Level of Hackers

Level of hackers

Anyone can be a hacker, regardless of age, gender, or race. Given this, skill varies widely to one malicious hacker to the other. Some hackers barely know how to surf the internet, whereas other write software programs which are equally liked by ethical hacker. Depending on the skill set, hackers may be categorized as:

1. Scripts Kiddies

These are people, usually kids, who are being attracted by magical powers that hacking gives them. Since they know so little about computer they won’t really know who to hack themselves but instead follow pirated “scripts” generated by real hackers.

They use hacker’s codes and programs available free on Internet but they have no knowledge of what is happening behind the scene.

2. Admins

These are halfway hacker usually knows just enough to create serious problems. But they do not create their own tools to hack but they use the hacking tools made by the coder.

They know about computers and networks, and often use well-known exploits, which are developed by the expertise. They have knowledge of the hacking tools, scripts, codes whereas a Script kiddies doesn’t have any kind of information related to the tools they are using.

3. Coders

These are skilled hacking experts. These are the people who develop many of the Hacking Tools, including the scripts and the other program that the script kiddies use. These folks write malware programming such as worms and viruses.