Servers help users get the answers to their questions in a short while, in fact, when you make a request in a browser, the browser receives and sends information about the answer to your request from the server, information security is very important and all people who deal with the Internet and computer systems are constantly trying to increase the security of their system by taking measures to prevent hackers from infiltrating their systems, it should be noted that hackers are trying to be able to add to their science and knowledge and their power day by day in the field of computers and hacking given that users are trying to increase the security of their systems, so that hackers try to improve their acknowledgement in order not to be stopped by any obstacles, in this article, we are going to discuss how servers are being hacked, but before that, you need to know a little more about the definition of a server.

What is a server?

Simply put, servers are computers that share information with other computers, the servers have a software section as well as hardware, and hackers target the software section more, and by entering this section, they finally gain a lot of information, which we will discuss in more detail later, of course, ethical hackers are constantly trying to find security holes in web servers, and they use exactly the same methods that malicious hackers use for the server, with the difference that the purpose of these hackers is different and if a white hat hacker can hack the server through a path, they will report quickly, so that all security holes will be closed and the way for malicious hackers to enter will be blocked as well.

How can servers get hacked?

Initially, hacking needs gathering information about the goal they intend to achieve, in order to collect information, it is necessary for hackers to gather complete knowledge about the relevant server, its hardware and software parts, configuration, address, etc., gathering information is actually an important part of hacking a server, and if this step is not done properly, taking other steps are somehow impossible and hackers will not be able to reach their goal, the next step is to find the vulnerabilities of the server, so that hackers can access the server through these points, in order to do this, hackers usually use tools to scan for server vulnerabilities, in fact, these tools can check all the security issues on the server and let the hacker know the weaknesses, for example, if the server has a weakness in choosing a password which can be easily obtained, they will let the hackers know about this weak point, other vulnerabilities of a server that may be found by these tools may include incorrect configuration of software on the server, non-updated software on it, and so on.

Hackers may use the following tools to scan servers:

1- Nessus:

Nessus can provide a lot of information to hackers, it can find and report vulnerabilities on a server, using this tool requires payment, but hackers can regain the money which they have spent quickly.

2- Nmap:

Nmap is one of the most popular tools that can be used to identify vulnerabilities in a server.

3- Nikto:

Nikto works like Nessus, but the thing about this tool is that if an intrusion detection tool is used, the hacker who have used this tool can be easily detected. 

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