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Websites For Security Related Articles And News

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80+ Best Free Hacking Tutorials | Resources to Become Pro Hacker

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List of Best Free Hacking Tutorials and Resources to Become Pro Hacker
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

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Hacking For Dummies - Beginners Tutorials

These tutorials are not really simple for anyone who is just starting to learn hacking 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.

  1. 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 network that 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.
  2. Hacking Tutorials for Beginners - By BreakTheSecurity.com
  3. How to learn Ethical hacking - By Astalavista.com
  4. Penetration Testing Tutorial - By Guru99.com
  5. Backtrack Penetration Testing Tutorial
  6. Introduction to Penetration Testing
  7. Information Gathering with Nmap
  8. Simple How To Articles By Open Web Application Security
  9. The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
  10. Secure Design Principles
  11. 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 mathematics, this means you also need to have good fundamentals on discrete mathematics.

  1. Introduction to Public Key Cryptography
  2. Crypto Tutorial
  3. Introduction to Cryptography
  4. An Overview of Cryptography
  5. Cryptography Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples
  6. The Crypto Tutorial - Learn How to Keep Secret Secret
  7. 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.

  1. http://www.astalavista.com/
  2. http://packetstormsecurity.com/
  3. http://www.blackhat.com/
  4. http://www.metasploit.com/
  5. http://sectools.org/
  6. http://www.2600.com/
  7. DEF CON - Hacking conference
  8. http://www.breakthesecurity.com/
  9. http://www.hacking-tutorial.com/
  10. http://www.evilzone.org/
  11. http://hackaday.com/
  12. http://www.hitb.org/
  13. http://www.hackthissite.org/
  14. http://pentestmag.com
  15. http://www.securitytube.net/
  16. https://www.ssllabs.com/