The ethical hacker

Mark Abene

Mark Abene, formerly of the hacker organizations Legion of Doom and Masters of Deception, now goes by the moniker Phiber Optik. He was among the first ethical hackers to openly explain the value and benefits of ethical hacking as a commercial tool. On-site vulnerability assessment, reverse engineering, cyber fraud investigation, and security awareness programs are some of Abene's major services. He is the famous cybersecurity director at Evian. He was formerly the chief code inspector at Identity Guard. He co-founded TraceVector and worked for Major League Baseball Advanced Media as a coder, programmer, and contractor.

Johan Helsingius

Julf, or Johan Helsingius, rose to prominence in the 1980s when he launched penet.fi, the biggest and most popular private remailer.Johan was also in charge of product development for Eunet International, the first pan-European internet company. He is currently a board member of Technologia Incognita, an Amsterdam-based hackerspace, and uses his cyber expertise to assist communication firms around the globe.

Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds is regarded as one of history's greatest hackers. He gained prominence as the creator of Linux, a widely used Unix-based OS. Linux is open-source software, with tens of thousands of professional developers contributing to its Kernel. On the other hand, Torvalds retains final authority over what new code is integrated into the Linux kernel. About 2% of the Linux kernel was authored by Torvalds alone as of 2006. He wants to be simple and have fun while creating the best operating system.