| 1. White Hat Hackers are individual who finds vulnerabilities in computer network | 1. Black Hat Hackers are highly skilled individuals who hack a system illegally. | 1. Gray Hat Hackers work both White Hat and Black Hat Hacker. |
| 2. White Hat hackers are paid employees. | 2. They make money by carding and selling information to other criminals. | 2. They only find issues and report the owner, sometimes requesting a small amount of money to fix that issue. |
| 3. White Hat Hacker is legal. | 3. Black-Hat Hacker is illegal. | 3. Gray-Hat Hackers violate the Laws. |
| 4. They works for the organizations and government. | 4. They are criminals who violate computer security for their owner’s personal gain. | 4. They only find issues in a system without the owner’s permission. |
| 5. They develop security tools and software to identify and remove malware. | 5. Black hat hackers create malware to hack into systems. | 5. They can't develop security tools but can create any malware or virus to hack into systems. |
