A red hat hacker is a hacker who takes aggressive steps to stop black hat hackers. While red hat hackers are not inherently evil, they do everything they can to stop the bad guys, including taking matters into their own hands. They go to the lengths of launching full-scale attacks to take down cybercriminals’ or cyber attackers’ servers and destroy their resources.
Tools and Tactics Red Hat Hackers Use
Since red hats often hack black hats back, they use the same tools and tactics that black hats do, including:
- Malware
- Vulnerability exploits
- Botnets for DDoS attacks
A red hat hacker targets Linux systems. Rather than hand a black hat over to the authorities, red hats will launch attacks against them to bring them down. Sometimes they are doing that illegal and sometimes legal.
Red hats are motivated by a desire to end black hat hackers but do not want to play by society’s rules.
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