In this episode of #CyberknowledgeThursday you’ll learn about types of hackers, Before you become proactive for your #safety, it is essential to understand what you are facing or fighting.
So, let’s begin
⚪️ #Whitehat hackers, also known as #ethicalhackers are the cybersecurity experts who help the Govt and organizations by performing penetration testing and identifying loopholes in their cybersecurity.
⚫️ #Blackhat hacker is the type of hacker you should be worried. Heard a news about a new cybercrime today? One of the black hat hackers may be behind it.
🔘 #Grayhat hackers are somewhere in between white hat and black hat hackers. While they may not use their skills for personal gain, they can, however, have both good and bad intentions. For instance, a hacker who hacks into an organization and finds some vulnerability may leak it over the Internet or inform the organization about it.
🟢 #Greenhat hackers, these hackers are the amateurs in the online world of hacking.
🔴 #RedHat Hackers have an agenda similar to white hat hackers which in simple words is halting the acts of Black hat hackers. Red hat hacker will launch a series of aggressive cyber-attacks and malware on the hacker that the hacker may as well have to replace the whole system.
🔵 #BlueHat Hackers’ main agenda is to take revenge on anyone who makes them angry. They have no desire for learning and may use simple #cyber-attacks like flooding your IP with overloaded packets which will result in #DoSattacks.
