Free softwares that claim to help you to hack into passwords are availablefor free downloads all over the net. This implies that one doesn't need tobe a hacker or know about hacking since such free software supossedlymakes it a matter of child's play. But cyber experts say that hackers putup all this info over the net only to lure money from the user."Some of the hacking tools advertised on the net are genuine and some arenot but we cannot identify their quality by just checking over net," says P Devender, Inspector, Cyber Crimes.Most of the internet users click on the link once they find the word "free".Once you hit the link, a page appears that reads, "Enter your email ID andpassword. The free hacking tool software will be sent to your inbox."Once you type in your email and password, yes the software will definetlycome into your inbox but at the same time, your person information hasbeen sent across. Similarly, they ask for your credit card numbers for IDproof. This is even more dangerous. Somebody from abroad can easily useyour credit card to buy online items.Hacking tools available all over the net can really cause harm but theycannot be destroyed."For instance, a hacker from the USA could have put up all the informationregarding a hacking tool. The Indian law cannot interfere in it," explainsthe inspector.And when we talk about hackers, the main resource hackers rely upon, apartfrom their own ingenuity, is computer code. While there is a largecommunity of hackers on the Internet, only a relatively small number ofhackers actually program code. Many hackers seek out and download codewritten by other people. There are thousands of different programs hackersuse to explore computers and networks. These programs give hackers a lotof power over innocent users and organizations -- once a skilled hackerknows how a system works, he can design programs that exploit it.Not all hackers try to explore forbidden computer systems. Some use theirtalents and knowledge to create better software and security measures. Infact, many hackers who once used their skills to break into systems nowput that knowledge and ingenuity to use by creating more comprehensivesecurity measures. In a way, the Internet is a battleground betweendifferent kinds of hackers -- the bad guys, or black hats, who try toinfiltrate systems or spread viruses, and the good guys, or white hats,who bolster security systems and develop powerful virus protectionsoftware.It is not so easy to catch hold of them and put them behind the bars, saysthe Cyber Crime Inspector. It is because, the hacker would happily say hehacks into systems just because he wanted to know how the systems work. Toa hacker, a secure system is like Mt. Everest -- he or she infiltrates itfor the sheer challenge.There are severe punishments, fines and also imprisonment for variouscyber crimes Under IT Acts.Cyber Crime department says the hackers and the information they put upall over the net cannot be avoided but the general public who login tothose websites just because there is a word "free" there, can land them inserious troubles. So here is a warning for them.
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