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80+ Best Free Hacking Tutorials | Resources toBecome Pro Hacker
22 hrs ago | Posted By: anilnil diwan
Learning to become hacker is not as easy as learning to become a software developer. I
realized this when I started looking for learning resources for simple hacking people do.
Even to start doing the simplest hack on own, a hacker requires to have in depth
knowledge of multiple topics. Some people recommend minimum knowledge of few
programming languages like C, Python, HTML with Unix operating system concepts and
networking knowledge is required to start learning hacking techniques.
Though knowing a lot of things is required, it is not really enough for you to be a
competent and successful hacker. You must have a passion and positive attitude towards
problem solving. The security softwares are constantly evolving and therefore you must
keep learning new things with a really fast pace.
If you are thinking about ethical hacking as a career option, you may need to be prepared
for a lot of hard/smart work. I hope these free resources will help you speed up on your
learning. If you decide you pursue ethical hacking as a career option, you may also want toread some in depth ethical hacking books.
A lot of people (including me before doing research for this article) think that they can
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become a hacker using some free hacking tools available on web. Its true that some
common types of hacking can be easily done with help of tools, however doing it does not
really make you a hacker. A true hacker is the one who can find a vulnerability and develop
a tool to exploit and/or demonstrate it.
Hacking is not only about knowing “how things work”, but its about knowing “why things
work that way” and “how can we challenge it”.
Below are some really useful hacking tutorials and resources you may want to explore in
your journey of learning to hack.
Learning to become hacker is not as easy as learning to become a software developer. I
realized this when I started looking for learning resources for simple hacking people do.
Even to start doing the simplest hack on own, a hacker requires to have in depth
knowledge of multiple topics. Some people recommend minimum knowledge of few programming languages like C, Python, HTML with Unix operating system concepts and
networking knowledge is required to start learning hacking techniques.
Though knowing a lot of things is required, it is not really enough for you to be a
competent and successful hacker. You must have a passion and positive attitude towards
problem solving. The security softwares are constantly evolving and therefore you must
keep learning new things with a really fast pace.
If you are thinking about ethical hacking as a career option, you may need to be prepared
for a lot of hard/smart work. I hope these free resources will help you speed up on your
learning. If you decide you pursue ethical hacking as a career option, you may also want to
read some in depth ethical hacking books.
A lot of people (including me before doing research for this article) think that they can
become a hacker using some free hacking tools available on web. Its true that some
common types of hacking can be easily done with help of tools, however doing it does not
really make you a hacker. A true hacker is the one who can find a vulnerability and develop
a tool to exploit and/or demonstrate it.
Hacking is not only about knowing “how things work”, but its about knowing “why things
work that way” and “how can we challenge it”.
Below are some really useful hacking tutorials and resources you may want to explore in
your journey of learning to hack
Hacking For Dummies – Beginners Tutorials
These tutorials are not really simple for anyone who is just starting to learn hacking
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techniques. However, these should be simple starting point for you. I am sure you have
different opinion about complexity of each tutorial however advanced hacker are going to
be calling this a job of script kiddie (beginner hacker). Even to acquire the skills of a script
kiddie you need to have good understanding of computer fundamentals and programming.
Cybrary – For those looking to learn ethical hacking skills online, Cybrary provides the
perfect platform to do so. Cybrary is a free online IT and cyber security training networkthat provides instruction in the form of self-paced, easy-to-follow videos. Featuring
courses on topics such as Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, Advanced Penetration
Testing, Post Exploitation Hacking and Computer and Hacking Forensics, Cybrary
provides instruction from the beginner to the highly-advanced level of hacking.
Additionally, Cybrary offers supplemental study material along with their courses free of
charge. With their in-depth training videos and study guides, Cybrary ensures that users
develop the best hacking skills.
Hacking Tutorials for Beginners – By BreakTheSecurity.com
How to learn Ethical hacking – By Astalavista.com
Penetration Testing Tutorial – By Guru99.com
Backtrack Penetration Testing Tutorial
Introduction to Penetration Testing
Information Gathering with Nmap
Simple How To Articles By Open Web Application Security
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
Secure Design Principles
10 steps to secure software
Cryptography Related Tutorials
Cryptography is must know topic for any aspiring security professional or a ethical hacker.
You must understand how encryption and decryption is done. You must understand why
some of the old encryption techniques do not work in modern computing world.
This is a important area and a lot of software programmers and professional do not
understand it very well. Learning cryptography involves a lot of good understanding of
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mathematics, this means you also need to have good fundamentals on discrete
mathematics.
Introduction to Public Key Cryptography
Crypto Tutorial
Introduction to Cryptography
An Overview of Cryptography
Cryptography Tutorials – Herong’s Tutorial Examples
The Crypto Tutorial – Learn How to Keep Secret Secret
Introduction to cryptology, Part 1: Basic Cryptology Concepts
Websites For Security Related Articles And News
These are some websites, that you may find useful to find hacking related resources and
articles. A lot of simple tricks and tips are available for experimenting through these sites
for improving yourself to become advanced hacker.
In recent years, many people are aspiring to learn how to hack. With growing interest in
this area, a lot of different types of hacking practices are evolving. With popularity of
social networks many people have inclined towards vulnerability in various social
networks like facebook, twitter, and myspace etc.
Continuous learning about latest security issues, news and vulnerability reports are really
important for any hacker or a security professional. Some of the sites that keep publishing
informative articles and news are listed here.
http://www.astalavista.com/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/
http://www.blackhat.com/
http://www.metasploit.com/
http://sectools.org/
http://www.2600.com/
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DEF CON – Hacking conference
http://www.breakthesecurity.com/
http://www.hacking-tutorial.com/
http://www.evilzone.org/
http://hackaday.com/
http://www.hitb.org/
http://www.hackthissite.org/
http://pentestmag.com
http://www.securitytube.net/
https://www.ssllabs.com/
EBooks And Whitepapers
Some of the research papers by security experts and gurus can provide you a lot of
information and inspiration. White papers can be really difficult to read and understand
therefore you may need to read them multiple times. Once you understand the topic well,
reading will become much faster and you will be able to skim through a lot content in less
time.
Handbook of Applied Cryptography – This ebook contains some free chapter from one of
the popular cryptography books. The full book is also available on amazon at
Cryptography Book.
Network Penetration testing Guide
How to hack anything in Java
Mcafee on iPhone and iPad Security
A Good Collection of White papers on security and vulnerabilities – This site contains
collection of white papers from different sources and some of these white papers are really
worth referring.
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Engineering Principles for Information Technology Security
Basic Principles Of Information Protection
Open Web Application Security Project – OWASP is one of the most popular sites that
contains web application security related information .
Videos & Play Lists
Those who like to watch video tutorials, here are few I liked. However there are many
small video available on youtube. Feel free to explore more and share with us if you like
something.
Cryptography Course By Dan Boneh Stanford University
Open Security Training– Youtube Playlist of More than 90 hours. I have found this to be
the biggest free training available for security related topic.
OWASP AppSec USA 2011: Youtube Playlist containing compilation of OWASP conference
highlight in 2011.
Defcon: How I Met your Girlfriend – Defcon is one of the most popular hacker conference.
The presenters in this conference are well know inside the hacking industry.
Defcon: What happens when you steal a hackers computer
Defcon: Nmap: Scanning the Internet
Public Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
Web application Pen testing
Intro to Scanning Nmap, Hping, Amap, TCPDump, Metasploit
Forums For Hackers And Security Professionals
Just like any other area, forums are really great help for learning from other experts.
Hundreds of security experts and ethical/non-ethical hackers are willing to share their
knowledge on forums for some reason. Please keep in mind to do enough research before
post a question and be polite to people who take time to answer your question.
Stackoverflow for security professionals
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http://darksat.x47.net/
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/
http://forums.cnet.com/spyware-viruses-security-forum/
http://www.hackforums.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=47
Vulnerability Databases And Resources
Vulnerability Databases are the first place to start your day as a security professional. Any
new vulnerability detection is generally available through the public vulnerability
databases. These databases are a big source of information for hackers to be able to
understand and exploit/avoid/fix the vulnerability.
http://www.exploit-db.com/
http://1337day.com/
http://securityvulns.com/
http://www.securityfocus.com/
http://www.osvdb.org/
http://www.securiteam.com/
http://secunia.com/advisories/
http://insecure.org/sploits_all.html
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/published/
http://nmrc.org/pub/index.html
http://web.nvd.nist.gov
http://www.vupen.com/english/security-advisories/
http://www.vupen.com/blog/
http://cvedetails.com/
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http://www.rapid7.com/vulndb/index.jsp
http://oval.mitre.org/
Product Specific Vulnerability Information
Some of the very popular products in the world require a special attention and therefore you may want to look at the specific security websites directly from vendors. I have kept
Linux. Microsoft and apache in this list, however it may apply to any product you may be
heavily using.
Red Hat Security and other updates Site
Microsoft Products Security Bulletin
Apache Foundation Products Security Repository
Ubuntu Software Security Center
Linux Security Repository
Tools And Programs For Hacking / Security
There are dozens of tools available for doing different types of hacking and tests. Tools are
really important to become more productive at your work. Some of the very common tools
that are used by hackers are listed here. You may have different choice of tools based on
your own comfort.
Hping
TCPDump
Metasploit
Wireshark
Network Stuff
Nikto
Summary
I have tried to compile some of these resources for my own reference for the journey of
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learning I am going to start. I am not even at a beginner level of becoming hacker but the
knowledge of this field really fascinates me and keeps me motivated for learning more and
more. I hope will be able to become successful in this.
A lot of people use their knowledge skills for breaking stuff and stealing. I personally think
that doing harm to someone is a weak choice and will not have a good ending. I would
recommend not to use your skills for any un-ethical endeavor. A single misuse of your skillmay jeopardize your career since most companies do a strict third party background check
before they hire a ethical hacker or a security personal.
There are dozens of companies looking for ethical hackers and security professionals.
There are really good number of opportunities in this area and its really niche
compensation segment. You will be easily able to get a decent job without even acquiring
all the expert level skills to become a pro hacker.
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