HackersSaeed Almehairi

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What is hacker?

A hacker is someone who seeks and exploitsweaknesses in a computer system or computer network. The hacker tries to steal information, or customize a certain thing. Hackers using their hacking skills in many different things.

What are the white hackers?

White hackers:

They do have the permission or access to

hack.

What are Gray hackers?

Gray hackers:

They do not have the access to hack but they are

not using their skills in a bad way.

What are black hackers?

Black hackers:

They do not have the access to hack and they

are using their skills in a bad way.

Threat groups

1- Cracker

2- Phreaks

3- Script Kiddie

4- hackers

What is an Organized Criminal Gangs?

Groups of hackers that carry out organized

criminal activities for profit.

What is a Blue Hat?

A blue hat hacker is someone outside computer

security consulting firms who is used to bug-

test a system prior to its launch, looking for

exploits so they can be closed. Microsoft also

uses the term BlueHat to represent a series of

security briefing events.

What is a Hacktivist?

A hacktivist is a hacker who utilizes technology to publicize a social,

ideological, religious or political message.

Hacktivism can be divided into two main groups:

● Cyber Terrorism — Activities involving website defacement or denial-of-

service attacks; and,

● Freedom of information — Making information that is not public, or is

public in non-machine-readable formats, accessible to the public.

Source:

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(computer_

security)