Question

In cracking what does it mean by black hat and white hat

Answer 1

black hat and white hat are hackers

Answer 2

Answer:

There are basically three types of hackers, they are:

black hat hackers

white hat hackers

grey hat hackers

black hat hackers: they are the ones who hack for their personal needs or to steal data. They violate the rules of cyber security and break into one's account and steal money or data. They are not supported in the society.

white hat hackers: these generally compose of the cyber security. They generally hack into computers to protect the ones from the malicious ones(black hat hackers). these are generally for the security of one's PC.

grey hat hackers: these are the hackers between the black hat hackers and white hat hackers. they  may sometimes violate the laws but to say they are not as good as white hat hackers.