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7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by jimklef(m): 6:33am On Oct 16, 2016 |
First, a short myth: A 15-year-old boy sits behind a glowing black monitor, typing furiously. The green text streams across his screen like a waterfall. His nervousness escalates dramatically as he sends rapid-fire commands to the strained computer. Suddenly, he lets out a triumphant laugh and proceeds to steal money. Such is the stereotypical view of a hacker. Yet, there’s so much more to this fine art than Hollywood or the media describes. Hackers are varied creatures and include these 7 types: 1. Script Kiddie – Script Kiddies normally don’t care about hacking (if they did, they’d be Green Hats. See below.). They copy code and use it for a virus or an SQLi or something else. Script Kiddies will never hack for themselves; they’ll just download overused software (LOIC or Metasploit, for example) and watch a YouTube video on how to use it. A common Script Kiddie attack is DoSing or DDoSing (Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service), in which they flood an IP with so much information it collapses under the strain. This attack is frequently used by the “hacker” group Anonymous, which doesn’t help anyone’s reputation. 2. White Hat – Also known as ethical hackers, White Hat hackers are the good guys of the hacker world. They’ll help you remove a virus or PenTest a company. Most White Hat hackers hold a college degree in IT security or computer science and must be certified to pursue a career in hacking. The most popular certification is the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) from the EC-Council. 3. Black Hat – Also known as crackers, these are the men and women you hear about in the news. They find banks or other companies with weak security and steal money or credit card information. The surprising truth about their methods of attack is that they often use common hacking practices they learned early on. 4. Gray Hat – Nothing is ever just black or white; the same is true in the world of hacking. Gray Hat hackers don’t steal money or information (although, sometimes they deface a website or two), yet they don’t help people for good (but, they could if they wanted to) . These hackers comprise most of the hacking world, even though Black Hat hackers garner most (if not all) of the media’s attention. 5. Green Hat – These are the hacker “n00bz,” but unlike Script Kiddies, they care about hacking and strive to become full-blown hackers. They’re often flamed by the hacker community for asking many basic questions. When their questions are answered, they’ll listen with the intent and curiosity of a child listening to family stories. 6. Red Hat – These are the vigilantes of the hacker world. They’re like White Hats in that they halt Black Hats, but these folks are downright SCARY to those who have ever tried so much as PenTest. Instead of reporting the malicious hacker, they shut him/her down by uploading viruses, DoSing and accessing his/her computer to destroy it from the inside out. They leverage multiple aggressive methods that might force a cracker to need a new computer. 7. Blue Hat – If a Script Kiddie took revenge, he/she might become a Blue Hat. Blue Hat hackers will seek vengeance on those who’ve them angry. Most Blue Hats are n00bz, but like the Script Kiddies, they have no desire to learn. There you have it. Thanks for reading. 5 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by HQuadreal: 6:54am On Oct 16, 2016 |
Good. |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by Nobody: 9:18am On Oct 16, 2016 |
Me, no TROLL HAT i get. 1 Like |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by Whytelyon(m): 2:36pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
When are we ever gonna have whatsapp group for pen testers, I wanted to start it, only many peeps on here were something else.... |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by incredible6(m): 3:19pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
Are there any green/black hat hackers, let's discuss on ways to improve nija hacking industry |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by jimklef(m): 9:08pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
incredible6:bro no green hat hacker, abi u won b d first green hat hacker for naija |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by Nobody: 9:32pm On Oct 16, 2016 |
You missed these ones Suicide Hackers, Spy Hackers, Cyber Terrorists, State Sponsored Hackers classified by ©EC-Council |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by FincoApps(m): 12:07am On Oct 17, 2016 |
jimklef: hahahahaha Let Anonymous catch you. They'll chew chew you anyhow |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by incredible6(m): 1:38am On Oct 17, 2016 |
jimklef: Which one are you! You up for collaborations |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by Whytelyon(m): 6:39am On Oct 17, 2016 |
@jimklef Without Anonymous ISIS would have destroyed America. Who doesn't know the story of how Anonymous fought alongside Russia and America to battle ISIS, only they didn't collaborate with America 100% for fear that America may come after them on the later event. http://bgr.com/2015/11/30/anonymous-hackers-isis-terrorists-war/ Plus they fighting Donald Trump and digging up facts hidden for a long time. |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by jimklef(m): 2:27pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
Whytelyon:Lol, even ISIS too na anonymous naaw |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by Whytelyon(m): 5:05pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
jimklef: I don't believe you. Possibly you don't know who's Anonymous. If you do, you won't say they are IS. |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by zzzzy: 8:24pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
You missed hacktivists |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by zzzzy: 8:28pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
Whytelyon:they aren't as badass as they make us think they are |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by Whytelyon(m): 8:35pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
zzzzy: O yes they are. Not this crap of copy and paste we do in Nigeria that we misunderstand as being "uber hackers " you can try hacking them and watch what happens afterall. Try hacking Islamic state, or try hacking into Donald trumps Email and see how it goes. hut this guy's are doing it without stress. 1 Like |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by rogerm: 8:59pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
good info |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by zzzzy: 9:03am On Oct 18, 2016 |
Whytelyon:they didn't release any valuable information from their claimed hack against Donald trump. Most of the information they released were already out before their "attack" and about isis, they didn't hack isis, they brought down their twitter handles. Most of their attack are DDOS, btw, they have no leadership and is a voluntary group, I too can be a member of anonymous. Scary hacking is what was done to Hillarys campaign chairman emails |
Re: 7 Types Of Hackers You Should Know by Whytelyon(m): 9:29am On Oct 18, 2016 |
zzzzy: You only read about Twitter handles, did you read about the ones they used Remote Administration tools? I guess not. Not hyping these guys, but being honest, they are far more dangerous than you think. Ever heard of the Lizard hack team? Most of them are anonymous now, read about the use of RAT (remote administration tools) in Syria it should give you insights of what these fellows did. Read here as this is the only ones published. https://www.hackread.com/8-most-awesome-hacks-conducted-by-anonymous-hackers/ Even whois on their site is patched and protected by whoisguard. You haven't been reading let us show you which one you day? Come to hacking in reality, I give it to Russians. 2 Likes 1 Share |
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