Hacking is about seeking vulnerabilities in software, searching for security holes. The reasons why a person would want to be a hacker are various including curiosity, personal challenge or stealing data.
The intentions choose the type of hacker a person want to be:
White-hat (ethical)
A white hacker acts in the legal zone and he has to follow the following steps:
- get the permission of the owner of the system
- hack the system
- tell the owner about the vulnerabilities
White-hat hackers help keeping businesses, society and software that affects every life safe.
Black-hat (cracker)
A black hacker has malicious intentions and many people consider him as the classic definition of hackers.
No matter what the intentions are hacking a system without getting the permission is illegal. Hacking is just a tool. It is everyone’s responsibility to decide what to use it for.