Hacker

v1.0 by
@RomelSan

Knowledge

Know Computers,
Know Computers,
Networks, Know Computers You are learning or You don´t want to
Networks, and
programming and and Networks willing to learn learn, just hack
programming
develop exploits

Are you good, Black Hat / Are you learning Neophyte /

Grey Hat Both Evil Elite Hacker You are a Lammer
evil or both? Malicious Hacker to program? Newbie / Noob

No, I just use the tools Yes

Good

Do you crack
Solve / Patch bugs? Yes Script Kiddie Hacker in progress
No software?
Yes

White Hat / Ethical No Pirate / Sofware

Blue Hat
Hacker Cracker

Do you work for

government?

Against it, for a good cause Yes Against it No, I am private I don t care / just to have fun I just want free calls

State Sponsored
Hacktivist Cyber Terrorist Spy Hacker Suicide Hacker Phreaker
Hacker

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 Hacker

"Hacker" is a loose term and has different meanings. Generally, the term "Hacker" is someone
who breaks into computer networks for the happiness he gets from the challenge of doing it or
with some other intentions like stealing data for money or with political motivations. Hackers
are classified to different types.

A security hacker is someone who seeks to breach defenses and exploit weaknesses in a
computer system or network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as
profit, protest, information gathering, challenge, recreation, or to evaluate system weaknesses
to assist in formulating defenses against potential hackers. The subculture that has evolved
around hackers is often referred to as the computer underground.

There is a longstanding controversy about the term's true meaning. In this controversy, the term
hacker is reclaimed by computer programmers who argue that it refers simply to someone with
an advanced understanding of computers and computer networks, and that cracker is the more
appropriate term for those who break into computers, whether computer criminal (black hats)
or computer security expert (white hats). A 2014 article concluded that "... the black-hat
meaning still prevails among the general public"

Hacker Classifications

White Hat / Ethical Hacker: A White Hat hacker is a computer network security professional and
has non-malicious intent whenever he breaks into security systems. A White Hat hacker has
deep knowledge in Computer Networking, Network Protocols and System Administration (at
least three or four Operating Systems and very good skills in Scripting and Programming). White
Hat hacker has also good knowledge in hacking tools and know how to program hacking tools.

A White Hat hacker has the skills to break into networks but he uses his skills to protect
organizations. A White Hat hacker can conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration tests
are also known as an Ethical Hacker. Often White Hat hackers are employed by companies and
organizations to check the vulnerabilities of their network and make sure that no hole is
available in their network for an intruder.

Black Hat / Malicious Hacker: A Black Hat hacker, also known as a cracker, is a computer
professional with deep knowledge in Computer Networking, Network Protocols and System
Administration (at least three or four Operating Systems and very good skills in Scripting and
Programming). Black Hat hacker has also good knowledge in many hacking tools and know how
to program hacking tools. A Black Hat hacker uses his skills for unethical reasons. A Black Hat
hacker always has malicious intention for intruding a network. Example: To steal research data
from a company, to steal money from credit cards, Hack Email Accounts etc.
Grey Hat: A Grey Hat hacker is someone who is between White Hat hacker and Black Hat
hacker. Grey Hat normally do the hacking without the permissions from the administrators of
the network he is hacking. But he will expose the network vulnerabilities to the network admins
and offer a fix for the vulnerability for money.

Blue Hat: A blue hat hacker is someone outside computer security consulting firms who is used
to bug-test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed. Microsoft also
uses the term Blue Hat to represent a series of security briefing events.

Script Kiddie: A Script Kiddie is basically a hacker amateur who doesn’t has much knowledge to
program tools to breaks into computer networks. He often uses downloaded hacking tools from
internet written by other hackers or security experts.

Hacktivist: A Hacktivist is a hacker with political intentions. The hacktivist has the same skills as
that of a hacker and uses the same tools as the hacker. The primary intention of a hacktivist is to
bring public attention to a political matter.

Phreaker: Phreaker is a telecom network hacker who hacks a telephone system illegally to make
calls without paying for them.

Spy hacker: Spy hackers are individuals who are employed by an organization to penetrate and
gain trade secrets of the competitor. These insiders can take advantage of the privileges they
have to hack a system or network.
Suicide hackers: Suicide hackers are those who hack for some purpose and even don’t bother to
suffer long term jail due to their activities. They can be bad as well as good.
Cyber Terrorist: A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or
destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
State sponsored hackers: State sponsored hackers are individuals employed by the government
to penetrate and gain top-secret information and to damage information systems of the
governments.
Elite hacker: A social status among hackers, elite is used to describe the most skilled. Newly
discovered exploits circulate among these hackers. Elite groups such as Masters of Deception
conferred a kind of credibility on their members.
Neophyte: A neophyte ("newbie", or "noob") is someone who is new to hacking or phreaking and
has almost no knowledge or experience of the workings of technology and hacking.
Organized criminal gangs: Groups of hackers that carry out organized criminal activities for profit.
Lamer: Lamer is a jargon or slang name originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to
someone who did not really understand what they were doing. Today it is also loosely applied by
IRC, BBS, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible. In general, the term
has come to describe someone who is willfully ignorant of how things work. It is derived from
the word "lame".
A lamer is sometimes understood to be the antithesis of a hacker. While a hacker strives to
understand the mechanisms behind what they use, even when such extended knowledge would
have no practical value, a lamer only cares to learn the bare minimum necessary to operate the
device in the way originally intended.
Luser: In Internet slang, a luser (sometimes expanded to local user; also luzer or luzzer) is a
painfully annoying, stupid, or irritating computer user. The word is a blend of "loser" and "user".
Among hackers, the word luser takes on a broad meaning, referring to any normal user (in other
words, not a "guru"), with the implication the person is also a loser. The term is interchangeable
with the hacker term lamer.
Software Pirate / Software Cracker: Software cracking (known as "breaking" in the 1980s) is the
modification of software to remove or disable features which are considered undesirable by the
person cracking the software, especially copy protection features (including protection against
the manipulation of software, serial number, hardware key, date checks and disc check) or
software annoyances like nag screens and adware.
Types of Hackers by levels of knowledge
Coder/Programmer: These guys only code and program, test it, and then release it for the script
kiddies.
Admins: Admins are far more common than Coders and may have experience with several
operating systems, understand TCP/IP, and know how to exploit several vulnerabilities. They
generally have less depth of knowledge but possibly greater breadth than Coders. This level of
hacker would be part of a security team in a large organization. Some level of programming or
scripting ability is required. For example, they should be able to port a tool form on flavor of Unix
to another
Script kiddie: Script kiddie is a non-expert who breaks into computer systems by using pre-
packaged automated tools written by others, usually with little understanding of the underlying
concept—hence the term script (i.e. a prearranged plan or set of activities) kiddie (i.e. kid,
child—an individual lacking knowledge and experience, immature)