ULTIMATE BEGINNER HANDBOOK TO COMPUTER HACKING ESSENTIALS: LEARN ETHICAL HACKING, PENETRATION TESTING AND BASIC SECURITY: 50+ FREE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU MASTER THE ART OF HACKING (2015)

WHY UN-ETHICAL HACKERS?

An Un-Ethical Hacker is very similar to a Black Hat Hacker and are often associated with them, but there are specific parts that make them different. Not all Un-Ethical Hackers are bad, which may seem strange at first, but these hackers are equally as important as Ethical Hackers

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Un-Ethical Hackers are like the Hulk version of Ethical Hackers and will relentlessly attack a network to find problems. They will often use tactics that are against the law, such as kidnapping and blackmail, to accomplish their goals. The only problem is that Un-Ethical Hackers sell the information to the highest bidder and only do it because it is profitable. These hackers will often mutli-hack systems as well, just to get the network to the point where they can move pasts the preventative steps that an Ethical Hacker put into place.

SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO WATCH IT BURN

It’s plain and simple, for the most part. Un-Ethical Hackers often see a big business like a giant juicy steak that needs to be cooked. If a company claims it has the best security in the world, you can be sure that an Un-Ethical Hacker has already started to break that security. People have a tendency to go after the things that will provide them the most challenge and thrill, and this is the biggest way any hacker can truly determine what they are capable of. Not only do these hackers have to get past the system, but also they will often have to cyber fight with another hacker or a team of hackers in a cyber-gladiator type match. It requires an intense amount of skill to do this and Un-Ethical hackers are sought out by security businesses like trophies for hunters.

ANOTHER GET-RICH QUICK SCHEME

These Red Hat Hackers will often sell the information they steal or the tactics they used to break a network to the highest bidder. The prices go extremely high, with some hackers being millionaires after preforming just one hack. To put into some basic math, let’s say that each Facebook user’s information is worth just $0.50 each. More than a billion people use Facebook, so that’s half a billion dollars for that one hack. However, Facebook is extremely large and has a dedicated security team to ensure that hacking Facebook is near impossible. However, as the Tunisians proved, hacking giant powerful companies like Facebook is not an impossibility and poses a serious threat to the online world.

However, the process is often illegal and once the hacker manages to sell the information, they will be put on the list and watched until the day they die. Often times, any type of money they got from the deal will go to just making sure the company can’t get their hands on them and that they live in a place that shields them from the government that they ran away from.