Hackers And Types of Hackers

Ethical Hackers

A person who performs the hacking activities is called a hacker.

There are six types of hackers:

        ⭐️The Ethical Hacker (White Hat)

        ⭐️Cracker

        ⭐️Grey hat

        ⭐️Script kiddies

        ⭐️Hacktivist

        ⭐️Phreaker

    A security professional who uses his/her hacking skills for defensive purposes is called an ethical hacker. To strengthen security, ethical hackers use their skills to find vulnerabilities, document them, and suggest ways to rectify them.

    Companies that provide online services or those which are connected to the internet, must perform penetration testing by ethical hackers. Penetration testing is another name for ethical hacking. It can be performed manually or through an automation tool.

    Ethical hackers work as information security experts. They try to break the security of a computer system, network, or application. They identify the weak points and based on that, they give advice or suggestions to strengthen the security.

    Programming languages that are used for hacking include PHP, SQL, Python, Ruby, Bash, Perl, C, C++, Java, VBScript, Visual Basic, C Sharp, JavaScript, and HTML.

🔰White Hat Hacker :

    A white hat hacker (also known  as ethical hacker) is  someone who uses his skills only  for defensive purposes such as penetration testing. These type of hackers are often  hired by many organizations in order to ensure the security of their information systems.

🔰Black Hat Hacker: 

    A black hat hacker (also known as cracker) is  someone  who

always uses his skills for offensive purposes. The intention of black hat hackers is  to gain money or take personal revenge by causing damage  to information systems.

🔰Grey Hat Hacker: 

    A grey hat hacker is someone who falls in between the white hat

and black hat category. This type of hacker may use his skills both for defensive and offensive purposes.

🔰Script Kiddie:

    A script kiddie is  a wannabe hacker😅. These  are the ones who lack the knowledge of how a computer system really works but use ready-made programs, tools and scripts to break into computers.

🔰Hacktivist/Hacktivism:

    Derived from combining the words 'Hack' and 'Activism', hacktivism is the act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for politically or socially motivated purposes. The individual who performs an act of hacktivism is said to be a hacktivist.

🔰Phreaker: 

    A phreak is someone who breaks into the telephone network illegally, typically to make free long-distance phone calls or to tap phone lines. The term is now sometimes used to include anyone who breaks or tries to break the security of any network.