'Ethical' hackers say: It's just hacker. To be one is no longer a bad thing

'Ethical' hackers say: It's just hacker. To be one is no longer a bad thing

Great and good of pentesting chew the fat with El Reg


Ethical hacking is a "redundant term" but to be a "hacker" is no longer a bad thing, according to proponents of the cybersecurity art form known as "penetration testing".


One-time Lulzsec hacker Jake Davis and his deportation-proof hacker mate Lauri Love appeared at a talk organised by pentesting biz Redscan in which the great, the good and The Register chewed the fat about hacking for positive purposes.


"It's got a negative stigma because of very malicious hacking which is always dumped into the same category of cyber attack," said Davis, dismissing the term "ethical hacking" while embracing ye olde-fashioned word: " ..

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