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What is Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking, refers to gaining access or an unauthorized attempt to access a computer system or data.Therefore, Ethical hacking is used to protect and improve security of computer and network systems through fixing vulnerability found during testing.

           **Categories of Ethical Hacking**
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1.Network Hacking
2.Website Hacking
3.Email Hacking
4.Computer Hacking
5.Password hacking

All these in general are various types of hacking that attackers focuses to,in order to get access to the targeted information.

However,there some importance of conducting ethical hacking, since it helps to get back lost information.
Also it is through Penetration testing that helps to increase the security of a computer and network

Some drawbacks regarding Ethical Hacking,is that it can harm the and get personal information of a particular person.Hence,

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