Many young minds perform pranks or hack there friends IDs inorder to view others personal data and many more. They are not aware of the consequences of their this childish act, they can get very tough punishment for this. First of all let me tell you how many types of hackers are. There are commonly 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 atpeople 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 becomea black hat. It can be very hard for them to get a job because of the illegal activity. If law enforcement gets you, you can expect jail time.Sowhere to start?You should know theanswer to these questions before you start your hacking career.Whichtype 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 alot of time to hacking. You will neverstop 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 vulnerabilitiesin 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 inwebsite security you will be amazed about how easy it is to find vulnerabilitiesin websites. However, it will take a lot of effort and time to reach that level of skills. You will need to knowa large amount of server-side languages and website constructionlanguages like PHP, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ASP, ASP.NET and Perl. This was just some of the languages you should know about. Iwill recommend you totake JavaScript, SQL and PHP very serious since it is in those languages you will find the most vulnerabilities.Pen testing and Forensics:Pen testing and forensicscan earn you big money. It is these guys the company’s call when they have beenhacked. They are experts in operating systems, wireless connections and exploiting computers. This way will take A LOTof 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 programminglanguages as your main language like English. This kind of hacking is taking a lot oftime, and will require you to be patient. Do not get me wrong, every company that releasessoftware 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 blackhat 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 lotlike 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 areexperts 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. I will tell you about the punishments related to cyber crime in next post. #Nayan Kumar Singh
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:11:21 +0000
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