Questions tagged [ethics]

My boss just asked me to create a fictitious log entry to say that a user's account was updated before it was, to win a dispute. I feel this is not right because I am trying to start a career in working with data technology. Whether or not I get…

Is decompiling a dynamic link library considered unethical/illegal or blackhat? If, for instance, the result of the decompile showed methods and literals that contain passwords that the application use, is simply viewing decompiled source code…

We often hear the term black-hat or white-hat hacking, but it seems like these days with many companies implementing tougher policies on information security and many companies focusing on penetration testing as a service, I am wondering if there is…

Lets say for instance... X has hacked Y. X does not know Y but thought Y looked and sounded suspicious over social media. X infiltrated their emails and discovered content that local authorities would be highly interested in. The only issue is how…