Hey guys! I'm here today to bring you a lil blog about avoiding hackers and types to watch out for~.

Types of hackers:



White Hat: A white hat hacker is someone who has non-malicious intent whenever he breaks into security systems and whatnot. In fact, a large number of white hat hackers are security experts themselves who want to push the boundaries of their own IT security ciphers and shields or even penetration testers specifically hired to test out how vulnerable or impenetrable (at the time) a present protective setup currently is. A white hat that does vulnerability assessments and penetration tests is also known as an ethical hacker.


Black Hat: A black hat hacker, also known as a cracker, is the type of hacker that has malicious intent whenever he goes about breaking into computer security systems with the use of technology such as a network, phone system, or computer and without authorization. His malevolent purposes can range from all sorts cybercrimes such as piracy, identity theft, credit card fraud, vandalism, and so forth. He may or may not utilize questionable tactics such as deploying worms and malicious sites to meet his ends.


Grey Hat: A grey hat hacker is someone who exhibits traits from both white hats and black hats. More to the point, this is the kind of hacker that isn't a penetration tester but will go ahead and surf the Internet for vulnerable systems he could exploit. Like a white hat, he'll inform the administrator of the website of the vulnerabilities he found after hacking through the site. Like a black hat and unlike a pen tester, he'll hack any site freely and without any prompting or authorization from owners whatsoever. He'll even offer to repair the vulnerable site he exposed in the first place for a small fee.


Elite Hacker: As with any society, better than average people are rewarded for their talent and treated as special. This social status among the hacker underground, the elite (or, according to the hacker language that eventually devolved into leetspeak, 31337) are the hackers among hackers in this subculture of sorts. They're the masters of deception that have a solid reputation among their peers as the cream of the hacker crop.


Script Kiddie: A script kiddie is basically an amateur or non-expert hacker wannabe who breaks into people's computer systems not through his knowledge in IT security and the ins and outs of a given website, but through the prepackaged automated scripts (hence the name), tools, and software written by people who are real hackers, unlike him. He usually has little to know knowledge of the underlying concept behind how those scripts he has on hand works.
How to Avoid:

New Password: Make a new password~make sure its hard for people to figure out too! Before you make your new password, go to this site to see if its strong!

www.passwordmeter.com

For people who don't want to change there password, still go to the website to see if it's strong!

Lay Low: Now, this part I'm not proud to say. Lay low, hide it out. Maybe leave PMC until the hacker outbreak is over? If you don't leave PMC till it's over, try not to get noticed, don't go to chat, don't post, don't comment on peoples stuff, you can be on PMC, just don't do those things!


Consolidation


Remember Friendster? Or MySpace? Whitson Gordon, senior editor of Lifehacker.com, says that back in the early days of the Internet, it would have been hard to imagine "10, 20 years down the road when we would have so many services we're grappling with."


So sit down and think about the last 10 years of your online life. And then delete the accounts for the services you signed up for and no longer use.

This is all I can offer at the time, going to take a break till hacker outbreak settles. :P.