The Colors in Effect

 The Colors

In the world of hacking there are three different colors that operate daily based on color and personality. These colors include white, gray and black. White Hacking is when a person is certified and has permission to break into people’s systems to see if there are any vulnerabilities and how the system can be better. This color has a no malicious intent as they are paid on salary and are trusted individuals. Before we get to gray hat, we must explain first a black hat. This color is the opposite of good, these are the people who penetrate a system to gain financial wealth. Black hats can go a variety of ways to hack. There is a common method called phishing when they send an email and the user type their credentials in and the hacker has the information. They will begin to text the user and blackmail for money, or they will release the information.  In order to be a white hat hacker, you must know how the blacks' hats operate and this is when gray hat hacking comes in the story. Gray hat hackers are the color which is kind of tricky. They will penetrate a system without permission and either inform the employer or make it better and then inform the employer, but in my research, there is also another explanation to gray hat hacking. The article White hat, black hat, grey hat: Are cybersecurity professionals switching allegiances? This article provided the true side of white hat hackers. The article stated that white hat hackers participate in cybercrime or have been approached to participate in cybercrime. The article stated that black hat criminals can make an excess of $166,000 excess per month (Anonymous, 2018). This article gave us the earning of an entry position in ethical hacking is sixty thousand and top earners make around one hundred and thirty thousand a year (Anonymous, 2018). The different type of hackers varies the most important thing is to don’t trust anybody if you hire one and know rules and regulations when it goes to having your website or network tested.

           White Hat vs Black Hat vs Gray Hat

https://youtu.be/9K8Xn0y5CU4?si=bkT7Dqxp21oCS3jP

A YouTube video that explains detailed answers on how each color is different while providing skills that are needed to be in the industry.

White hat, black hat, grey hat: Are cybersecurity professionals switching allegiances? (2018). Security, 55(9), 12. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/white-hat-black-grey-are-cybersecurity/docview/2109284314/se-2.

Article gives a second explanation on gray hat hacking and average salary on each color.