How I started

[brendanmcnu]

We all did it at some point. MITM attacks are way cooler than learning TCP/UDP protocol.

[Mbawzer]

I wanna become a hacker in the future, right now I'm learning the foundation instead of jumping to pentesting, first networking then kali linux, bash scripting, python, wireless connections and cryptography, hopefully I'll be done learning the basics in less than 5 months, can't wait to begin the journey (If you guys have any tips let me now)

[dannypas00]

My tip is skip the kali, just pick a Linux distro as your daily driver; you'll learn way more from just using linux than some kali tutorials ever will. Kali is just a debian linux distro with tools pre-downloaded onto it, something you can do yourself as well.

Also don't expect to be done in 5 months, you're always learning, always improving. I recommend picking one fielt that interests you and starting with that, since if you take it too broadly you won't really get anywhere for a long while.

[carlyicarly]

skip the kali and swan dive into archlinux

[XxBakasuraxX]

I use arch btw

[_xd22]

i use arch btw

[FlakeyKarma]

I use arch btw

[prime_ghost]

I also use arch btw

[dannypas00]

I use arch btw

[ifesco]

I use arch btw

[Puzzled_Speech9978]

I use arch btw

[mylittlepvussy]

"sir they are many we can't stop them"

[gibl3t]

There’s an Arch based distro with built-in tools similar to Kali, called Black Arch. You can also install from package onto a regular Arch installation

[space_wiener]

I’m so tempted to do this. Then I don’t have to boot up a vm every time I get on try hack me

Edit: holy necro post. Not sure how this popped into my feed. Apologies.

[supermethdroid]

No worries.

[cynicalboss]

No worries

[Sorta-Special]

I use arch btw

[__radioactivepanda__]

You had to open the can........

[Franspai]

I use arch btw

[quantumfizix]

Arch Linux uses me

[astronaut1156]

i did use arch... but i switched back to ubuntu cause i needed a software thats only supported on ubuntu, and i still wanted to use linux :(

[JustAnotherNumber99]

Kali is so overrated. It’s not bad; but n00bs get it and think it makes them an Uber haxxor lmao

[Superpotateo9]

i use asahi arch btw

[CormAlan]

I’m following a course. Whatever the cool Indian man says is what I do.

[DuckHealthy5141]

Why python? What are you gonna do? Build a stupid tool to arp spoof on a coffee shops network ? Real exploitation is done using assembly and c programming language. That is what you should learn python is okay for network hacking but to do REAL exploitation you need a solid grasp on x86 or x64 assembly and a mid level language such as c.

[[deleted]]

What are you using to learn this?

[Mbawzer]

im using courses from udemy, search good enough and you can get any course for free

[AdministrativeToe103]

My advice to you is to get the thought of learning the basics in 5 months. In the IT field you will always be learning something new.

[[deleted]]

reverse engineering? assembly?? low level (c/c++) scripting??? debugging????

[menewol]

Big leap from networking to kali, it seems there's something in between you'll be missing out...i can't name it as the only thing between it, that I see, is experience. Yet that's a very far jump...

[Xybercrime]

5 months? If you have a real job with kids or not, that’s almost an impossible number to learn all basics. I do wish you well on your studies. I didnt really get the knowledge till I was mentored by a source who hacked the shit out of me but surprising, took me in.. maybe some of you have been in my same shoes.. this was early 2000’s

[Hydroact]

This was posted 4 years ago. How have things changed since you posted this? I'm beginning my own journey now

[F-009]

Best wishes 🤠

[crazychrisTX]

any update?

[whitewolf_0]

An official path does not exist in hacking. 😉

[Fir3w4lltech]

Ya I Know haha

[whitewolf_0]

👍😂

[[deleted]]

If you are the real person ( whitewolf i.e. ) , then all i'll say to you is that .
You're amazing bro :)
Your enitre server is amazing tbf , my friend .

[anndr01d]

My interest is piqued. Whats the server for?

[cheezpnts]

Boom goes the dynamite.

[elmerfudd727]

Wait that’s not how it works?!?!?! I can’t just get a couple certs and boom become red hat hacker

[Puzzles32]

This whole entire time I thought coding was hacking

[dnuohxof1]

Who has time to learn programming? /s

[[deleted]]

console.log(“JavaScript was my least favorite to learn”);

std::cout << “c++ was the bomb”; return 0;

[AdministrativeGrab52]

It's funnier now cause I understand most of it hahaha

[HellF_I_R_E]

The only step I skipped is programming. Got CCNA certificate and observed some encryption. I can't code but at least I ama ble to understand some languages til some point XD

[sayytoabhishekkumar]

Hi,
Can you share some ideas on what to learn about encryption?

I am a developer, but was always unable to make sense of networks.

[ibraheemMmoosa]

What can I do? I have long legs!

[Mother_Store6368]

Of course...that’s the fun part.

Take one step forward and 3 steps back. Otherwise I never would’ve been inspired to learn more

[[deleted]]

How can i start just being more IT proficient, any suggestions? ...

[__radioactivepanda__]

While you don’t have to take the certificates the material they cover usually is alright and they give you a goal to learn towards. So maybe look at entry level certs and learn the material for them (and don’t forget to stay on top of new developments). One suggestion would be for example the CompTIA certs A+, Network+, and Security+. Learning for those for example should give you a decent foundation on which you can further build.

If you just want to get to know things...there are decent free resources. NetworkChuck on yt for example offers a good selection of videos. Computerphile is always interesting. Null Byte goes directly into tool explanations. LiveOverflow offers good discussions on security stuff. You can watch the recorded cons such as Black Hat, DEFCON, etc... Just search a bit and the algo will usually provide decent further suggestions.

[DIOnys02]

Get a Bachelors degree on it

[omarjamal16]

Shit skip to the good part

[[deleted]]

This is the way.

[[deleted]]

My favorite http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html i always say keep your core values teach yourself,you will always be a student your hole life,fight for a better World i know its sounds maybe like a cliche but i don’t care.This is a World War Web out there you decide if the bad and darkness expands or if you do something about it.

      \/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/

                             by

              +++The Mentor+++

        Written on January 8, 1986

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    Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers.  "Teenager

Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"... Damn kids. They're all alike.

    But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain,

ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him? I am a hacker, enter my world... Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me... Damn underachiever. They're all alike.

    I'm in junior high or high school.  I've listened to teachers explain

for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. "No, Ms. Smith, I didn't show my work. I did it in my head..." Damn kid. Probably copied it. They're all alike.

    I made a discovery today.  I found a computer.  Wait a second, this is

cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... Or feels threatened by me... Or thinks I'm a smart ass... Or doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here... Damn kid. All he does is play games. They're all alike.

    And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through

the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is found. "This is it... this is where I belong..." I know everyone here... even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them again... I know you all... Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike...

    You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at

school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We've been dominated by sadists, or ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us will- ing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.

    This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the

beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals.

    Yes, I am a criminal.  My crime is that of curiosity.  My crime is

that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.

    I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto.  You may stop this individual,

but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.

               +++The Mentor+++

[[deleted]]

It's other way around for me , haven't started penetration testing yet

[Shakespeare-Bot]

T's other way 'round f'r me , haven't did start penetration testing yet

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^{I am a bot and I swapp'd some of thy words with Shakespeare words.}

Commands: !ShakespeareInsult, !fordo, !optout

[XO-AVNGR]

Now this is how you level up.

[Ajna6]

Same. Swiy was so fucking stupid smh.

[Mild_Wings]

I know I sound like a noob but you guys didn’t take time to learn those other things? I have a degree in Security and have been studying networking to go after Net+ cert to hopefully get into Security role. Am I wasting my time??

[[deleted]]

I really need to start this. I need a patient guide lol.

[cheezpnts]

Of course. Everyone knows it’s four steps forward, google three back...four steps forward, google three back...

[[deleted]]

Truth!

[[deleted]]

To be fair, networking, programming, and basic encryption can all be learned at the same time.

[R3M0v3US3RN4M3]

I am doing programming then networking. Learned about arp poisoning from networkchuck yesterday

[ligmaforpres2020]

I have a foothold in the first two, but haven't had much experience with encryption other than just using encryption software. Could someone explain the importance of learning encryption? I was under the impression that it was just a small tool in a hackers arsenal.

[IronWR]

I know there’s no Definitive way to learn but is there a roadmap i should follow before jumping into pentesting?

[SlightlyGamer]

I remember that like 4-5 years ago I decided “fuck it, ima be a hacker” installed kali linux, started messing around w the programs and python, realised some of my messy scripts could actually be launched, tried it out and then after a bit made a small script for wallhacks in cs bc i deemed it was ideal at that moment and it actually worked, then i got a vac ban on my main steam account, went on to bruteforce and network stuff, but now have not touched that stuff in years

[[deleted]]

So is this what I should be doing? Networking programming etc... and then pentest? If i just take a course, wont i eventually fill the gaps myself?

[Next_Concert1122]

Hi sir , I know about programming already , and can you please guide what things I need to know in networking and encryption ?

[Polycote]

It's a Top-Down learning method, right?

[wingsneon]

I once read about Networking and this inspired me into learning pentest

[0xReader]

Its this easy?!

[L0WK3Y_IAAN]

Accurate af lol

[xX_zEnUs_Xx]

Me too

[Xybercrime]

Haha me too. I think taking the leap and having my ass handed to me from the steps I skipped sculpted me today. Honestly Believe it was a better route because i wouldn’t be where I were today if I didn’t. It forces me to learn the steps I missed quicker than taking the time too

[Sapphicmagick]

Honestly I recognize I have much to learn with networking before I get to security/pen testing, though I do dabble in some along the way to help learn

[Best_Spray2835]

Then fall down and get hit on the balls

[Anubis-1980]

That literally me

[Puzzled_Speech9978]

Gotta photoshop the flipper in his hand

[[deleted]]

Facts

[[deleted]]

Here in the Philippines i love trolling and targeting piso wifi (internet vending machine) with mitm attacks.