queenzy,


You really do need to give us the brief (instructions) you were given for the project . And VERY IMPORTANT how long (number of words/pages) it is supposed to be. That will give us an idea of the level of detail.

To start of with I would strongly recommend that you define the terms hacker and hacking. The reason that I say this is because the term has changed in meaning. Originally a "hacker" was a technical expert who thoroughly understood his architecture, environment, operating system and applications and could be relied upon to deliver solutions that were "not in the manual"

Hence the expression "he couldn't hack it" for someone who failed to do something.

I would then go on to discuss "ethical hacking" and "non-ethical hacking". An example of the first would be vulnerability assessments, and an example of the second would be stealing credit card details.

Depending on the scope and size of the paper you may want to discuss the motivation for hacking, and its impact on society/the economy.

Once again, given your scope and the current political climate you may wish to include "cyber terrorism"

Key words to search for:

Vulnerability
Exploit
Trojan
Back Door
Keylogger
Phishing
Social Engineering
Worm
Network Aware Trojan
Remote Access Trojan

Start off by building a schema for your paper, with "bullet points" that you will expand upon and include in a sort of modular fashion.

An old IBM training department trick:

Tell them what you are going to tell them
Tell them
Tell them what you have just told them.

After you have started with a definition of the scope of your paper and the key terms you need:

1. A strong introduction
2. A strong conclusion

First and last impressions count much more than the middle, and make the difference between a B and an A


Hope that helps