Black Hat Information
A black hat is the villain or bad guy, especially in a western movie in which such a character would wear a black hat in contrast to the hero's white hat.[1] The phrase is often used figuratively, especially in computing slang, where it refers to a hacker that breaks into networks or computers, or creates computer viruses.[2]
Notable black hat villains in movies
See also
- Exploit (computer security)
- Grey hat
- Computer crime
- Computer hacking
- Cyber warfare
- Hack (technology)
- Hacker Ethic
- IT risk
- Metasploit
- Penetration test
- Vulnerability (computing)
- White hat
References
- ^ George N. Fenin, William K. Everson (1973), The Western, from silents to the seventies
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2008. http://dictionary.oed.com. "black hat n. colloq. (orig. U.S.) (a) a villain or criminal, esp. one in a film or other work of fiction; a ‘bad guy’; (b) Computing slang a person who engages in illegal or malicious hacking, creates or distributes computer viruses, etc."
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