So firstly you should know who a hacker actually is and what he does.

You would
have seen in movies some hackers with black terminals just enter few keywords and
green fonts going up. Trust me most of the hacking scenes in movies are bullshit.
It requires a lot of dedication hours of code and research to hack. So a hacker is
the person who breaks the security and able to gain unauthorized access to a
system. So being a hacker requires a keen interest in computer and every technology
related to it. You should also keep yourself updated as your system. You should
also know how to use computer better than average person. And be very creative and
never give up. Most people get this interest in their teen years.

Now the next biggest question with everybody is where should they start.(I won’t be
covering any courses like C.E.H. in this tut). If we search or ask somebody they
say learn with basics now u wonder what are basics? Now let me tell u about me. I
was also very interested in computer tech from childhood and later got interest in
hacking but I just didn’t know what to do, where to start. Yeah I searched on
Internet how to be hacker but results were not satisfying and clear where to start.
Once I was just scrolling in a gaming group on Facebook and saw a person telling he
was hacker and ask him question. While searching through comments I found another
more experienced hacker too.

So the second hacker started to test him. He just found his IP and his sessions.
(actually I later came to know he was kidding) I was just amazed that how can
someone find another IP on facebook. So I just asked him what he did. He told me
about some commands (yeah correct) and that was the first time I was introduced to
Kali Linux. :V So what I just did was noted down all the terms in their
conversation and started searching and reading about them on Google. It was my luck
that they were some of the basic terms like IP ,DNS , ports ,
pentesting ,routers,etc. Then I came across many new terms like OSI model, public
IP, DHCP ,NAT, etc. So those were basics. Now what you can do is in basics you can
simply search hacking basics. And networking terms and how internet works and how
websites are made(also try making one), etc etc.

Know about every new terms you come across while reading.

Joining Groups

Some more things you can do is join some hacking forms and group and see pros and
intermediates conversing. And learn the terms that u don’t understand. And learn to
use search engines. (We will talk about alternative search engines later). One more
question is should u ask someone to teach you hacking? The answer is NO. Unless
that person comes from forward but still it should be no cause who knows he may rip
you. Oh me? Well yeah I asked a person to teach me but only one person and he said
it is illegal to teach, learn from internet! :v Well I was little disappointed but
then I never asked anyone to teach. What I did was just carry on searching and
learning and joining different groups and learn from what pros are doing.

Start Using Linux

Now you should know your system and get used to Linux. You must be thinking Why
Linux ? Linux is a kernel. Its open source and easily customizable as your own
needs and while hacking you require to do that. It has powerful bash shell and 90%
of hacking tools are made for Linux. Even when they are ported for windows they do
not perform as in Linux. Its flexible distros make it ideal for hacking. In windows
it’s not easy to tweak it as it’s totally hidden what’s happening under the hood.
You should also learn about windows, android, etc as they are most widely used OS
and you would need to find their vulnerabilities to exploit them.

Using Search Engines For You Needs

Being Anonymous

The next big thing is leaning to anonymize yourself on cyber world. You can’t be
hacker sitting in a jail. Well anonymity is a big topic so I will be discussing in
brief. You can search Hacker anonymity tips or how to leave no trace while hacking.
As we generate many traces while hacking enough for forensics to catch us. Also
learn art of forensics. Use alternative search engines like duck duck go or shodan
etc because google injects tracking cookies that can track up your searches. Learn
what’s right or wrong by law. Use proxy chains, VPN, RDPs, etc. Beware vpn may log.
Stick to HTTPS, socks5 and do search about anonymity. It’s a big topic.

Choose The Right Path

One thing u should know is there are mainly 3 types of hackers.

1) White Hats – These are the legal ones. They do stuff with permission and mostly
work for organizations or in A.V. companies.

2) Grey Hats – They mostly hack without permission but do not use the info for
illegal stuff or harm.

3) Black Hats (not recommended) – They mostly do stuff without permission and even
use it for illegal purpose and are defamed for exploiting people.

Now I hope you have learnt the basics then we can come up to starting basic
hacking. Well actually most get a start from facebook phishing:v, or some start
with SQL Injection or DDOS. Let’s take for example phishing. So you will be
learning social engineering here. Another thing that you learn here is making and
hosting website and html, php. And also how to tackle the problems you face to make
it undetectable and searching. What most Script kiddies do is Just copy the code
and wonder it’s not working. YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT. You should now be
learning html and php. Well leave it Lets now take if you are learning ddos. What
you get is just ping from cmd and done. It’s not how it works. Learn DDoS attack
from basic to high level. See actually what’s happening even if you are using a
tool. Yeah you will come across Booters /stressers, botnet and other techniques
later. The same process applies with other hacks too. Join some groups related to a
particular field and learn there. You can also do some courses, download E-Books
etc. Also first learn to create then destroy. Many newbies are like for example
they don’t even know how to make a website and they try to hack it. Pick up a topic
or field, explore and learn it then try to hack it. If you face any problem then
SEARCH ABOUT it before asking somebody else.

One more tip when u try these hacks, try them first in virtualization and your own
for practice so that if you mess up you are not in trouble. Be patient and relaxed.
Sometimes u may feel things getting out of control then relax and think for a
minute before messing up. Be creative and search new ways.

Learning To Code (don’t depend on tools)

Now we come up to one of the most important skills Programming. Well initially it
is not necessary to have programming skills but it is very useful later. As a
beginner you can start with HTML>CSS>Javascript>php for web and C, C++,C#, python,
perl, ruby, java, etc etc. More languages means you can exploit and explore more.
Though u would have to spend sleepless nights and hard work learning hacking but
never give up. It requires time. For learning programming too there are very good
E-Books available and some sites and amazing apps like ‘learn python, learn C, etc
available. If u have coding skills u can easily analyze a
program/system/application and find vulnerabilities to exploit it. You can
customize your OS, etc. Well take for example u are using a tool. So if the tool is
available to u then it’s probably with A.V. companies, your defenders too. So they
can know and defend against it. When you learn to code u can reverse engineer it to
make it better and undetectable, add new features etc. and even make your own new
virus or tool. You can make a crypter to bypass detection. There are many more
things u can do.

You should also know Cryptography. It’s essential as nowadays its time of
encryption. Encryption is necessary to protect user’s data and you should know to
crack it. You can also use it to protect your own data from being caught and hiding
away your conversations and info, etc.

Well if you have followed the things till now you most probably would have idea who
a hacker is and after some experience doing previous stuffs u can now easily guide
yourself to a better hacker and know what the right path is.

I hope this helps.

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