From a NOOB to an ELITE HACKER. HOW?

Where to begin with hacking

I have seen this question so many times, “Where to begin with hacking?” 

Now I am going to give you my opinion on where to begin. There is just one 

thing you should remember, “Hacking is a lifestyle”.

There are three types of hackers:

White Hats:

The White Hat hacker has dedicated himself to fight malware and help 

others with their computer problems. He is a person you can trust, and he 

will most likely end up in a good paying job as a computer programmer or a 

security consultant. He will most certainly not end up in jail.

Grey Hats:

The Grey Hat hacker are in between white Hats and Black Hats. He will most 

likely commit pranks at people that he thinks is harmless, but it can also 

be illegal. He can at one time be helpful and help you with a computer 

problem, but at the same time infect you with his own virus. There is a 

chance that the grey hat will end up in prison.

Black Hats:

The Black hat hacker also known as a cracker is the one who deface 

websites, steal private information and such illegal activity. It is very 

time consuming to become a black hat. It can be very hard for them to get 

a job because of the illegal activity. If law enforcements gets you, you 

can expect jail time. 

So where to start?

You should know the answer to these questions before you start your 

Hacking as a career.

Which type of hacker do you want to be (white hat, grey hat or black hat)?

Which type of hacking do you want to work with (website hacking, system 

exploits, pentesting etc.)?

What is your end-goal?

You should meet these requirements to 

become a successful hacker.

>You shall be patient.

You shall dedicate a lot of time to hacking. You will never stop learning, 

>since hacking is a lifestyle.

You should have a computer (I expect you to have one since you are reading this).

>You shall be interested in how the different computer systems works, and 

how to control them.

Now that you have an idea of what kind of hacker, you want to be we will 

look closer into the different topics you can work with as a Hacker.

Website Hacking:

You properly already guessed it, but website hacking is about hacking 

websites. You use your skills to find exploits and vulnerabilities in 

websites and web applications. Almost all major hacking stories in the 

news are about websites and databases that have been hacked. Once you have 

enough experience in website security you will be amazed about how easy it 

is to find vulnerabilities in websites. However, it will take a lot of 

effort and time to reach that level of skills. You will need to know a 

large amount of server-side languages and website construction languages 

like PHP, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ASP, ASP.NET and Perl. This was just some 

of the languages you should know about. I will recommend you to take 

JavaScript, SQL and PHP very serious since it is in those languages you 

will find the most vulnerabilities. 

Pentesting and Forensics:

Pentesting and forensics can earn you big money. It is these guys the 

company’s call when they have been hacked. They are exerts in operating 

systems, wireless connections and exploiting computers. This way will take 

A LOT of time and effort since there is so much you should know about. You 

shall know about how the different operating systems works, which exploit 

there is to them, how to exploit them, routers, encryption, malware etc. 

the list is almost endless. 

Code exploiting:

Not many people know about this. This will require you to be a complete 

expert at programming. You shall be at least as good at these programming 

languages as your main language like English. This kind of hacking is 

taking a lot of time, and will require you to be patient. Do not get me 

wrong, every company that releases software like Symantec, Google, 

Microsoft, Adobe, and Oracle have hackers with these skills employed to 

check their software for vulnerabilities. Sadly, they cannot find every 

security hole and therefore some very smart black hat hackers are able to 

find them, and exploit them before the companies get the vulnerability 

patched. You should know the most popular languages like C++, Java and C 

etc.

Computer security:

The work these people do looks a lot like the pentesters. These people is 

able to detect and analyze new viruses and malware. They are working for 

companies like Symantec, KasperSky and Avira etc. Some of them are also 

working on labs that tests AV’s and new viruses. They are experts in how 

viruses works and how they infect systems. 

You should now have an idea on where to start and in which direction you 

want to go. If you found any errors or typos feel free to contact me, and 

I will look into it. I will be updating this thread recently and add more 

details. I will soon add a dictionary, which explains the most basic 

hacking terms. I have putted a lot of effort in this tutorial and my goal 

with this tutorial is to give computer-interested people an idea of where 

they should start. 

To the so-called “noobs”, (though I am not a fan of that expression) who 

reads this:

I hope I have inspired you to begin at hacking. I hope that I have cleared 

things up a little bit, so it does not seem so messy anymore. If you have 

any questions or something you did not understand, I would gladly explain 

it to you again. As one last thing, I would HIGHLY recommend you to become 

a white hat hacker. Welcome to the hacker’s world, a new world will open 

up for you and you will never regret that you chose to become a hacker.

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