Hacking Types and Tips to stay protected

There are many numbers of hacking techniques available and each hacking attempt happens for a malicious purpose. The word hacker means attacker who assault on the computer’s system security. Not all the hackers have the intention to steal others’ things. Hacking can be done on several places like a website, wireless connection, broadcasting networks, emails, gadgets like mobile phones, etc.
Type of hacking
Legal hacking or White hat – Hacking done intentionally to check for vulnerabilities in their system.
Black hat – Hacking done to steal others’ confidential information.
Grey hat – Combination of both the above. They make use of legal access to steal unauthorized data.
Blue hat – Delegating authority to a third person to check for bugs in your own system.
Elite – Expert hackers are referred as Elite hackers.

Top UK police officers probed over phone hacking

LONDON — Britain's police watchdog said Thursday that it was investigating two senior police officers whose force failed to act on information that could have blown open the phone hacking scandal well before it erupted last year.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was reviewing the conduct of Surrey Police's deputy chief constable, Craig Denholm, and the force's temporary detective superintendent, Maria Woodall.

Both allegedly knew that the now-defunct News of the World tabloid had hacked the cell phone of missing British schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose disappearance in April of 2002 made national headlines. Dowler was eventually found dead, and the revelation — in July of last year — that the murdered teenager's privacy had been violated by journalists sent a wave of revulsion across Britain.