Conclusion

Ethical hacking has been gaining a lot of popularity in the corporate world where the major responsibility comprises finding the security vulnerabilities in the system and solving it to secure the organization’s assets. There is no definite educational background required for an ethical hacking career, just a thorough knowledge of the white hat hacking fundamentals. Given below are some of the popular questions asked during ethical hacking interview.

What is Ethical Hacking?

Ethical hacking is a security breach process that is carried out with the organization’s permission to search for the security loopholes which an attacker can pass through.

What is Footprinting?

Footprinting is the process of gaining all the information about the network which is targeted to gain access for.

What is Scanning?

Scanning is used to uncover the information related to the host, port, and services of the network.

Name some of the tools used by Ethical Hackers.

· SQLmap

· Burp Suite

· NMAP

· Wireshark

· Metaspoilt

· Nikto

What is Network Sniffing?

Network sniffing is the process through which all the data packets transferred over the network are monitored and analyzed for the data.

What is SQL Injection?

An SQL injection is used by hackers to input SQL queries into the system in order to gain access to the administrative data.

What are the different types of SQL Injections?

· Time-based SQL Injection

· Error-based SQL Injection

· Blind SQL Injection

What is a Denial of Service (DoS) attack?

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks is the process through which the attacker over-floods the network with the traffic to make the resources unavailable for the legitimate user.

What is ARP Poisoning?

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) poisoning is a process through which the attacker sends a fake ARP message over the LAN which links the MAC address of the hacker to the IP address of the legitimate system.

How can we avoid ARP poisoning?

We can avoid ARP poisoning through the following methods:

· Packet Filtering

· Using ARP spoof detection software

· Using Cryptographic Network Protocol

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