In my previous post i have told you about the very basics of hacking,in this post you will learn some essential hacking terms..


Threat:
• An action or event that might compromise security. A threat is a
potential violation of security

Vulnerability:
• Existence of a weakness design or implementation error that • Existence of a weakness, design, or implementation error that
can lead to an unexpected and undesirable event compromising
the security of the system

Attack:
• An assault on the system security that is derived from
an intelligent threat. An attack is any action that
violates security il i



Exploit:
• A defined way to breach the security of an IT system
through vulnerability