Skills.

in hacking •  6 years ago 

##Skills.
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As an ethical hacker, you will need to understand various hacking techniques such as −

  • Password guessing and cracking
  • Session hijacking
  • Session spoofing
  • Network traffic sniffing
  • Denial of Service attacks
  • Exploiting buffer overflow vulnerabilities
    SQL injection

In this part , i would like to provide some of the skills that you would require to become an expert in Ethical Hacking.
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Basic Skills:

Computer Hacking is a Science as well as an Art. Like any other expertise, you need to put a lot of effort in order to acquire knowledge and become an expert hacker. Once you are on the track, you would need more effort to keep up-to-date with latest technologies, new vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques.
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  • An ethical hacker must be a computer systems expert and needs to have very strong programming and computer networking skills.

  • An ethical hacker needs to have a lot of patience, persistence, and perseverance to try again and again and wait for the required result.
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    Additionally, an ethical hacker should be smart enough to understand the situation and other users’ mind-set in order to apply social engineering exploits. A good ethical hacker has great problem-solving skills too.

Courses & Certifications:

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This tutorial provides the basic guidelines to become a successful Ethical Hacker. If you want to excel in this field, then you might choose to pursue the following courses and certifications −

  • Obtain a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or A+ Certificate to gain an understanding of the most common hardware and software technologies.

  • Get into a programmer’s role for a few years and then switch to get a tech support position.

  • Proceed to get network certifications like Network+ or CCNA and then security certifications like Security+, CISSP, or TICSA.

  • It is recommended that you get some work experience as a Network Engineer and System Administrator to understand networks and systems inside out.

  • Keep going through various books, tutorials and papers to understand various computer security aspects and take them as a challenge to secure your network and computer systems as network security engineer.

  • Study courses which cover creating Trojan horses, backdoors, viruses, and worms, denial of service (DoS) attacks, SQL injection, buffer overflow, session hijacking, and system hacking.

  • Master the art of penetration testing, footprinting and reconnaissance, and social engineering.

  • Finally go for a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certification.

GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) and Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) are additional IT security certifications which will add a lot of value to your profile.

Final Note:

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You need to stay as a White Hat Hacker which means you need to work within given boundaries. Never intrude or attack any computer or network without a required permission from the authorities.

As a final note, it is highly recommended that you refrain from engaging yourself in black hat hacking which may spoil your entire career.

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