Black hat, white hat, ethical hacking, blah blah it’s all the same thing… you’re all hacking! No not really, here’s why:
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Certified Ethical Hacking |
Black Hat Hacking |
| Has permission to hack the system. | Doesn’t have any permission to hack the system. |
| Gets paid to hack the system. | Most likely isn’t getting paid and if money is involved the rewards could be huge, but so is the risk of getting caught. See #4. |
| Doing it because it’s a job and hopefully it’s something that’s enjoyable. | Does it for the reasons mentioned here. |
| If caught, no penalties. | If caught, possible jail sentence and fine. Hacker’s aren’t known to be buff. Typing all day doesn’t do much for the muscles, so with a jail sentence comes the possibility of becoming someone’s bitch. |
| Could get well known and respected for your work. | Identity must be kept secret so aliases are used. Could possibly get recognition and respect for your alias, but all that goes away when a someone decides they like your alias and want to use it as well. |
February 2, 2009 at 2:17 am
I’m wondering why did you use Certified Ethical Hacker instead of White Hat?
February 2, 2009 at 4:17 am
Well I see white hats as hacker’s without malicious intent. So it could be some 12 year old boy that found a vulnerability in a website, reported it to the site owner, and didn’t go any further with it. I wanted to compare it to professionals that hack for a living.
April 20, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Excellent post! I read with interest Waiting for new records
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May 5, 2010 at 5:16 am
Wow!
Great Post!
Thanks for sharing such a nice information. Really your analysis was great,I like that perspective on it.
a white hat hacker is a white hat because he/she doesn’t destroy/exploit systems he/she has broken into. and instead somehow notifies the admin of the cracked systems security holes and flaws.
the black hat on the other hand is a hacking into systems (usually) only to destroy something or to steal information like bank information.
By the way for more information on Professional Training and Certification for Ethical Hacking check this link: http://www.eccouncil.org/certification/certified_ethical_hacker.aspx
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July 3, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Hmm…
I still like white hat hacker…
I love Certified Ethical Hacker…