Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Computer hacking. A white hat (or a white-hat hacker, a whitehat) is an ethical security hacker. [ 1][ 2] Ethical hacking is a term meant to imply a broader category than just penetration testing. [ 3][ 4] Under the owner's consent, white-hat hackers aim to identify any vulnerabilities or security issues the current system has. [ 5]
Website. www .hackthissite .org. HackThisSite.org, commonly referred to as HTS, is an online hacking and security website founded by Jeremy Hammond. The site is maintained by members of the community after he left the organization. [1] It aims to provide users with a way to learn and practice basic and advanced "hacking" skills through a series ...
Censorship of GitHub. GitHub has been the target of censorship from governments using methods ranging from local Internet service provider blocks, intermediary blocking using methods such as DNS hijacking and man-in-the-middle attacks, and denial-of-service attacks on GitHub's servers from countries including China, India, Iraq, Russia, and ...
A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who achieves goals by non-standard means. The term has become associated in popular culture with a security hacker – someone with knowledge of bugs or exploits to break into computer systems and access data which would otherwise be inaccessible to them. In a positive connotation, though ...
Playpen was a darknet child pornography website that operated from August 2014 to March 2015. [ 1][ 2] The website operated through the Tor network which allowed users to use the website anonymously. After running the website for 6 months, the website owner Steven W. Chase was captured by the FBI. After his capture, the FBI continued to run the ...
The Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB) is a small computer keyboard produced by PFU Limited of Japan, codeveloped with Japanese computer scientist and pioneer Eiiti Wada. [ 1] Its reduction of keys from the common 104-key layout down to 60 keys in the professional series is the basis for it having smaller overall proportions, yet full-sized keys.
A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. [ 1] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, [ 2] challenge, recreation, [ 3] or evaluation of a system weaknesses to assist in ...
Black hat (computer security) A black hat ( black hat hacker or blackhat) is a computer hacker who violates laws or ethical standards for nefarious purposes, such as cybercrime, cyberwarfare, or malice. These acts can range from piracy to identity theft. A Black hat is often referred to as a "cracker". [ 1]