Welcome to our new topic and it is about Black Hat Hacker.
From the previous article I posted here, it is about the white hat hacker who
are called as the good guys on which they hack to identify security weaknesses
and they expose the security flaws in such a way as to alert the owner that
there is a breach so they can fix it before a black hat hacker can take
advantage of it. So from this, black hat hackers are considered as the bad
guys. Based on the Security News:
What’s a Blackhat Hacker?, this group of hackers are also known as
crackers or dark-side hackers. Crackers break things and they are
computer security hackers that break into computers and networks or also create
computer viruses. But why do they do this? What do you think are the reasons why
the hackers on this group use learning for evil? Let’s try to go for some
further research.
I love to watch some good movies when I am not busy. Usually when
there is no exam or class on the next day. Some of it are kind of intelligence
type, something suspense and have some strategic analysis on their mission and
more into technology. Mission:
Impossible - Ghost Protocol which was released last 2011 is one of those
movies I watched and it is really exciting because you can see how those
gadgets can be used as a way to hack some information and to get the files they
needed on their mission. They used lot of Apple products and they installed
applications on it to be able to use those devices for the attack. As the new
chapters of our life continues, we gained more and more knowledge each day and
we cannot choose right away if we are going to use it on good or bad way but
still we have our own choice and will. We also think about the consequences
what might happen to us if we are going to do those things which are bad. But
did you imagined what are running on those black hat hackers mind when they are
attacking systems and other government properties? They inflict major damage on both individual
computer users and large organizations by stealing personal financial
information, compromising the security of major systems, or shutting down or
altering the function of websites and networks based on the definition of What does
Black Hat Hacker mean? by Technopedia.
Some of the black hat hackers are teenagers and the way how
they used their skills are still in the process of lack of intelligence. They
create malicious malwares that attack other system and steal some information
through web. With the use of internet and technology they can even access and
manipulate information in each company’s databases. There are also some black
hat who are wannabes and from this they can get training about their skills on
some underground hacker forums so we can see, we really cannot control those
skills hackers on their learning ways of becoming a black hat hacker because
they can find other organization and meet people who are also interested on
this so while the training continues, many becomes more knowledgeable to become
notorious black hat hacker. There is an article by Anthony M. Freed which is Black Hat Wannabes Get
Training on Underground Hacker Forums. Here other hacking tools and how
they can be used are shared to those members who want to become black hat
hackers. It’s like turning your skills into a full-time criminal operation just
as what Mr. Freed said on his article, “Underground
forums are providing education on how to become a better, and more malicious,
attacker. Researchers combed one of the largest known hacker forums plus a few
smaller ones and discovered that nearly one-third of all the discussion threads
were dedicated to hacker training, relaying tips and tricks of the trade for
those seeking to sharpen their skills and build some street cred.”
While searching some good articles to read for my new post, I
found a list of Top
10 Notorious Black Hat Hackers. Their pictures and description about their
selves were listed on that website. It is amazing how they do those hacking
from teens to adults. I don’t really admire them to the point I also want to become like
them but from the skills they had. They really know how to access and gain
information just from the codes and networks. Yes they earned lot of money and skills
but mostly of the black hat hackers found their selves guilty and in prison. They
spend mostly of their lives facing the consequences they have made. But not all
black hat hackers really ended up like that because there are some who landed
legit jobs in their own career path of choice. This is from the Mashable
website on which Jolie O'Dell posted an article about How 7 Black Hat
hackers Landed Legit Jobs. So from this, white hat hackers are also black
hat hackers before but they just chose not to be black hat hackers forever. They
got hired as IT security consultant and now doing their skills to secure information
security of the company.
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