We have seen in movies that hackers are always into their PC, Hacking someone's account or device to steal their data and earn money by doing illegal activities.



But Today we are going to see the truth About how hackers actually make money ethically.

  1. Bug Bounty Hunting
    This is one of the most opportunistic and main ways by which ethical hackers make huge money. The Bug Bounty Program is one of the grat ways to make money for Ethical Hackers.

    In this program, big companies organizations, websites, and sofware developers offer deals and money to hackers who found bugs, vulnerabilities, etc. in their products, organizations.

  2. Security Consulting Company
    Many companies and startup always hire Ethical Hackers to test their security systems so that the can look for any loopholes or bug.

    Companies are ready to pay bags of maney to Ethical Hackers if they are successful in finding issues or bugs in their product or ther security system. If you are a well-known and reputed hacker then the companies will call and approach you from the front to test their system, software, or products.

  3. Full-Time Employment
    The most basic way to make money hacking computers is to work for a company as a peneration tester.     This would be a full time employee where your primary job responsibility is to test the security of different areas of the company. This is probably the easiest method to make money and it's a good place to start. You will get a chance to work with other people who are more experienced and learn the industry.

  4. Freelancing
    Now everyone must be familiar with the term "freelancing". Yes ethical hackers can do freelancing also. After all, ethical hacking is a desk job, not a ground job. you can do it remotely without having a 9-5. In fact, one of the best benefits of being an ethical hacker is being able to make money as a freelancer.

    It is yet another source of income through which ethical hacker make money. Some hackers do freelancing as a side hustle but some are making a living from it.

  5. Creating Tools and Softwares
    This also is a good method to earn big money for someone who has a programming background. Many Professional Hackers create tools and scripts to make work easy and fast and then they sell it. By this method, you can generate income every month because if you keep your tools and software up to date then you can easily resell them.