Hacking For Beginners – Manthan Desai

2010

White Hat Hacker

 A White Hat Hacker is computer guy who perform Ethical Hacking. These are usually security professionals withknowledge of hacking and the Hacker toolset and who use this knowledge to locate security weaknesses andimplement counter measures in the resources.

 They are also known as an Ethical Hacker or a Penetration Tester. They focus on Securing and Protecting ITSystems.

Hackers or Crackersviolate thesystem integrity of remote machines, with malicious intent.

 These are also known as an Unethical Hacker or a Security Cracker. They focus on Security Cracking and Datastealing.

sometimes in good will, and sometimes not.but may or may not occasionally commit

 They are hybrid between White Hat and Black Hat Hackers.

Ethical Hacking

 Ethical Hacking is testing the for a good cause and for the betterment of technology. Technically EthicalHacking means penetration testing which is focused on Securing and Protecting IT Systems.

Hactivism

 Another type of Hackers are Hacktivists, who try to broadcast political or social messages through their work. AHacktivist wants to raise public awareness of an issue. Examples of hacktivism are the Web sites that weredefaced with the Jihad messages in the name of Terrorism.

Cyber Terrorist

 There are Hackers who are called Cyber Terrorists, who attack government computers or public utilityinfrastructures, such as power stations and air-traffic-control towers. They crash critical systems or steal classifiedgovernment information. While in a conflict with enemy countries some government start Cyber war via Internet.

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