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    The Black Hat Hackers

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    believes that the American government hide like this information in the military computers. So that is the story of the most dangerous Black hat hacker Gary Mackinnon. In this essay I will remind a few points about black hat such as: What is Black hat? Social engineering, Black hat SEO techniques, and how does hackers contribute by developing the internet. A Black hat hackers is an individual with knowledge of a computer whose porpuse hack the internet security or bypass internet security. Also they

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    2015) .There are a few types of hacker known to exist which are black hat hacker, the white hat hacker and the grey hat hacker. However, this paper focuses on the black hat hacker only. Black hat hackers are also known as crackers or dark-side hackers who have advanced computer knowledge with intention to break the internet security. The term of “black hat” is given because it comes from old western’s belief that people wear black hat are usually bad guys. In

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    Writing 201 3/8/2015 Hacker Hats When one hears the word hacker, what do they imagine? Most people will likely begin with a mental image of a man sitting behind a computer, typing away into a command line, trying to gain access to some government agency. In reality the term hacker is an umbrella term. There are the main three types of hacker the black hat, white hat, and grey hat hacker. Black hat hackers are the ones everyone imagines when they hear the term hacker; white hat hacker is the security

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    loved ones and the ones we are forced to learn on our own. Black Boy and “The Red Hat” are stories encompassing this very idea. Black Boy is a story written by Richard Wright that magnifies the life of a boy and his abrupt demand to become a man in a broken home. On the other hand, “The Red Hat”, a poem composed by Rachel Hadas, is the story of a young boy ready to embrace what life has to offer. But unlike in Black Boy, the boy in “The Red Hat” only gets a small taste of the real world. Both these stories

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    that of the black hat versus the white hat. In this simplistic paradigm, evil is represented by a clear villain dressed in dark clothing, representing the blackness of his heart. Meanwhile the hero of the story is dressed in white, symbolizing his purity and willingness to fight for the weak against the strong with the clear moral high ground on his side. On the surface, Shane may seem as if it follows this pattern and the simplistic morality it implies. After all, Shane defeats a black suited Jack

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    Ethical Responsibilities of Interface Designers Imagine a woman at Ralph’s grocery store, pushing her cart through the aisles. She takes her time finding her items and heads to the checkout. As the cashier rings her up, she notices him pull out of her cart, and scan, a fancy wedge of cheese. She alerts him that she did not pick out that cheese and he informs her that it was merely “a suggestion”, and that she could have removed the cheese from her cart at any time. The woman argues that she did

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    Using these labels and their definitions explains the purpose of penetration testing a bit better. White-hats use the same methods and tools to break into networks as a black-hat would, but they disclose the security issue with the network owner. In a sense, a white-hat imitates a malicious attack but there would be no harm done to the network. What are the vulnerabilities in which a penetration test would look for? Most penetration tests

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    today’s society we wonder what are a hacker and their meaning, but according to Wikipedia.com there are three different types’ of hackers. You have a white hat, black hat, and grey hat. Kevin Mitnick was a black hat which means violating computer security for personal gain or pure maliciousness. I am going to discuss why he was the first black hat, what he did, and how he was penalized. Here’s the reason why. Kevin David Mitnick was born on August 6, 1963. Mitnick grew up in Los Angeles in 1970s and

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    This paper will discuss the possibility of large scale information security breaches, the hardware and software hacked, the hardware and software needed to perform a real-time attack, and the consequences with performing such an attack. This paper will first define any related terms, then describe the information security systems seen in the ‘WATCH_DOGS’ video game, then discuss the various hardware and software involved in an attack in regards to the game and real life, and finally conclude with

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    Cybersecurity is one of the most important topics in business today; It is something that must be accounted for by all businesses, large or small, due to its ability to disrupt or even paralyze all business functions. With the increasing reliance of computer systems into enterprises today, it is no wonder why the most dangerous threats are in cyberspace. The dangers of these threats are scary to small and medium-sized business owners, and they are left wondering how to protect themselves. Preventative

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