March 2, 2015

The Kill Chain

This is an article about defending from attacks, but we can use it as the “7 steps of hacking”. This shows the basic categories of where we can exploit vulnerabilities. So use this for ideas as to how you can break into a network but beware because it’s also how people defend against us. EDIT: Don’t get ahead of yourselves, if this looks completely foreign to you, keep working at things that are simpler.

February 27, 2015

Step 5: Practice, Practice, Practice

Ok, lets review, we know our basics. We know how to use a computer, we know how to write code, we know what unix systems like Linux are, and we know how to use Unix tools like those provided in Kali. Wait, I still can’t get into my friends Facebook account, what are we really learning anyways? Well giant corporations like Google or Facebook are hard to hack, especially for people new to hacking like us.

February 19, 2015

Step 4: Get into the toy chest

If you’ve never played with BASH/terminal or you don’t know what Linux is. I suggest you read into that first before you get much further into hacking. Most of Kali’s toys are based off of the terminal, so in order to run them, you will be typing commands like “nmap -A http://your-ip-address”. This link is Offensive Security’s website where they have some awesome documentation about what’s available on Kali.

February 13, 2015

Step 3: Set Up Your Hacking Environment

Everyone wants to break into their neighbors wifi or steal someones password at Starbucks, but depending on National, State, and local law, even packet sniffing could be illegal. So how do we safely practice how to hack before we are ready to find Sony’s back door? We set up a environment for virtual machines on our local computer or server! For those of you who don’t know what a Virtual Machine is, it’s a “computer” inside your computer.

February 4, 2015

Step 2: The Basics

Step 2: Learn the basics Google and the internet is your friend. If you can’t take a class, there is a multitude of online resources you can use. Whether you’re trying to learn programming and use Stackoverflow or you’re learning about basic hacking skills and want to use Hacking Highschool; you really do need to have some understanding of how things work before you try to hack them.

January 29, 2015

Step 1: Join the community

When people say “I want to be a Hacker” a lot of people don’t know where to start. Google is a good option but there’s a lot of dead ends, if you try to find “How to hack my friend’s Facebook account” you’re more likely to find a way to get a virus then to actually find a way to get into Facebook. Step 1 to becoming a Hacker: Find communities both online and local.

January 22, 2015

Blackhat Movie with Chris Hemsworth

Who’s excited for the next Chris Hemsworth movie coming out Friday January 16th?!? He’s trading in his hammer for a laptop in this up and coming action packed thriller. Now, granted, anyone who calls themselves a hacker would cringe to call Hemsworth a “black hat hacker”. But there’s one thing I love about movies like this one. It opens your minds to the endless wonders of what hacking can do.