Hackers.Introduction&types

Hackers.Introduction&Types

Introduction

"Hacker" refers to the skilled Computer programmer. Hacker is a skilled Computer expert who uses their technical knowledge to overcome a problem and someone who uses the bugs and exploits to break into Computer System with their technical knowledge and they are developers, who provide a real-time solution and think beyond boundaries.

Types of Hackers:-

There are four types of hackers

They are:-

* White hat hackers

* Black hat hackers

* Grey hat hackers

* Miscellaneous hackers

White hat hackers:-

White hat hackers are also known as ethical hackers. They are Computer security experts. They never intent to harm a system, rather they try to find out the weaknesses, vulnerabilities, bugs and finally getting them fixed and they delete the sensitive data, They ensure that the information of a company or organization is safe

Ethical hacking is completely legal and it is one of the demanding jobs are available in IT industry. There are so many companies that ethical hackers for their security 

Black hat hackers:-

Black hat hackers are also known as unethical hackers or crackers. Black hat hackers are those who hack in order to gain unauthorized access into a system and steal sensitive data or harm its operations, it is completely illegal because of its bad intent which includes stealing corporate data, damaging the system,  violating privacy, blocking the network communication, stealing bank money, etc... They sell the data which they have sealed, they can also attempt to send spam emails using your server to the random email address for self or the specific brand's promotion

Grey hat hackers:-

Grey hat hackers are a blend of both white hat and black hat hackers. They have both the qualities of white hat and black hat hackers. They act without any malicious intent but for their fun, they exploit the security weaknesses in a Computer system or network system without the owner's permission or knowledge.

Their intent is to bring the weaknesses to the attention of the owner's and getting appreciation or money from the owner

Miscellaneous hackers:-

Apart from the white hat, black hat and grey hat hackers, we have other categories of hackers based on what they hack and how they do it.

They are:-

* Red hat hackers

* Blue hat hackers

* Elite hackers

* Script kiddie

* Neophyte

* hacktivist

Red hat hackers:-

Red hat hackers are a blend of both black hat and white hat hackers. They are usually on the level of hacking government agencies, top-secret information hubs and generally under the category of sensitive information

Blue hat hackers:-

A blue hat hacker is someone outside Computer security consulting firms who is used to bug test a system prior to its launch, they look for loopholes, bug, etc... That can be exploited and try to close these gaps 

Elite hackers:-

Elite hacker are treated as Master of all types of hacking and also called a hacking guru. This is the social status among hackers. They are senior-level hackers in the hackers community. Which is used to describe the most skilled hackers

Script kiddie:-

A script kiddie is not an expert in hacking but who breaks into the Computer system by using readymade tools written by other hackers. They have less knowledge about hacking. Hence the term kiddie.

Neophyte:-

Neophytes are also called as newbie or noob or green hat hackers is someone who is new to hacking. They almost has no experience of the working of technology and hacking 

Hacktivist:-

A hacktivist is a hacker who utilises technology to announce a social, ideological, religious or political message. In general most hacktivism involves in denial of -service attacks or website replacement

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