FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Some (in)famous examples of grey hat hackers are: Anonymous (World famous hacktivist group) HD Moore (Creator of Metasploit) Adrian Lamo (aka the homeless hacker)

Detailed explanation-3: -Hackers fall into three general categories: black hat hackers, white hat hackers, and gray hat hackers. Although hackers are often associated with exploiting vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to computers, systems, or networks, not all hacking is malicious or illegal.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -A grey hat (greyhat or gray hat) is a computer hacker or computer security expert who may sometimes violate laws or typical ethical standards, but usually does not have the malicious intent typical of a black hat hacker.