so-called “black hat” or “gray hat” hackers who haven’t obtained the owner’s permission to enter the system.
However, system hacking is also done by ethical hackers who received authorization beforehand to test the system’s security and improve any weaknesses.
Purpose of System Hacking
Generally, the motive of the hackers behind System Hacking is gaining access to the personal data of an individual or sensitive information belonging to an organization to misuse the information and leak it which may cause a negative image of the organization in the minds of people, Privilege Escalation, Executing malicious applications to constantly monitor the system.
