How to start your career in Hacking

How to kick-start your career as an ethical hacker.

    First of all you need to know that "Hacking is a talent. you won't learn it at school or college. If you are born to become a hacker, so prove your skills; otherwise you will be hacked!".

The increased risk of cyber attacks on business have led to Ethical Hacker's  gaining popularity. And according to the survey of forbes it is estimated that in the year 2021-2023 there were 3.5 million jobs in the field of cyber security. Today most of the businesses and organisations hiring ethical hacker's to protect their organisations from cyber attack.  This has led to a surge in the number of ethical hacking jobs, and you can leverage this to start your career in the field of ethical hacking.

How to become a professional Hacker:

STEP 1: Basic Computer Knowledge

• How does a computer work

• what are Bios?

• what is operating system

• How to install operation system

• what is Booting

• what are 32-bit and 64-bit system

• what is troubleshooting

And many more....

STEP 2: Networking

• what is internet protocol

• what is network topology

• what is a node

• Tcp/ip/udp

• Lan, Nat, Wan

• what is network port

• OSI layer (application layer is important for hackers)

• fundamentals of network and wireless security.

• Ipv4/Ipv6/ARP/mac adresses

etc.,

STEP 3: Operating Systems

• windows os

• Linux os

• mac os

• Android

• ios

• various linux distributions..

- Good knowledge of command line interface. And if you are beginner i will suggest you to start with 'Parrot OS' because it is beginners friendly. Then after be perfect with the linux commands.

>And this is not the end practice alot.

STEP 4: Web and Programming Languages

• HTML, CSS, PHP (web design and web development)

• C

• C++

• python

• ruby

• perl

• java

Scripting languages:

• javascript

• bash

• shell script

Query and Database:

• sql

• Mysql

• Dbms etc.,

As i already wrote a post regarding programming languages for hackers, check my previous posts for detailed information.

STEP 5: Cryptography/Reverse Engineering

• Learn what is virus, worms, malware, trojans etc.,

• cracking 

     - Hash 

     - Password

     - code

• encryption/decryption

• learn different types of encryption algorithms

STEP 6: Virtualization Technology

• VMware

• Virtual box

• parallel

• How it works?

STEP 7: Cyberlaws

• cyber security

• legal techniques

• illegal techniques

     If you want to become a hacker than think like a Hacker.

You must have problem solving skills, creative thinking, social engineering.

Social engineering : The Art of Human Exploration.

- phishing

- SE attacks

- playing with human mind (psychology).

 

And this all depends on you the more you practice the more you get.

Top certifications in cyber security:

• CEH

• compTIA security+

• CISSP (Certified information systems security professional)

• CCSP (certified cloud security professional)

• CISM (certified information security manager)

And keep in your mind that skills matters than certifications. Just as a formality sake you need certifications.

Free websites to learn Hacking:

• Cybrary

• Security Tube

• Harvard/EDX

• SANS cyber Aces

• LEAP

Note: Hacking fb/instagram/whatsapp won't give you anything;just focus on pentesting/bug bounty etc.,

Keep Hacking!..

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