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ETHICAL HACKING
Daniel Cloherty
CAN HACKING BE ETHICAL?
- What makes hacking ethical?
- Legality VS Ethics
- State Sanctioned hacking
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ETHICAL HACKING Daniel Cloherty CAN HACKING BE ETHICAL? What makes hacking ethical? Legality VS Ethics State Sanctioned hacking BLACK HAT - Stereotypical Hacker -Stealing data for personal gain -Obviously not ethical -Using
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BLACK HAT
- Stereotypical ‘Hacker’
- Stealing data for personal gain
- Obviously not ethical
- Using others as a means to and
end
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WHITE HAT
- Umbrella term for a variety of
ethical hacking
- Security Researchers, Penetration
testers
- Red Teams, Tiger Teams
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SECURITY RESEARCH
- Research into a variety of different
computer vulnerabilities.
- Attempting to bring vulnerabilities
to light.
- File CVE reports
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PENETRATION TESTING
- Explicit permission to conduct an
attack on device.
- Used to find possible
vulnerabilities.
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BUG BOUNTIES
https://blog.cobalt.io/the-history-of-bug-bounty-programs-50def4dcaab3 https://insights.dice.com/2019/03/12/bug-bounty-teen-millionaire- hacker/
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LEGALITY VS ETHICS
- People prosecuted for ‘crimes’
that are ethically sound.
- Some laws make it hard to
illegal to do security research
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/a-nova-scotia-teen-found-a-big- security-hole-on-a-government-server-should-he-be-jailed-or-rewarded
https://www.wired.com/story/wannacry- malwaretech-arrest/
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COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT
- Current laws have come under
some criticism as being
- ppressive.
- Makes parts of security research
illegal even without intent.
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STUXNET
- Ethics of state sanctioned