BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Hacker
- somebody who gains unauthorized access to computer systems, often to corrupt or steal stored data
Wiktionary Definition for: Hacker
- Someone who hacks, or cuts with rough blows rfv-sense .
- A golfer of indifferent ability. May be used pejoratively.
- A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.
- One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
- A person capable of appreciating hack value.
- A person who is good at programming quickly.
- An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in ‘a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.)
- An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
- One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
- deprecated A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence password hacker, network hacker. The correct term for this sense is cracker.
- hacker (computing sense)
Additional Resources
- iPhone Hacker Tool Steals Data From Jailbroken Phones
- Researchers at Mac security firm Intego have uncovered a new tool hackers can use to steal data from jailbroken Apple iPhones. The tool leverages the same default password issue as the ikee worm targeting iPhone users in Australia.Security researchers have found a new tool targeting users of jailbroken iPhones.On the...
- News items 2009-11-11
- Hackers watch out.(Federal Bureau of Investigation hunts for master computer hacker)
- The FBI is hunting a master hacker who orchestrated the penetration of military, university and business computers. The hacker uses the Internet name "Analyzer" and allegedly coached two teenagers who broke into unclassified ... The FBI is hunting a master hacker who orchestrated the penetration ...
- Research articles 1998-03-15
- HISTORIAN LOUIS M. HACKER'S "COINCIDENTAL CONVERSION" TO THE TRUTH.
- Historian Louis M. Hacker (1899-1987) began as a Marxist scholar, but followed an intellectual trajectory toward conservatism when Marxist predictions of the collapse of capitalism were unrealized after the Great Depression. Hacker published 'The Triumph of American Capitalism' in 1940. Hacker's role in American historiography has been largely forgotten, in...
- Research articles 1998-09-22
- CYBERCHASE Mini-Series HACKER'S TRANSFORMATRON Follows Villain's Dastardly Plot Through Four Suspenseful Episodes, July 25-28, 2005 on PBS KIDS GO!; Skateboard Legend Tony Hawk To Guest Star In Dramatic Conclusion
- NEW YORK -- CYBERCHASEsm is bringing its first-ever summer blockbuster mini-series to PBS KIDS GO!sm this July with the premiere of HACKER'S TRANSFORMATRON. Suspense will build through the four-episode saga, July 25 through July 28 on PBS KIDS GO! check local listings, as the nefarious Hacker completes his most despicable...
- Research articles 2005-06-29
- Did the Fourteenth Amendment repeal the First? (response to article by Jonathan D. Hacker in this issue, p. 2129)
- Jonathan Hacker's discussion of Jed Rubenfeld's treatment of the US Supreme Court's decision in City of Boerne v. Flores does not address central issues regarding the Establishment Clause. Hacker essentially believes that the 14th Amendment has repealed the 1st Amendment. His argument that antidisestablishmentarianism is not rooted in the Establishment...
- Research articles 1998-06-01
- Alaska Airlines deals with hacker attack - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-9 March 2000-Alaska Airlines deals with hacker attack C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Alaska Airlines has revealed that it recently had to spend more than one hour responding to a hacker attack on its web site. The airline likened the 29 February incident to a game of...
- Research articles 2000-03-09
- Alaska Airlines deals with hacker attack
- INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alaska Airlines has revealed that it recently had to spend more than one hour responding to a hacker attack on its web site. The airline likened the 29 February incident to a game of chess where airline web technicians were required...
- Research articles 2000-03-01
- Prentice Hall PTR and HP Books Publish Second Edition of Computer Security Bestseller; 'Halting the Hacker' Updated to Reflect Today's Most Critical Threats, Tools and Responses
- Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 2, 2002 Prentice Hall PTR and HP Books today announced the publication of Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security, Second Edition by Donald L. Pipkin, CISSP, Information Security Architect for the Internet Security Division of the Hewlett-Packard...
- Research articles 2002-10-02
- A&E Networks Boosts Online Merchandise Sales With Hacker Safe Certification
- HACKER SAFE certification delivered 7.05% more orders for A&E Television Networks' online merchandise store during an 11-day A/B split test in December. The media company ran the test to evaluate how shoppers looking for home videos/DVDs reacted to independent security certification of its online store. Half of the visitors...
- Research articles 2006-02-16
- HACKER SAFE Fuels Online Sales for Frederick's of Hollywood
- HACKER SAFE® certification of Frederick's of Hollywood's web site delivered more than 500 additional orders for the world famous lingerie retailer during a recent A/B test. The iconic retailer ran an A/B test during which half of the fredericks.com visitors saw a HACKER SAFE certification mark image while the...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- GS Industries Names Robert L. Hacker to Run Georgetown Steel Operations
- Business Editors CHARLOTTE, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 15, 2000 Mark G. Essig, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of GS Industries, Inc., announced that Robert L. Hacker has been named Vice President and General Manager of the company's Georgetown Steel unit in Georgetown, South Carolina. Hacker comes to GSI...
- Research articles 2000-05-15
- Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones and asks for money
- A hacker in The Netherlands broke into some jailbroken iPhones and sent text messages to the owners asking them to pay to find out how to secure their phones, according to postings in a Dutch forum called Tweakers.net. This is a screen shot of the SMS the hacked iPhone users...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Who wants a $21-MILLION PIECE OF UAL? High-level execs file claims in pay flap after company moves to bar payments.(News)(United Airlines )(Douglas Hacker a UAL employee files case for remuneration against United Airlines.)
- Byline: JULIE JOHNSSON Douglas Hacker, a top executive at United Airlines for 12 years and once a close adviser to CEO Glenn Tilton, is fighting with the airline over $16.6 million he says it owes him. Much of the money in dispute...
- Research articles 2006-03-27
- CyberGuard Firewall Triumphs in ``Open Hacker Challenge''; Cyberguard Firewall Thwarts Over 100,000 Hack Attempts Without Any Breaches in Security
- FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--November 2, 1998-- CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBGE), a leading provider of network security and electronic commerce products, today announced that its CyberGuard Firewall Release 4.0 performed flawlessly while undergoing rigorous hacker attacks as part of the "Open Hacker Challenge" sponsored by GAB...
- Research articles 1998-11-02
- Hacker Hijacks Nike Web Site, Reroutes Visitors to Group Preparing Protest.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jun. 23--A hacker took over Nike's main Internet site Wednesday morning, diverting all would-be visitors to a Web site that encourages people to protest at an upcoming global-economy forum in Australia. Jun. 23--A hacker took over Nike's main Internet site Wednesday morning, diverting...
- Research articles 2000-06-23
- Security Firm Offers Hacker Insurance
- A computer security company is offering to pay its customers up to $250,000 if hackers successfully invade the customer's system. The International Computer Security Association, based in Carlisle, Pa. offers "hacker insurance" as part of itsA computer security company is offering to pay its customers up to...
- Research articles 1998-09-07
- Security Firm Offers Hacker Insurance.
- A computer security company is offering to pay its customers up to $250,000 if hackers successfully invade the customer's system. The International Computer Security Association, based in Carlisle, Pa. offers "hacker insurance" as part of itA computer security company is offering to pay its customers up...
- Research articles 1998-09-07
- T-Mobile USA hacker sentenced to home detention.(News)
- A 23-year-old hacker who gained access to T-Mobile USA Inc.'s network and accessed the personal information of about 400 customers has been sentenced to a year of home detention, the Associated Press reported. Nicholas Lee Jacobsen also must ...
- Research articles 2006-09-04
- Teen-Age Hacker Breached Security of Pacific Bell Internet Services.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 11--A 16-year-old hacker working on a computer in the bedroom of his San Fernando Valley home caused the security breach that forced Pacific Bell Internet Services to ask hundreds of thousands of customers to change their passwords, police said Jan. 11--A 16-year-old hacker working...
- Research articles 2000-01-12
- FBI INVESTIGATES HACKER ATTACK ON AL-JAZEERA SITE.
- The FBI has initiated an investigation into a hacker attack on the website ofQatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television(http:// english.aljazeera.net), pressetext.Europe reported on 28March, citing the BBC. Hackers had apparently used a fake entry inthe The FBI has initiated an investigation into a hacker attack on the website ofQatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television(http://...
- Research articles 2003-04-13
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