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2. Certified ethical hacker - Wikipedia

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   Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) is a qualification given by EC-Council and obtained by demonstrating knowledge of assessing the security of computer systems by looking for vulnerabilities in target systems, using the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target system.

3. White hat (computer security) - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Hacker ethic - Wikipedia

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   The hacker ethic originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1950s–1960s. The term "hacker" has long been used there to describe college pranks that MIT students would regularly devise, and was used more generally to describe a project undertaken or a product built to fulfill some constructive goal, but also out of pleasure for mere involvement.

5. Security hacker - Wikipedia

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   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 formulating defenses against potential hackers.

6. Hack-for-hire operation - Wikipedia

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   The concept of hack-for-hire services can be traced back to the early years of the internet, when hackers were contracted for a variety of reasons, such as to perform penetration tests which was considered "ethical hacking" [2].

7. Cyberethics - Wikipedia

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   Hands are shown typing on a backlit keyboard to communicate with a computer. Cyberethics is "a branch of ethics concerned with behavior in an online environment". [1] In another definition, it is the "exploration of the entire range of ethical and moral issues that arise in cyberspace" while cyberspace is understood to be "the electronic worlds made visible by the Internet."