White hat hacker Grey hat hacker Black hat hacker

Acts in a legal way yes

Acts in an illegal way yes yes
Acts in a legally
ambiguous way
Acts in an ethic way yes no
Acts in a non-ethic way
Acts for his own yes
benefit
Works for a company yes yes
to improve its
cybersecurity.
Finds a vulnerability yes
and sells it to the
highest bidder without
caring the damage it
can cause
Finds a vulnerability yes
and ask for a monetary
compensation to fix it
Finds and publish a yes
vulnerability to the
internet without caring
if someone may exploit
it

 Why white hat hackers are not illegal?

Because they try to help fix things so that companies have better security and they do not hack in
an evil way

 Why grey hat hackers are not legal?

Because they hack companies without being asked to so that then they can offer to fix and help
the security

 Can there be something illegal but ethic? Justify your answer.

Yes because gray hackers do it so that they can help but its illegal.

 What is the main difference between a grey hat and a black hat?

A grey hat hacks so that then they can help fix the security when a black hat hacks searching a
personal or economic benefit and they don’t care about hurting others to do so

Newbie Script-Kiddie Lamer

Someone who wants to learn ---------
and become a professional.
Someone who doesn’t have the --------------
skills to create their own codes,
so it uses codes from others
that they may or may not
understand.
Hacks for fun, has no intention --------------------
to become a professional.
Someone who brags but --------------
doesn’t really know about
hacking.
Can cause serious harm ---------------------
without noticing.