intro to ethical hacking

Hacking

It is the unauthorized intrusion into a computer or a network.

hacker

Person engaged in hacking activities

Black Hats, White Hats, Grey Hats

What are the three hacker perspectives?

Black Hats

They perform unauthorized activity that is intended to harm, steal, disrupt, or exploit and hack systems for their own personal reasons

White Hats

They are the oppsite to black hats, they only try systems which they have permission to enter.

Grey Hats

The type of hacker perspective that is a combination of both, might break into systems without permission, but will not cause any damage to these systems, they usually notify system admins about the weaknesses they find.

List the Top 10 most notorious hackers

1. Kevin Mitnick

2. Anonymous

3. Adrian Lamo

4. Albert Gonzalez

5. Matthew Bevan and Richard Pryce

6. Jeanson James Ancheta

7. Michael Calce

8. Kevin Poulsen

9. Jonathan James

10. ASTRA