Real Life Hacking

Whilst playing the game, you have learned several tools and techniques related to hacking that enabled you to gain access to computers, bank accounts, crack passwords, send spam, etc.

We want to understand how much of a threat that is in real life, that is, to compare what the game presents a s a simplified technique with the tools that hackers have access to in real life.

Your assignment consists in:

• List all the techniques for hacking that you learned in The Hacker Experience.



• For each of the techniques, find what software or other resources exist to implement that technique.



• Evaluate whether that particular hacking tool is possible, feasible or impossible.



• Write a final conclusion on the risk and threats associated with hacking.

Create a blog post that summarizes your conclusions and ideas. The assignment is due by the end of next lesson, and you can work in pairs.