There are six main types of hackers: black hat, white hat, grey hat, green hat, red hat, and blue hat. Black hat hackers illegally crack systems with malicious intent, while white hat hackers identify and fix vulnerabilities with permission. Grey hat hackers may not have criminal intent but hack without consent. Red hat hackers defend networks and hunt attackers, while blue hat hackers perform security testing for companies. The main purposes of hacking are to steal information, damage systems, hamper access, extort money, or break compliance policies.

1. HACKING

2. Hacking: It defines something from which you have
to protect yourself and it can be done by anticipating
how a hacker might think to get into a system
without access.
Types of Hackers: There are mainly 6 types of
hackers. They are classified as follows
Black Hat Hackers
White Hat Hackers
Grey Hat Hackers
Green Hat Hackers
Red Hat Hackers
Blue Hat Hackers

3. o Black Hat Hackers:
o These are also known as cybercriminals.
o They illegally crack systems with malicious intent.
o These use to extort financial gains or breach data systems.
o They find system security vulnerability , then try to exploit or often by implanting a virus
virus or a type of malware.
o White Hat Hackers:
o These are also known as Ethical security hackers.
o They identify and fix vulnerabilities.
o 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.

4.  Grey Hat Hackers:
 They may not have criminal or malicious intent.
 They also don’t have the prior knowledge or consent of those whose systems they hack into.
 They may demand payment in the exchange for providing the full details of what they
uncovered.
 Green Hat Hackers:
 They are inexperienced and may lackthe technical skiills of more experienced hackers.
 They may rely on phishing and other social engineering techniques to bypass security
systems.

5.  Red Hat Hackers:
 They not only defend network systems but actively hunt attackers.
 Then they use their skills to launch full-scale attacks against them to destroy their
systems.
 Blue Hat Hackers:
 These are subgroup of white hat hackers who are hired externally by companies.
 They perform penetration testing and sniff out bugs vulnerabilities before a big
launch.

6.  Purposes of Hacking:
 Steal important information.
 Damaging the system.
 Hampering the system.
 Money extortion.
 To break policy compliances.

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