What are the different Types of Hacker’s ?

Types of Hacker's

Hackers generally exploit vulnerabilities on the internet or in the devices we own, seek out (and sometimes publish) vulnerabilities to get companies to fix them, which makes the internet a little bit safer, one discovery at a time.

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ello everyone by this point in your life you should’ve over herd the term Hackers, by the main-stream media with some stunning headlines about the damages they had caused to companies network, how much money they had stolen, leaking of data and so on and so forth, which lead person to develop a perspective of hackers as bad person, I’m not saying they are not bad hackers out there but hopefully when you finish reading this article you can easily distinguish good and bad hackers (Yes they are good and bad hacker’s) and we will show you the difference between all these types of hacker’s out there.


Types Of  Hacker’s

The security community has informally used references to hat color as a way different types of hacker are identified, usually divided into three types:

  1. < “BlackHat Hackers  “;/>
  2. < “Gray hat Hackers   “;/>
  3. < “White hat Hackers “; />

 

< BLACKHAT HACKERS />

 

Types of Hacker's

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lackhat hackers are known to be malicious. They are classified as individuals that access computers vulnerabilities and exploiting them for personal needs.

with the main purpose of breaking into secure networks to destroy, collected or disconnect authorized data from the users. In this manner, they are only using it for personal gains in an illegal way.

Black hat hacker would most likely focus on popular media or specific organizations rather than random ones. Many black hat hackers use an automation to increase their chances of success when looking for the weakness in the network.

They do however keep track of all the updates waiting patiently for the one time it is unsecured so they can attack.



Blackhat hackers are like viruses they attack a cell using it’s known defiance against it causing a whole chain of corrupted cells to feed on the good cells. Black hats search for that one chance when a network is off guard so it can attack getting what it needs is shutting down the cell altogether.

Most examples are using it to gain access to credit card numbers, identity or botnet DDOS which is when they attack website they do not like. All of which is very illegal and these people are known to be computer criminals

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< GREY HAT HACKERS />

Types of Hacker's

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rey hat hackers can be known to be the middle guys. they are not bad but there are not good but can be both which puts them right in the middle. What makes them different from black hat hackers is that they operate without malicious intent.


They often time believe that their standards are for the great or good.when it comes to the ethical side they are committed to violating their standards and or principles. besides all their deeds they do have a goal of improving network security of a system.

They can be both it for no personal gain and no carnage or to do unethical things or committing crimes. one example of how grey hats hackers go about things is the attempt without permission than notify, they would publically pose the problem before it is fixed which is all case illegal.

The universal definition of the word hacker ” is controversial and could” be put in many contents, first being someone who compromises a computer security or second being a skilled developer in a free software or third being open source movement.


often times the question is asked where is the origin of these names, now it found to say that it started off from the western movies where the good guys would wear white hats and the bad guys would wear black hats so they figured  right in the middle of that would be grey hats which is a little bit of both.

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< WHITE HAT HACKERS />

Types of Hacker's

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hite hat hackers are ethical hackers, these types of hackers are the exact opposite of black hat hackers. They specialize in protecting and providing network security which is in their skills set.

They have a job to exploit any vulnerabilities before the malicious attackers get the chance to do so first. Even though black hat and white hat hackers use the same techies they both have a different intention.



White hat hackers ask permission to access computers and find their vulnerabilities, they notify the organization or business owner of the software vulnerability. The organization or business owner is then responsible to patch up or make the software more secure`+. White hat hackers use a techie called “penetration testing” which is when they access the system looking for vulnerabilities then inform the owner of the vulnerability so they can build a stronger security.

White hackers are many times paid by “bounties” and “award prizes”. By helping everyone else with their security they ended up building their own business.

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