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Introduction：

1、14 Types of Hackers to Watch Out For

2、Fact Sheet： Government Hacking

14 Types of Hackers to Watch Out For ♂

　　Technology has evolved rapidly in the last two decades, bringing about new innovations and tools to help us navigate our tech-driven world. While much of this technological evolution has resulted in tools that help us work, live and navigate modern life with more ease, technology has also opened a widening window of security vulnerabilities that cybercriminals love to exploit.

　　Hackers — and the malware they use in their crimes — have also evolved, and the methods they use to carry out their attacks have become increasingly sophisticated. Today’s modern-day hackers are nothing short of skilled professionals, and they fall into a few different categories based on their motives and how they perform their attacks.

　　In fact, not all hackers are criminals — some are actually hired to stop criminals in their tracks. Read on for a breakdown of 14 types of hackers to watch out for.

　　A black hat hacker is a cybercriminal who breaks into computer systems with malicious or criminal intent. Black hat hackers are probably what you think of when you picture a typical hacker or cybercriminal. Their advanced technical knowledge and ability to navigate the cybersecurity landscape is what makes them so skilled in carrying out their attacks. They go out of their way to find vulnerabilities in computer systems and software, which they exploit for financial gain or other malicious purposes.

　　These hackers can do serious harm to individuals and organizations alike by stealing sensitive or personal data, compromising entire computer systems, or altering critical networks.

　　Motives: to profit from data breaches

　　Most at risk: organizations, which hackers typically target to steal sensitive data that can compromise a business financially.

　　Similar to black hat hackers, white hat hackers are cybersecurity experts who use their skills to find vulnerabilities in organizational networks and computer systems. The key difference between them, however, is that white hat hackers are authorized to hack these systems to spot security vulnerabilities before a criminal hacker can.

　　Typically hired by governments or large businesses, white hat hackers identify and fix loopholes or weaknesses found in organizational security systems to help prevent an external attack or data breach.

　　Motives: help businesses prevent cybersecurity attacks

　　Most at risk: criminal hackers

　　A gray hat hacker is a cybersecurity expert who finds ways to hack into computer networks and systems but without the malicious intent of a black hat hacker. Typically, they engage in hacking activities for the pure enjoyment of finding gaps in computer systems, and they might even let the owner know if they find any weak points. However, they don’t always take the most ethical route when doing so — they may penetrate systems or networks without the owner’s permission (even though they aren’t trying to cause any harm).

　　Motives: personal enjoyment

　　Most at risk: anyone who doesn’t want unauthorized access to their systems and networks

　　A green hat hacker is someone who is new to the hacking world but is intently focused on increasing their cyberattack skills. They primarily focus on gaining knowledge of how to perform cyberattacks on the same level as their black hat counterparts. Their main intent is to eventually evolve into a full-fledged hacker, so they spend their time looking for learning opportunities from more experienced hackers.

　　Motives: to learn how to become an experienced hacker

　　Most at risk:?no one (yet)

　　Blue hat hackers are hired by organizations to bug-test a new software or system network before it’s released. Their role is to find loopholes or security vulnerabilities in the new software and remedy them before it launches.

　　Motives: to identify vulnerabilities in new organizational software before it’s released

　　Red hat hackers are hired by government agencies to spot vulnerabilities in security systems, with a specific focus on finding and disarming black hat hackers. They’re known to be particularly ruthless in their hunt for black hat criminals, and typically use any means possible to take them down. This often looks like using the same tactics as black hat hackers and using those methods against them — using the same malware, viruses and other strategies to compromise their machines from the inside out.

　　Motives: to find and destroy black hat hackers

　　Most at risk:?black hat hackers

　　Script kiddies are amateur hackers who don’t possess the same level of skill or expertise as more advanced hackers in the field. To make up for this, they turn to existing malware created by other hackers to carry out their attacks. Unlike green hat hackers who are eager to learn hacking techniques, script kiddies are more interested in buying or downloading existing tools for hacking.

　　Motives: to cause disruption

　　Most at risk:?organizations with unsecured networks and systems

　　State/nation sponsored hackers are appointed by a country’s government to gain access to another nation’s computer systems. They use their cybersecurity skills are used to retrieve confidential information from other countries in preparation for a potential upcoming threat or attack and to keep a pulse on sensitive situations that could pose a threat in the future. These types of hackers are hired solely by government agencies.

　　Motives: to monitor and prevent international threats

　　Most at risk: international hackers and criminals

　　Malicious insider hackers are individuals who employ a cyberattack from within the organization they work for. Also known as whistleblowers, their motivation for attack can vary from acting on a personal grudge they have against someone they work for to finding and exposing illegal activity within the organization.

　　Motives: to expose or exploit an organization’s confidential information

　　Most at risk: internal executives and business leaders

　　A hacktivist is someone who hacks into government networks and systems to draw attention to a political or social cause—hence why the name “hacktivist” is a play on the word “activist.” They use hacking as a form of protest, retrieving sensitive government information and using it for political or social purposes.

　　Motives: to shed light on an alarming social or political cause (or to make a political or ideological statement)

　　Most at risk: government agencies

　　Cryptojackers are known to exploit network vulnerabilities and steal computer resources as a way to mine for cryptocurrencies. They spread malware in a variety of ways, often by planting infectious viruses across the web. These viruses and ransomware-like tactics help them deploy malicious code on victims’ systems, which work quietly in the background without the victims’ knowledge. Once the code is planted, it sends the results back to the hacker.

　　Cryptojackers are tough to spot, since the malicious code can go undetected for a long time. Since their motive isn’t to steal victims’ data, but rather to use their system as a vehicle for cryptocurrency mining, it’s difficult to trace the source of the infection once it’s discovered.

　　Motives: cryptocurrency mining

　　Most at risk: any individual or organization with unsecured networks

　　A gaming hacker is someone who focuses their hacking efforts on competitors in the gaming world. With the gaming industry booming, it’s no surprise that its own specialized category of gaming hackers have emerged as a result. Professional gamers might spend thousands of dollars on high-performance hardware and gaming credits, and hackers typically carry out their attacks in an attempt to steal competitor’s credit caches or cause distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to take them out of the game.

　　Motives: to compromise gaming competitors

　　Most at risk: high-profile gamers

　　Botnet hackers are malware coders who create bots to perform high-volume attacks across as many devices as possible, typically targeting routers, cameras and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The bots operate by looking for unsecured devices (or devices that still have their default login credentials intact) to plant themselves in. Botnets can be used directly by the hacker who created them, but they’re also frequently available for purchase on the dark web for other hackers to take advantage of.

　　Motives: to compromise a high volume of network systems

　　Most at risk:?individuals with unsecured routers and WiFi-connected devices

　　Elite hackers are the cream of the crop in the world of cybercriminals, and are considered to be the most skilled hackers in their field. They’re often the first ones to discover cutting-edge attack methods, and are known to be the experts and innovators in the hacking world. They can use their skills for black hat, white hat or any other type of hacking.

　　Motives: to perform advanced cyberattacks on organizations and individuals

　　Most at risk: high-revenue corporations

　　Still have questions about different types of hackers? We answer them below.

　　The three main types of hackers are black hat hackers, white hat hackers and gray hat hackers.

　　The difference between white, black and gray hat hackers lies in their motives. White hat hackers use their hacking skills for good by proactively finding system vulnerabilities before cybercriminals exploit them. Black hat hackers use their skills for malicious purposes, usually for financial gain. As the name might suggest, gray hat hackers engage in hacking activities purely for fun — without good or bad intent.

　　Hackers use various methods to carry out their goal of finding (and often exploiting) vulnerabilities in a computer system or network. They can:

　　Use social engineering tactics or brute force attacks to gain unauthorized access to personal information like usernames and passwords, which they can then exploit for financial or personal gain

　　Use malicious code or programs to infiltrate a user’s device and deploy malware

　　Take advantage of open, unsecured networks to gain access to the devices on those networks

　　Intercept emails to gain access to sensitive information

　　Install monitoring software to log keystrokes and capture login credentials, credit card numbers and other sensitive data

Fact Sheet： Government Hacking ♂

　　Encryption is a critical component of our day-to-day lives. For much of the world, basic aspects of life rely on encryption to function. Power systems, transport, financial markets, and baby monitors[1] are more trustworthy because of encryption. Encryption protects our most vulnerable data from criminals and terrorists, but it can also hide criminal content from governments.

　　Government hacking is one of the approaches national security and law enforcement agencies use to obtain access to otherwise encrypted information (e.g., the FBI hired a hacking company to unlock the iPhone at the center of the San Bernardino case). It complements their other efforts to obtain exceptional access by asking or requiring tech companies to have the technical ability to decrypt users’ content when it is requested for law enforcement purposes.

　　The Internet Society believes strong encryption is vital to the health of the Internet and is deeply concerned about any policy or action that might put that in jeopardy—regardless of its motivation. Government hacking poses a risk of collateral damage to both the Internet and its users, and as such should only ever be considered as a tool of last resort, to be deployed under strict conditions and verifiable safeguards.

　　We define ‘government hacking’ as government entities (e.g., national security or law enforcement agencies or private actors on their behalf) exploiting vulnerabilities in systems, software, or hardware to gain access to information that is otherwise encrypted or inaccessible.

　　Exploiting vulnerabilities of any kind, whether for law enforcement purposes, security testing, or any other purpose, should not be taken lightly. From a technical perspective, hacking an information, communications, or technology (ICT) resource without consent of the user or owner is always an attack, regardless of its motivation. Attacks can damage a device, system, or an active communications stream, or leave them in a less secure state. This significantly increases the risk of future breaches, potentially causing harm to all users of the system.[2]

　　The risks are increased when governments exploit “zero-day vulnerabilities”—vulnerabilities in software or hardware that are unknown to the vendor or that have not yet been mitigated (e.g. no patch has been released). This approach is particularly dangerous as it exposes the Internet and its users to new security risks for which there is no ready defense. Because of this, there must be clear processes for responsible disclosure and coordinated mitigation of discovered security vulnerabilities as soon as possible so that they can be dealt with.[3]

　　Exploits can be stolen, leaked, or replicated. Even government entities with the highest levels of security have been compromised. For example, the ShadowBrokers group hacked the U.S. National Security Agency and publicly exposed the agency’s EternalBlue zero-day exploit; the Italian security firm, Hacking Team, was hacked in 2015; and a collection of Central Intelligence Agency hacking tools known as Vault 7 were leaked in 2017.

　　Any exploit, regardless of its origin, can be re-purposed by criminals or nation-state actors to attack innocent users. The Petya/NotPetya ransomware (based on EternalBlue) caused real-life consequences such as delays in medical treatment, suspension of banking operations, and disruption of port services. These incidents highlight the dangers of any entity – including governments – hoarding zero-day vulnerabilities and creating and storing exploits.

　　Commercial hacking teams do not only sell their services to the “good guys”. In 2019, security researchers discovered that the software from the NSO Group, an Israeli cyber intelligence firm used by many government agencies, had been used to hack into the WhatsApp accounts of journalists and activists and covertly inspect their communications. Other similar news reports indicate that this was by no means the only such use of the technology.

　　One target can turn into many. Government hacking may be intended to be targeted and surgical, a hacking technique or exploit that works on one target can be turned against other devices of the same kind, and often also other devices and systems. Vulnerabilities and tools can also be discovered or improperly disclosed, or used for other purposes, e.g., to engage in cyber-attacks or cyber warfare by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, who are often state-aligned. Possibly the most famous example of an APT is the Stuxnet virus, allegedly created by the U.S. and Israeli governments to destroy Iranian nuclear centrifuges, then spread around the globe (well beyond the intended target) affecting millions of other systems.

　　Weaknesses in computer systems are discovered by attackers all the time. Keeping a weakness secret (to exploit it later) won’t prevent it from being discovered by others. For example, for the Android operating system, the rediscovery rate for high and critical severity weaknesses has been as much as 23% within a year.[4] Given the existence of weaknesses, the most motivated—like criminals, terrorists, and hostile governments—will work harder than anyone else to find and exploit them. Their value is demonstrated by the prices and demand in black and grey markets.[5] Having deployed working exploits to reverse engineer will make that even easier.

　　Crossing jurisdictions. There is also the risk of inadvertently infiltrating or tampering with a foreign nation’s networks or systems—an act that could be regarded as an attack against the nation, its interests, or its citizens, with the associated political, economic, and potential cyber-attack consequences. It also may encourage some countries to pursue a sovereign Internet approach.

　　As a technical foundation for trust on the Internet, encryption promotes freedom of expression, commerce, privacy, and user trust, and helps protect data and communications from accidental and malicious harm. The Internet Society believes encryption should be the norm for Internet traffic and data storage, and it is not alone in that belief. For instance, the UN special rapporteur on Human Rights and the OECD have both made strong statements in support of cryptographic tools.

　　Legal and technical attempts to limit the use of encryption, even if well-intentioned, will negatively impact the security of law-abiding citizens and of the Internet at large.

　　Government hacking to circumvent encryption also risks the security of innocent users, critical systems (including government networks and services), and the Internet.

　　We do not support government hacking that poses a risk to the security of the Internet and its users. Because of the risk of collateral damage, it should never become a routine approach for law enforcement or governments to gain access to encrypted content. We also oppose laws and other rules that require tech companies to build security vulnerabilities into their products and services. There is abundant evidence that such vulnerabilities are inevitably leaked or discovered and used for harm.

　　The risk is particularly acute for government hacking that relies on zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits (as noted above). However, it is also a risk where vulnerabilities are known but un-patched – perhaps because systems are too old, because people cannot afford more secure devices, or due to inadequate patching procedures.

　　As a general principle, exploiting flaws in any system creates an inherent danger. Even in a perfect scenario where a government entity uses an exploit with the best of intentions, with appropriate authorization, and with a positive result; there is a high risk that the exploit will not stay within the confines of that government. The system, as a whole, becomes less secure merely because the exploit has been used, regardless of the intention.

　　Given the inherent risks, governments should not collect, solicit, buy, create, store, or exploit vulnerabilities for the purposes of gaining access to information for national security or other law enforcement purposes unless the following conditions apply:

　　Never in human history has so much data been available to governments and their enforcement agencies: indeed, in some instances, enforcement has failed not because of a lack of data, but because of a surfeit of it.

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