Domb Nexen

Crackers, hackers, phrackers, phreakers, sneakers: Is there a difference? Here's a primer on hacking nomenclatures to help you keep the bad guys and the good guys straight.

Recently, a debate broke out on TechRepublic over the use of the word “hacker” in an article describing DDoS attacks (see "TechRepublic members say the law needs to punish cyber criminals, not the victims"). Member Lee McGrevin, a systems administrator, took exception to that article’s usage of the term “hacker,” stating that the correct term for someone who launches a DDoS attack would be “cracker.”

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In our last blog post, we talked about some of our security services and how thoroughly we can test your business for Cyber weaknesses. One of the terms we used in that was ‘White Hat Hacker’, to describe ourselves. Now it might seem odd to refer to a high level Cyber security company as ‘hackers’ but in reality, that’s exactly what we do in order to provide you with the best service possible. You see, ‘White Hat hackers’ are just one type of hacker out there and they are the only ones who aren’t dangerous to your business. To illustrate, here’s what each type of hacker ‘Hat’ does:

Script Kiddie

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