FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY

WHAT IS A HACKER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A hacker who “uses their knowledge with permission to test vulnerabilities and other weakness and then offer details on how to improve the system” is a ____
A
Good hacker
B
Bad hacker
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -White hat hackers are the good guys, who include professional penetration testers who break into systems with permission, malware researchers who study malicious code to provide better understanding and to disclose vulnerabilities to vendors, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -White hat hackers have an ethical purpose to their work. They work with the permission of system administrators to find weak points in organizations’ servers. They communicate their findings directly to the organization so that it can improve its cyber defenses.

Detailed explanation-3: -An ethical hacker, also referred to as a white hat hacker, is an information security (infosec) expert who penetrates a computer system, network, application or other computing resource on behalf of its owners–and with their authorization.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gray hat hackers often look for vulnerabilities in a system without the owner’s permission or knowledge. If issues are found, they report them to the owner, sometimes requesting a small fee to fix the problem.

Detailed explanation-5: -White hat hackers are ethical security hackers who identify and fix vulnerabilities. Hacking into systems with the permission of the organizations they hack into, white hat hackers try to uncover system weaknesses in order to fix them and help strengthen a system’s overall security.

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