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Understanding Types of Hackers

The document discusses the different types of hackers, categorizing them into white hat, black hat, and gray hat hackers, each with distinct motivations and methods. It highlights the positive contributions of white hat hackers in securing networks and protecting against cyber threats, while also addressing the malicious activities of black hat hackers, such as identity theft and creating malware. Additionally, it outlines the hacking process and suggests resources for further learning about hacking and famous hackers.

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Understanding Types of Hackers

The document discusses the different types of hackers, categorizing them into white hat, black hat, and gray hat hackers, each with distinct motivations and methods. It highlights the positive contributions of white hat hackers in securing networks and protecting against cyber threats, while also addressing the malicious activities of black hat hackers, such as identity theft and creating malware. Additionally, it outlines the hacking process and suggests resources for further learning about hacking and famous hackers.

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Hackers

Good or Bad?
Types of Hackers

A white hat hacker is also


Black hatters. Black Gray Hatters are a
commonly known as
hatters are responsible for blend of white and
an "ethical" hacker. White
malware. They hack for black hatters. They will
Hats have similar working
personal or financial gain. often look for
procedures as the black
They can be involved in weaknesses in a system
hats. However white hats
The White Hatter ( left) cybercrimes. Black Hatters without permission
work for companies. To
also do things that have from anyone. But then
find a flaw in a company's
no gain to themselves. if issues are shown they
security. Another major
They will mess with will report to the owner.
difference is white hats do
people by destroying The Gray Hatters are
everything with
precious data or stealing often not malicious
permission. A example of a
it. with their intent.
white hatter you may
know is the White Hatter.
• Cyberwarfare
• Can help during crime • Creates malware and
(opening locked virus.
devices) • Can corrupt electronics
• Could help secure a and software.
network. • Steals data.
• Help develop software • Can break through
by finding anomalies. security.
• Keep an online bank • Can take personal info.
secure.
• Secures data.
• Many small things that
can help people on a
daily basis.
Why do black
hat hackers
hack?.
• Credit Card Information
-With online shopping becoming more relevant it becomes easier for
hackers to steal credit card information through websites. And this has
only become worse since lockdown.

• Identity theft
-By hacking into any device with stored information hackers
can potentially steal your information resulting in them stealing your
identity.

• Egotism
Some hackers will hack simply to prove that they can and feed their own
ego. Resulting it growing bigger and bigger.
So how exactly is hacking good???
White Hat hackers are here to protect us.

They inform media when black hat hackers are up to no good.

They can help build security networks.


Now that you know about what hackers can do and the types of hackers lets get into the process
lightly
Hacking Process

Foot Printing

Escalating Privilege,
Covering Tracks and Scanning
Creating Backdoors

Attack and
Gaining Access Enumeration
Foot Printing
• Who is, ping Scanning
• Traceroot, nslookup • Nmap
• Nessus
Would you like to learn more?
The best site you can go to is youtube. I find there is a lot of
information and it is given to you in quite an entertaining
way. I received most information from youtube. Here is
some phrases you can search up.

• What is a hacker?
• What are the different types of hackers.
• Do we need hacking.
• Historic hacking moments.

You can sort or filter it so it either shows you only short videos or so it will show you short
videos first .

If you would like to know


more about famous
hackers.
• Anonymous Hacker.
• Famous Hackers.
• First Hackers
• Infamous hackers.
Thank you for your
time.
Bye now.

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