So, every so often on my YouTube channel I get asked questions by people who want to become “hackers”. The latest one asked me this in a AMA on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4nndlo/iama_craig_at_tech_reviews_and_help_ama/
I ended up making a video on it, but I’m putting a copy and paste of what was said in here. Anyone who does currently work in this, please let me know if you agree with me.
Question: [quote=]I’m looking to get into hacking, I’ve watched a few of your videos and I am all over the place with wire shark and cain and Abel. I need lots of help, I’m a very big beginner, do you recommend any sources that’ll get me learning how to learn how to hack quickly?[/quote]
My answer: [quote=]Hacking is pretty complex, and it’s really more of a general term. Think of hacking as cooking. Depending on what you cook, what each person likes, and so on. This depends on what skill, tool, and so on it takes. For example, if I was to make ice cream, I most likely wouldn’t use a grill to make it. Also some dishes really require personal experience to know when you have it right. But you wouldn’t make a dish for no reason.
The same applies with hacking. Hacking a website, some software, a person, or a network really depends on what tool, and skill you use. Even if you have the right skills and tools. You really wouldn’t hack something without a reason.
It sounds like you’re trying to get into network hacking. If so, I highly advice you to know the OSI model, and to know exactly what layer does what. I have a video that covers that (I had to learn it for my CCNA stuff).
If you are going to get into this or anything else in computers. You need to pick up some skills in research. (If you are going to go into hacking (legal or not) you need to pick up skills in social engineering)
Be warn, hacking and working in security isn’t all what many thinks it is. I worked in and around security for a while (it’s not on my linkedin or anything because reasons). But, everyone I know that worked in security becomes semi paranoid, and most tend to lose friends/family or have a hard time making friends because one of the first things a security expert does is look up the person. Since we have the skills, we tend to know everything about someone (what music someone likes, what type of relationship they have with others, their dreams and fears, their mistakes, are they addicted to anything, what do they tend to buy, and so on). Because it’s so natural, and it takes 5 or 10 minutes to basically have all the info. It could become difficult to remember what info they gave you and what you looked up.
Oh, and watch the laws. One of the reasons I pretty much stepped away from teaching people how to hack or defend themselves is every so often the government tries to make it illegal to teach such things.[/quote]
