From botnet to malware: a guide to decoding cybersecurity buzzwords

Has blackhat definition but not grey- or white-hat? (EDIT: It says white-hat hacker right at the end.)

Some of those definitions are terrible, lol.
IP Address: An internet version of a home address for your computer, which identifies it when it’s connected to the internet.
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That won't help someone that doesn't know what an IP address is, could have been written better.
I challenge you @Kevin Lancaster! :p

Virtual Private Network: A tool that allows the user to remain anonymous while using the internet. It does this by masking location and encrypting traffic as it travels between the user’s computer and the website they’re visiting.
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Lol, the image is more accurate.
 
"Whitehat hacker: A person who uses their hacking skills for an ethical purpose, as opposed to a blackhat hacker, who typically has a malicious intent. Businesses will often hire these individuals to test their cybersecurity capabilities."

My personal view is there is no such thing as a whitehat hacker. You either are or have been a hacker, which makes you black and grey or you cant hack :D In which case you read books on it and attend conferences. If you have hacked, or broken into a system, uve cross the line. Ure grey, even if good for the rest of your life :D But its a personal view. Most of the "whitehat hackers" ive met where Microsoft type engineers who did not impress me but thought the world of themselves. So my view is clouded by my own bias.
 
A good start but terms are way too general.

Blackhat hacker: A person who uses programming skills to cause damage to a computer system, steal data and in general conduct illegal cyber activities.

Doesn't necessarily need to use programming skills.

Trojan horse: A piece of malware that often allows a hacker to gain remote access to a computer.

Nope - its a piece of malware disguised as a useful bit of software.

Virtual Private Network: A tool that allows the user to remain anonymous

Nope again.
 
gregmcc said:
A good start but terms are way too general.

Blackhat hacker: A person who uses programming skills to cause damage to a computer system, steal data and in general conduct illegal cyber activities.

Doesn't necessarily need to use programming skills.

Trojan horse: A piece of malware that often allows a hacker to gain remote access to a computer.

Nope - its a piece of malware disguised as a useful bit of software.

Virtual Private Network: A tool that allows the user to remain anonymous

Nope again.
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I also feel you can do bad things for good reasons. For instance, hacktivists. I see them as grey and not black. For me a black hacker is selfish and in it for themselves. IE, they are doing what they are doing for financial gain or personal revenge, those kinda things.
 
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Johnatan56 said:
Has blackhat definition but not grey- or white-hat? (EDIT: It says white-hat hacker right at the end.)

Some of those definitions are terrible, lol.

That won't help someone that doesn't know what an IP address is, could have been written better.
I challenge you @Kevin Lancaster! :p


Lol, the image is more accurate.
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IP address: the thing I use to see if you have a clone account.
 
I generally tell people ip address are phone numbers for computers to talk to teach other :D
 
ghoti said:
"My personal view is there is no such thing as a whitehat hacker. You either are or have been a hacker, which makes you black and grey or you cant hack :D In which case you read books on it and attend conferences. If you have hacked, or broken into a system, uve cross the line. Ure grey, even if good for the rest of your life :D But its a personal view. Most of the "whitehat hackers" ive met where Microsoft type engineers who did not impress me but thought the world of themselves. So my view is clouded by my own bias.
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My business includes pentests, or penetration tests, where we are paid by the client to try to find exploits and get into their system (in my case, voip systems). That's pretty much white hat.
 
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