# All Terms Used In Hacking ! (everyone Must Know)

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**Created:** [September 10, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/all-terms-used-in-hacking-everyone-must-know/56452 "2019-09-10T13:11:53Z")\
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Hello, today we have this nice guide for all.

**Algorithm :-** A series of steps specifying which  
actions to take in which order.

**ANSI Bomb :-** ANSI.SYS key-remapping commands  
consist of cryptic-looking text that specifies,  
using ansi numeric codes to redefine keys.

**Back Door :-** Something a hacker leaves behind on  
a system in order to be able to get back in at a  
later time.

**Binary :-** A numbering system in which there are  
only two possible values for each digit: 0 and 1.

**Black Hat :-** A hacker who performs illegal actions  
to do with hacking online. (Bad guy, per se)

**Blue Hat :-** A blue hat hacker is someone outside  
computer security consulting firms who is used to  
bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for  
exploits so they can be closed. Microsoft also  
uses the term BlueHat to represent a series of  
security briefing events.

**Bot :-** A piece of malware that connects computer  
to an attacker commonly using the HTTP or IRC  
protocol to await malicious instructions.

**Botnet :-** Computers infected by worms or Trojans  
and taken over by hackers and brought into  
networks to send spam, more viruses, or launch  
denial of service attacks.

**Buffer Overflow :-** A classic exploit that sends more  
data than a programmer expects to receive. Buffer  
overflows are one of the most common  
programming errors, and the ones most likely to  
slip through quality assurance testing.

**Cracker :-** A specific type of hacker who decrypts  
passwords or breaks software copy protection  
schemes.

**DDoS :-** Distributed denial of service. Flooding  
someones connection with packets. Servers or  
web-hosted shells can send packets to a  
connection on a website usually from a booter.

**Deface :-** A website deface is an attack on a site  
that changes the appearance of the site or a  
certain webpage on the site.

**Dictionary Attack :-** A dictionary attack is an attack  
in which a cyber criminal can attempt to gain  
your account password. The attack uses a  
dictionary file, a simple list of possible passwords,  
and a program which fills them in. The program  
just fills in every single possible password on the  
list, until it has found the correct one. Dictionary  
files usually contain the most common used  
passwords.

**DOX :-** Personal information about someone on the  
Internet usually contains real name, address,  
phone number, SSN, credit card number, etc.

**E-Whore :-** A person who manipulates other people  
to believe that he/she is a beautiful girl doing  
cam shows or selling sexual pictures to make  
money.

**Encryption :-** In cryptography, encryption applies  
mathematical operations to data in order to  
render it incomprehensible. The only way to read  
the data is apply the reverse mathematical  
operations. In technical speak, encryption is  
applied mathematical algorithms with a key that  
converts plaintext to ciphertext. Only someone in  
possession of the key can decrypt the message.

**Exploit :-** A way of breaking into a system. An  
exploit takes advantage of a weakness in a  
system in order to hack it.

**FUD :-** Fully undetectable, can be used in many  
terms. Generally in combination with crypters, or  
when trying to infect someone.

**Grey Hat :-** A hacker is someone who is able to  
manipulate the inner workings of computers,  
information, and technology to work in his/her  
favor.

**Hacktivist :-** A hacktivist is a hacker who utilizes  
technology to announce a social, ideological,  
religious, or political message. In general, most  
hacktivism involves website defacement or denial-  
of-service attacks.

**IP Address :-** On the Internet, your IP address is  
the unique number that others use to send you  
traffic.

**IP Grabber :-** A link that grabs someone’s IP when  
they visit it.

**Keylogger :-** A software program that records all  
keystrokes on a computer’s keyboard, used as a  
surveillance tool or covertly as spyware.

**Leach :-** A cultural term in the warez community  
referring to people who download lots of stuff but  
never give back to the community.

**LOIC/HOIC :-** Tool(s) used by many anonymous  
members to conduct DDoS attacks. It is not  
recommended to use these under any  
circumstances.

**Malware :-** Software designed to do all kinds of evil  
stuff like stealing identity information, running  
DDoS attacks, or soliciting money from the slave.

**Neophyte :-** A neophyte, “n00b”, or “newbie” is  
someone who is new to hacking or phreaking and  
has almost no knowledge or experience of the  
workings of technology, and hacking.

**Smith :-** Somebody new to a forum/game.

**OldFag :-** Somebody who’s been around a forum/  
game for a long time.

**Packet :-** Data that is sent across the Internet is  
broken up into packets, sent individually across  
the network, and reassembled back into the  
original data at the other end.

**Phreak :-** Phone Freaks. Hackers who hack cell  
phones for free calling. Free Long distance calling.  
Etc.

**Phreaking :-** The art and science of cracking the  
phone network.

**Proxy :-** A proxy is something that acts as a server,  
but when given requests from clients, acts itself  
as a client to the real servers.

**Rainbow Table :-** A rainbow table is a table of  
possible passwords and their hashes. It is way  
faster to crack a password using rainbow tables  
then using a dictionary attack (Brute Force).

**Remote Administration Tool :-** A tool which is used  
to remotely control (an)other machine(s). These  
can be used for monitoring user actions, but often  
misused by cyber criminals as malware, to get  
their hands on valuable information, such as log  
in credentials.

**Resolver :-** Software created to get an IP address  
through IM (instant messenger, like Skype/MSN)  
programs.

**Reverse Engineering :-** A technique whereby the  
hacker attempts to discover secrets about a  
program. Often used by crackers, and in direct  
modifications to a process/application.

**Root :-** Highest permission level on a computer,  
able to modify anything on the system without  
restriction.

**Rootkit (ring3 ring0) :-** A powerful exploit used by  
malware to conceal all traces that it exists. Ring3

- Can be removed easily without booting in  
safe mode. Ring0 - Very hard to remove and very  
rare in the wild, these can require you to format,  
it’s very hard to remove certain ring0 rootkits  
without safe mode.

**Script Kiddie :-** A script kid, or skid is a term used  
to describe those who use scripts created by  
others to hack computer systems and websites.  
Used as an insult, meaning that they know  
nothing about hacking.

**Shell :-** The common meaning here is a hacked web  
server with a DoS script uploaded to conduct  
DDoS attacks via a booter. OR A shell is an  
script-executing unit - Something you’d stick  
somewhere in order to execute commands of your  
choice.

**Social Engineer :-** Social engineering is a form of  
hacking that targets people’s minds rather than  
their computers. A typical example is sending out  
snail \*\*\*\* marketing materials with the words  
“You may already have won” emblazoned across  
the outside of the letter. As you can see, social  
engineering is not unique to hackers; it’s main  
practitioners are the marketing departments of  
corporations.

**Spoof :-** The word spoof generally means the act of  
forging your identity. More specifically, it refers to  
forging the sender’s IP address (IP spoofing).  
(Spoofing an extension for a RAT to change it  
from .exe to .jpg, etc.)

**SQL Injection :-** An SQL injection is a method often  
used to hack SQL databases via a website, and  
gain admin control (sometimes) of the site. You  
can attack programs with SQLi too.

**Trojan :-** A Trojan is a type of malware that  
masquerades as a legitimate file or helpful  
program with the ultimate purpose of granting a  
hacker unauthorized access to a computer.

**VPS :-** The term is used for emphasizing that the  
virtual machine, although running in software on  
the same physical computer as other customers’  
virtual machines, is in many respects functionally  
equivalent to a separate physical computer, is  
dedicated to the individual customer’s needs, has  
the privacy of a separate physical computer, and  
can be configured to run server software.  
Warez

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/all-terms-used-in-hacking-everyone-must-know/56452/2 "2020-04-08T02:35:34Z")

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Thank you, I’ve also made a thread for Carding Most Commonly Used Terms, check the below link.

> [@Terms Used in Carding a Noob Read shield](https://onehack.st/t/terms-used-in-carding-a-noob-read/78045):
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> I think every beginner must know these. They are uncountable but these are just a few and important ones as well as carding is concerned. [[image] ](https://media3.giphy.com/media/eCqFYAVjjDksg/source.gif) CC = means - Credit Card. CC FULLZ = means - CC details with all major Information about the cc holder Which aside the ordinary cvv details “Fullz” includes D.O.B, SSN, MMN & Security Q & A. VBV = means - Verified By Visa or NON - VBV. BTC = means BITCOIN. MCSC = means - MasterCard Secured Code. DROP = means - The …