Your First Step Towards Hacking

1 August 2009 25 Comments Posted By Amol Wagh

Hello Folks,

With my very first post, I am trying to divert you from tutorials. I am assuming you surf daily, download too much stuff, find cracks & serials & hacking tutorials. This group is called as anarchists. This is the very beginning step of hacking. But many people stay in the same zone & never get promoted to the real penetration. The one I would like to share that you need to read a lot (very much than you can think), otherwise you can loose the thing.

Basic principle behind hacking is learn how the things are constructed, You can easily find the way to destruct it. There are some general mistakes in making things, you can know it only when you try to make it too.

When you make mistake while creating something, if someone try to take over that mistake & use it as a security hole to intrude in your system is called as hacker. So you need to learn the construction. The construction of following things:

Networks :

1. How Network is Created

2. How Firewalls are placed

3. Topology of The Network

4. Encryption

Web/Internet:

1. How a website is created, how they run (For that have some website, learn some potential problems in making a website, if you don’t have budget, then search for free hosts & domains )

2. How a blog is created & managed

Applets/ Applications:

1. Learn How the application are develop (Try to develop something, just for practice)

2. Learn specially apps of Browsers, WordPress, Twitter, Soft wares.

Platforms:

1. You must have command over Linux & Windows.

2. If you have Mac, that will be great, but it is not in essential list.

Gadgets:

Keep track of all the gadgets like – cellphones, their operating systems, net books, PSP, gaming consoles, google android, mobile windows, their apps everything.

Coding :
If you can not code then you can not create. So You have to have hand on Java, C and any of Web programming language but prefer PHP & HTML

This is too big list . . huh?

This is shortest ever list I have ever seen to be very loyal to you. Really, You don’t have to do thins in one day or something. You get all books for beginners like, networks for dummies, Java black book.

You have to read constantly. I am trying to collect here some of the best things which you can use it as your notes for hacking stuff. So be updated with it. But at least know the networks & Linux, so You can learn faster. Other things are your homework, you have read on net, try to create & all this stuff, you need to do it on your own. I am all here to he lo you in it. Any type of problem you have,We are here to help. You can mail us, comment here or by any means I will try to make things better for you.

Just keep the patience & confidence. This is your first step to hacking – all you’re doing it for your curiosity. And curiosity is not a crime . . .

If you are good at all the things listed above I would like to Recommend some books:

1. Network Security: Private Communication in Public World (PHI Publication) – Its about Cryptography/ Encryption

2. Thinking Beyond Firewalls

3. Linux Security Cookbook

(Don’t read any book like : hacking gmail, how to hack, hacking secrets … blah, blah , blah- They are not for hackers)

This post is made by Amol Wagh who blogs about Ethical Hacking & Exploits on Hackers Enigma Dot Com. You can Follow Amol on Twitter Here.

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# 1 August 2009 at 12:57 pm

Sachin said:

You are doing a very good job. Keep posting so that everyone knows it.

# 2 August 2009 at 9:37 am

Zell Faze said:

About time we started seeing articles of this nature.

You know your going to lose a few people with things like this, all of the people who think that it is going to be easy. But if you weed out all the wannabes and script kiddies what your left with is those who want to learn.

Those are the people who are going to be here if you keep making articles like that, and thats what I want to see.

Keep up the good work!

Love,
Haxor ~Zell Faze~
of the Hell Bound Hackers

# 2 August 2009 at 9:58 am

Zell Faze said:

Oh and on another note, The book “Hacking Firefox” is a wonderful read. One of those few books with hacking in the name that is useful. It shows the inner workings of the Firefox 2 web browser, and explains a lot of the options you find in about:config. xD

Happy Hacking.

Love,
Haxor ~Zell Faze~

“You do not learn to hack, you hack to learn.”

# 2 August 2009 at 10:00 am

Amol Wagh said:

Hey Zell Faze,

Thanks for the complements. I am intentionally interested in people to show what hacking really is ? And if they are truly interested I am all here from them. I can teach them even if they don’t have any experience.

Your comment inspired me. Thank you very much for great support.

# 2 August 2009 at 10:03 am

Amol Wagh said:

Thanks For the share of Hacking Firefox Book.

# 2 August 2009 at 10:04 am

manju said:

nice post…………keep it up new admin……..

# 2 August 2009 at 11:09 am

Jack said:

Can you provide me more hacking realted books because it is my dream to become a great hacker & for fullfiling this i need you’r help.

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# 2 August 2009 at 6:06 pm

Amol Wagh said:

Thanks Manju, Comments like yours inspires us to get better & better

# 2 August 2009 at 10:21 pm

Amol Wagh said:

Hey Jack,

I am going to provide all the list of books very soon on this blog, but remember If you get all the things at a time you’ll find yourself in a great confusion & can never get closer to your dream.

Its step by step process, you ll get new books in every related article. Still if you wanna reach me mail at [email protected]

# 2 August 2009 at 10:24 pm

vincequismundo said:

can u post the 1st step to hack gadgets??
THNX!!

# 3 August 2009 at 3:34 pm

Amol Wagh said:

Hii vincequismundo,

To be very loyal, POsting about gadgets will take time. Almost after 5-6 posts
Because I wanna let all readers go through some basics

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# 4 August 2009 at 9:56 pm

vincequismundo said:

hai amol wagh:::can u send this step to my email address????…my email address is [email protected]…or if u dont want this can u post it alll
….THNXX!!!

# 5 August 2009 at 11:29 am

Amol Wagh said:

Hi,

You better subscribe to Hacking truths by email.

It is not possible for use to send manually a post to everyone. Email subscription will be a great deal

# 5 August 2009 at 11:39 am

Pushpinder Arora said:

Dear Amol,

You have mentioned the list of books in this article but have not provided the link from I can download the ebook. Can you provide the link or suggest the site from where these books can be downloaded.

Regards

Pushpinder Arora

# 5 August 2009 at 5:48 pm

vincequismundo said:

ellow,

This mobile hacking is a software??..can u post it if where can i download it by free??..thnx…..

# 6 August 2009 at 2:05 pm

rajesh said:

nice dude u r realy doing good work..realy u make evrting now easy to undrstand bcs u r start from starting…good realy os help full keep it up wagh g………..:)

# 7 August 2009 at 10:52 pm

rajesh said:

can any body gav me some links or sites where i can download al free eboks learn about realted to aal of these listed topic… if any one one have free e books or sites send me site link or ebook request for aal users with admi wagh g….. mail id. [email protected]

Raj

# 7 August 2009 at 10:55 pm

Meez said:

Hi,

very nice, but anyone can tell me how to get those books?

# 13 August 2009 at 9:40 am

mohit aphale said:

hey nice post. i am in 12th and want to have my carrer in hacking field. si please state me the types of hacking .

i searched a lot but i didnt get anything appropriate answers. so please tell me. i am intrested in networking hacking. so if u can guide me to learn hacking from the very first step.

i know C, C++ and.. learning JAVA and then i will head towards .NET

someone suggested me to learn Python and Perl. is It right ?

so plezzz guide me.. i am literally confused what to leanr and what not to……..

thank you

you can post ur response on my email that [email protected]

# 2 December 2009 at 11:24 pm

Rohit bhirud said:

Is software engineer is great for hacking,i m in 12th

# 14 August 2010 at 11:00 am

vikas said:

I WANT A BECOME A BIG HACKER

# 28 August 2010 at 3:10 pm

PARTH said:

Hey amol u’re doing a fabulous job buddy. and i’m a non it student. bt have a lotttttt interested to become a hacker and do job in CBI or other good government sectors. so please suggest me how i begin my career in this greatttt field.

# 17 December 2010 at 8:31 pm

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