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What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Aodenterprise: 11:38pm On Mar 30, 2019
Hello everyone, The main reason why I created this was mainly because I so much wish to be an ethical hacker.
and I understand the fact that programming will be needed and I just finished learning HTML and CSS due to the fact that quite a lot of people suggest I start with that.
I just need some sort of advice as regards the language I should go for next and how I should go about this whole thing.
please y'all should not just read and bounce because am really in dire need of direction as regards this.

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Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by stanliwise(m): 12:31am On Mar 31, 2019
Aodenterprise:
Hello everyone, The main reason why I created this was mainly because I so much wish to be an ethical hacker.
and I understand the fact that programming will be needed and I just finished learning HTML and CSS due to the fact that quite a lot of people suggest I start with that.
I just need some sort of advice as regards the language I should go for next and how I should go about this whole thing.
please y'all should not just read and bounce because am really in dire need of direction as regards this.
please who gave you such HTML and CSS advise
Stop looking for language. Go head on to what you want to hack and learn what is appropriate. Simple and short.

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Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Aodenterprise: 1:16am On Mar 31, 2019
stanliwise:
please who gave you such HTML and CSS advise
Stop looking for language. Go head on to what you want to hack and learn what is appropriate. Simple and short.
I was told HTML is the easiest so as just to familiarize with what programming entails I just went for it.
I wanna start with websites bruh...
what language do you think I should go for and maybe just break it down...like what's needed after learning the language?
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by stanliwise(m): 6:52am On Mar 31, 2019
Aodenterprise:

I was told HTML is the easiest so as just to familiarize with what programming entails I just went for it.
I wanna start with websites bruh...
what language do you think I should go for and maybe just break it down...like what's needed after learning the language?
Do you wanna learn how to program a website or you want to learn how to hack.

Although entails knowing programming but the learning curve is different.

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Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Bluelaces: 9:16am On Mar 31, 2019
Dude HTML and CSS is needed on this journey...hacking is playing with something till u discover a flaw that could be exploited.....in ur later days of hacking HTML wud come in handy for phishing and high class social engineering....after HTML move to JavaScript then php....don't skip d ladder....as an hacker APIs with php or JavaScript support would come handy......after dis...e
Wud advice u learn python...life is to short to hate programming via by virtue of complex syntax and sematics of Java, C++ and co...python would do d most complex stuff in 10 lines ....it was designed for lazy people like us.....bt wen I want to create a zero day or put memory to effective use I do C or C++.....all languages are cool.....the best part is your computer, stack overflow and Google are all u need...read random stuffs on stack overflow...it's the hub for programmers....read pdf...videos are often the opinions of the presenter......books are the opinions of the gods in that language...take it one step at a time...collect website jobs , spend the money den u wud be forced to Google ur life out......move to complex stuffs...do personal projects...hacking fall down to ur arsenal of programming.....I could blend 5 language to compromise a target.....learn as if u think you would die soon......consume everything on that topic u are curious about...practice with it laptop....and don't learn cos u want to be a bad guy....learn cos u want to be a programmer that wud be worthy of that Microsoft job....then u can pick sides latter wen ur arsenal is loaded.....Steve jobs gave us IOS ....someone developed the hardware and kernels Steve built on .....no Oga in dis whole stuff....your oga is Google ....so don't let anyone ride u with I have been programming b4 U were born ...dis age if u aspire for knowledge a PDF read wud change what you thought u knew....this is the best time to be alive....I developed my own AI system for my laptop with PDF and Google didn't learn shit in school.....enjoy my friend...hope dis tym next year you are beta dan wen u ran ur first hello world......one more thing use ur pidgin, Yoruba, igbo or Hausa to name variables......it's makes u comfy with the whole process.

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Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Aodenterprise: 11:53am On Mar 31, 2019
stanliwise:
Do you wanna learn how to program a website or you want to learn how to hack.

Although entails knowing programming but the learning curve is different.
how to hack a website bro
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Aodenterprise: 11:55am On Mar 31, 2019
Bluelaces:
Dude HTML and CSS is needed on this journey...hacking is playing with something till u discover a flaw that could be exploited.....in ur later days of hacking HTML wud come in handy for phishing and high class social engineering....after HTML move to JavaScript then php....don't skip d ladder....as an hacker APIs with php or JavaScript support would come handy......after dis...e
Wud advice u learn python...life is to short to hate programming via by virtue of complex syntax and sematics of Java, C++ and co...python would do d most complex stuff in 10 lines ....it was designed for lazy people like us.....bt wen I want to create a zero day or put memory to effective use I do C or C++.....all languages are cool.....the best part is your computer, stack overflow and Google are all u need...read random stuffs on stack overflow...it's the hub for programmers....read pdf...videos are often the opinions of the presenter......books are the opinions of the gods in that language...take it one step at a time...collect website jobs , spend the money den u wud be forced to Google ur life out......move to complex stuffs...do personal projects...hacking fall down to ur arsenal of programming.....I could blend 5 language to compromise a target.....learn as if u think you would die soon......consume everything on that topic u are curious about...practice with it laptop....and don't learn cos u want to be a bad guy....learn cos u want to be a programmer that wud be worthy of that Microsoft job....then u can pick sides latter wen ur arsenal is loaded.....Steve jobs gave us IOS ....someone developed the hardware and kernels Steve built on .....no Oga in dis whole stuff....your oga is Google ....so don't let anyone ride u with I have been programming b4 U were born ...dis age if u aspire for knowledge a PDF read wud change what you thought u knew....this is the best time to be alive....I developed my own AI system for my laptop with PDF and Google didn't learn shit in school.....enjoy my friend...hope dis tym next year you are beta dan wen u ran ur first hello world......one more thing use ur pidgin, Yoruba, igbo or Hausa to name variables......it's makes u comfy with the whole process.
Thanks for this boss...
God bless yoh
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by EvilSec: 2:09pm On Mar 31, 2019
Bluelaces:
Dude HTML and CSS is needed on this journey...hacking is playing with something till u discover a flaw that could be exploited.....in ur later days of hacking HTML wud come in handy for phishing and high class social engineering....after HTML move to JavaScript then php....don't skip d ladder....as an hacker APIs with php or JavaScript support would come handy......after dis...e
Wud advice u learn python...life is to short to hate programming via by virtue of complex syntax and sematics of Java, C++ and co...python would do d most complex stuff in 10 lines ....it was designed for lazy people like us.....bt wen I want to create a zero day or put memory to effective use I do C or C++.....all languages are cool.....the best part is your computer, stack overflow and Google are all u need...read random stuffs on stack overflow...it's the hub for programmers....read pdf...videos are often the opinions of the presenter......books are the opinions of the gods in that language...take it one step at a time...collect website jobs , spend the money den u wud be forced to Google ur life out......move to complex stuffs...do personal projects...hacking fall down to ur arsenal of programming.....I could blend 5 language to compromise a target.....learn as if u think you would die soon......consume everything on that topic u are curious about...practice with it laptop....and don't learn cos u want to be a bad guy....learn cos u want to be a programmer that wud be worthy of that Microsoft job....then u can pick sides latter wen ur arsenal is loaded.....Steve jobs gave us IOS ....someone developed the hardware and kernels Steve built on .....no Oga in dis whole stuff....your oga is Google ....so don't let anyone ride u with I have been programming b4 U were born ...dis age if u aspire for knowledge a PDF read wud change what you thought u knew....this is the best time to be alive....I developed my own AI system for my laptop with PDF and Google didn't learn shit in school.....enjoy my friend...hope dis tym next year you are beta dan wen u ran ur first hello world......one more thing use ur pidgin, Yoruba, igbo or Hausa to name variables......it's makes u comfy with the whole process.

Hahahahaha! Couldn't have said it better myself.

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Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by stanliwise(m): 1:05am On Apr 01, 2019
Aodenterprise:

how to hack a website bro
Then start with that do your small research on how to hack website and start mastering the language they use, PHP, phython, sql or JavaScript.
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Aodenterprise: 12:30am On Apr 05, 2019
stanliwise:
Then start with that do your small research on how to hack website and start mastering the language they use, PHP, phython, sql or JavaScript.
Alright thanks a lot Boss
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Godsfavour78: 12:10pm On Apr 05, 2019
Aodenterprise:

Alright thanks a lot Boss
knowledge of SQL will help a lot in hacking websites.
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by Swagahyk(m): 12:53pm On Apr 09, 2019
Give a sledge hammer to a layman and ask him to break down a building, it will take him days/weeks to do that. Give the same sledge hammer to a building constructor, he knows where to hit the building and it will collapse within hours.
Same goes to hacking.
Good programmers make good hackers. Ponder!
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by KronicMorris(m): 11:00pm On Apr 10, 2019
You need

A Brain.
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by valzey(m): 12:33pm On Apr 11, 2019
Searching how to hack websites or how to hack Wi-Fi etc..would definitely bring up some tutorial which you can follow and hack but you will never understand why.

So I advice you learn a programming language to open up your brain, learn how networking, ports and how HTTP protocol work.

Once you know a little on making, you can understand a lot on breaking. It will set you apart from the rest.

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Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by EvilSec: 11:01am On Apr 13, 2019
valzey:
Searching how to hack websites or how to hack Wi-Fi etc..would definitely bring up some tutorial which you can follow and hack but you will never understand why.

So I advice you learn a programming language to open up your brain, learn how networking, ports and how HTTP protocol work.

Once you know a little on making, you can understand a lot on breaking. It will set you apart from the rest.
Pretty sure nobody will follow your advice! They all wanna hack but they wanna do it with the click of a button.

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Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by visiblincognito: 10:30pm On Apr 13, 2019
Bluelaces:
Dude HTML and CSS is needed on this journey...hacking is playing with something till u discover a flaw that could be exploited.....in ur later days of hacking HTML wud come in handy for phishing and high class social engineering....after HTML move to JavaScript then php....don't skip d ladder....as an hacker APIs with php or JavaScript support would come handy......after dis...e
Wud advice u learn python...life is to short to hate programming via by virtue of complex syntax and sematics of Java, C++ and co...python would do d most complex stuff in 10 lines ....it was designed for lazy people like us.....bt wen I want to create a zero day or put memory to effective use I do C or C++.....all languages are cool.....the best part is your computer, stack overflow and Google are all u need...read random stuffs on stack overflow...it's the hub for programmers....read pdf...videos are often the opinions of the presenter......books are the opinions of the gods in that language...take it one step at a time...collect website jobs , spend the money den u wud be forced to Google ur life out......move to complex stuffs...do personal projects...hacking fall down to ur arsenal of programming.....I could blend 5 language to compromise a target.....learn as if u think you would die soon......consume everything on that topic u are curious about...practice with it laptop....and don't learn cos u want to be a bad guy....learn cos u want to be a programmer that wud be worthy of that Microsoft job....then u can pick sides latter wen ur arsenal is loaded.....Steve jobs gave us IOS ....someone developed the hardware and kernels Steve built on .....no Oga in dis whole stuff....your oga is Google ....so don't let anyone ride u with I have been programming b4 U were born ...dis age if u aspire for knowledge a PDF read wud change what you thought u knew....this is the best time to be alive....I developed my own AI system for my laptop with PDF and Google didn't learn shit in school.....enjoy my friend...hope dis tym next year you are beta dan wen u ran ur first hello world......one more thing use ur pidgin, Yoruba, igbo or Hausa to name variables......it's makes u comfy with the whole process.
i Java a job for you if you’re interested
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by horllste(m): 8:35am On Apr 14, 2019
Naija naija... Hmmmnn, okay o, anyone wah wan chop the honey inside mountain won't mind what will happen to the axe
Re: What's Needed To Become An Ethical Hacker by AdolphBrian: 3:50pm On May 02, 2019
Check google for sites that talk about hacking. e.g: hackernoon

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