HACKER

DEFINITION….• HACKER

Someone who attempts to break into computer system.Typically, this kind of hacker would be a proficient programmer or engineer with sufficient technical knowledge to understand the weak point in a security system.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF HACKERS…

CRACKERS ( BLACK HAT HACKERS)• Those who will enter your computer just for the fun of

it, or to prove their technical skill, which are usually mid to high level.

BLUE HAT HACKERS• A blue hat hacker is someone outside computer security

consulting firms that are used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed.

• The term has also been associated with a roughly annual security conference by Microsoft.

• The unofficial name from the blue color associated with Microsoft employee badges.

SCRIPT KIDDIES

• A hacker of ambiguous ethics and borderline legality.• Often frankly admitted ( the color itself stand somewhere

in between ‘black’ and ‘white’ , the ‘bad’ and the ‘ good’ guys.

GRAY HAT HACKER

• Is a pejorative term for a computer intruded with little skill.

• A person who simply follows direction or uses a cook-book approach.

• Typically using other people’s script and shellcodes.• Without fully understanding the meaning of the steps

they are performing.

WHITE HAT HACKER.

• Someone who break security but who does so for altruistic or at least non-malicious reasons.

• Generally have clearly defined code of ethics and will often attempt to work with manufacturer or owner to improve discovered security weaknesses.

• Although many reserves the implicit or explicit threat of public disclosure after a ‘reasonable’ time as a prod to ensure timely response from a corporate entity.

• Also used to describe hackers who work to deliberately design and code more secure system.

• To white hat, the darker the hat, the more the ethics of the activity can be considered dubious.

• Conversely, black hats may claim the lighter the hat, the more the ethics of the activity are lost.

HACKTIVIST

• Is a hacker who utilizes technology to announce a political message.

• Web vandalism is not necessarily hacktivism.

TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS HACKERS OF ALL TIME….

BLACK HAT HACKER

• JONATHAN JAMES • KEVIN POULSEN

• ADRIAN LAMO

• KEVIN MITNICK

• ROBERT TAPPAN MORRIS

WHITE HAT HACKER

• STEPHEN WOZNIAK • TIM BERNERS-LEE

• LINUS TORVALDS

• RICHARD STALLMAN

• TSUTOMU SHIMOMURA

REFERENCES…

• http://www.focus.com/fyi/top-10-most-famous-hackers-all-time/

• http://outspan.hubpages.com/hub/Meaning-of-Hacking-and-the-Different-Kinds-of-Hackers

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