Wednesday, August 14, 2013

CCNA Security - Type of "Hacker"

White hat hacker - a white hat hacker has the ability to get into your network and do damage but he uses his skills to help an organization to improve it's network security.

Black hat hacker - a black hat hacker uses his knowledge for unethical reasons.

Gray hat hacker - a gray hat hacker is something like white hat hacker however when he gets the permission to access a particular network he finds an opportunity for personal gain.

Phreaker - a phreaker is a hacker who breaks into a telephone system.

Script kiddy - a script kiddy is a type of a hacker who downloads hacking software and uses it to launch attacks.

Hacktivist - a hacker who goes against a political party by attacking a particular website.
Academic hacker - an academic attacker is usually coming from an institution of higher education and launching an attack from the institution's computing resources.

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