Black hat

Black hat, blackhats, or black-hat refers to:

Computing

• Black hat (computer security), a computer hacker who violates laws or typical ethical standards for nefarious purposes
• Black Hat Briefings, a security conference

Arts, entertainment and media

• Blackhat (film), a 2015 film
• Black hat, part of black and white hat symbolism in film
• Black Hat, a character in the television series Villainous

Other uses

• Black Hat, New Mexico, a community in the United States
• Black Klobuks or "black hats", a group of Turkic-speaking tribes
• Haredi Judaism, whose adherents are colloquially referred to as "black hats"
• Iron Brigade or the Black Hats, a unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Black hats, Special Skills Instructors in the United States Army Airborne School
• Black hat, in de Bono's Six Thinking Hats

See also

• Black Cap (disambiguation)
• White hat (disambiguation)
• Black Hat Jack , an American novella written by Joe R. Lansdale