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Main Types of

hacker
White hat
hacker

Black hat
types hacker

Grey hat
hacker
White Hat Hacker Black hat hacker
(Ethical Hacker) (criminal hackers)
• Find weakness before • Break into systems illegally foe
criminal do money or harm
• Improve security of • Steal data, leak information,
websites, apps and create malware or damage
networks systems
• Work legally to protect • Highly dangerous because they
organizations target anyone
Example: • Example:
A company hires an • Criminals stealing
ethical hacker to test their customer data from an online
website for vulnerabilities.
store (news reports)
Grey hat hacker
(neutral intent)
• Not fully good or bad
• Often break rules but
don’t aim to cause harm
• May find bugs and
report them without
permission
Example:
someone exposing a
website flaw publicaly
without asking the owner
Grey hat hacker (neutral intent)
• Not fully good or bad
• Often break rules but don’t aim to cause harm
• May find bugs and report them without permission
Example:
someone exposing a website flaw publicaly
without asking the owner
Additional good hacker types
Red team:
Pretend attackers hired by companies to test security
Blue team:
Defend systems, detect attacks, protect networks
Purple team:
Combination of red and blue working together

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