Types of Hackers

Question 1

White Hat Hackers

Answer 1

-Ethical Hackers

-Someone that has permission

-Usually hired to help businesses and clients

Question 2

Black Hat Hackers

Answer 2

-Malicious Hackers

-Someone that does not have permission

-Steal, destroy, deface property

Question 3

Gray Hat Hackers

Answer 3

-Someone that does not have permission but has a good intention

-May have good or bad intentions

-black turned white” but could also refer to the “gray area” in between black and white

Question 4

Script Kiddies

Answer 4

-Amateurs

-Use other people’s tools/scripts

-Understands the result but not the how

Question 5

Green Hat

Answer 5

-Hackers in Training

-People learning how to hack

-Basically script kiddies with motivation

Question 6

APT/Nation

Answer 6

-State hackers

-Skilled and have lots of money

-Steal information for the government

-Well funded

-They are better than the blue team

-EX: Fancy Bear (Russia) and Wicked Panda (China)

Question 7

Hacktivists

Answer 7

-People who hack for a cause that they think is justifiable

-DDOS (distributed denial of service)

-Doxx (leaking personal info)

Question 8

Insider threat/whistleblowers

Answer 8

-Someone who is already inside the company

-Nonmalicious - holding the door open for someone

-Malicious - someone who reveals information