Secure Thinking Session 3: What is a Hacker PDF
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North Carolina State University
Jeff Crume
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This document is a Secure Thinking session at NC State University, focusing on the definition and types of hackers. It covers various aspects of hacking, including ethical hacking, hacker motivations, and taxonomies. The document also contains an assignment on Kevin Mitnick, including questions related to ethical dilemmas.
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Secure Thinking Session 3 What is a Hacker? Jeff Crume, PhD, CISSP, ISSAP IBM Distinguished Engineer NCSU Teaching Assistant Professor Previous Assignment Peruse the Resources links Subscribe to the ones you like Make a current events post to the Discussion Board At a...
Secure Thinking Session 3 What is a Hacker? Jeff Crume, PhD, CISSP, ISSAP IBM Distinguished Engineer NCSU Teaching Assistant Professor Previous Assignment Peruse the Resources links Subscribe to the ones you like Make a current events post to the Discussion Board At a hotel in “Normal,” IL 3 Know your enemy What is a hacker? Source: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker Hacker Hats ”Hacking is a felony in the United States and most other countries. When it is done by request and under a contract between an ethical hacker and an organization, it’s OK. The key difference is that the ethical hacker has authorization to probe the target.” ’Q&A with IBM’s Charles Palmer,’ Insurgency on the Internet, https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/technology/blog/types-of-hackers/ CNN.com, 1999 Hacker Taxonomies Furnell, 2002 Rogers, 2005 Cyberterrorists Hacker Circumplex Cyber warriors Hactivists Malware writers Phreakers Samurai Script Kiddies Warez doodz CERIAS Tech Report 2005-43, “The Development of a Meaningful Hacker Taxonomy: A Two Dimensional Approach How should we classify hackers? By skill level? – Script kiddie, intermediate, elite By tactics/techniques? – Cracking, hacking, DOS’ing By motivation? – Piracy, profit, politics By target? – Banks, nation states, individuals By psychological profile? – Sociopaths, criminals, misfits My additions Source: “Your guide to the seven types of malicious hackers,” Roger Grimes, infoworld.com, Feb 8, 2011 https://www.wral.com/news/local/video/17375259/ ASSIGNMENT: Mitnick Questions Does it matter that he didn’t directly profit from his hacking? Does it matter that he said there were no laws against what he was doing? Does it “take a thief to catch a thief?” Would you hire a “reformed hacker?”
