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White hat hacker

White hat hackers, like black hat hackers, possess a strong understanding of systems, networks, and application programming. However, unlike black hats, they use their knowledge and skills to test systems, applications, and networks for security vulnerabilities. This testing is conducted with the permission of the target and is used to find weaknesses in security before unethical hackers exploit them. The motivation to safeguard systems and entities, while staying within the confines of the law and ethics, leads to white hats being called ethical hackers.

Like black hats, they possess a solid knowledge of hacking tools, attack vectors, and tactics used in the exploitation and discovery of vulnerabilities. They also need to ...