World Of Hacking
Welcome to the world of Hacking / Cybersecurity! Here you can find various free resouces and tools related to cyber security!! Please stay tuned as I add additional content for the Hacking community. I will be making a CyberSecurity Forum for like minded community members :)
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Common Cybersecurity Terminology
Red Team - Offensive Team (Attackers)
Blue Team- Defensive Team
Black Hat - Red Team attackers that steal personal information and often sell it on the Dark Web. These are the bad guys (People often think of this kind when they hear HACKER I feel this is a stereotype)
Grey Hat- Red Team attacker with no malicious intent however the acts they indulge in sometimes aren't always "legally consented" (No theft or major destruction)
White Hat- Red or Blue Team with full authorization to carry out their attacks . Everything white hat hackers do is ethical.
OSINT- Open Source Intelligence (Publicly availible information about a target.
Exploit- Code that takes advantage of a vulnerability and enables access.
Payload- Scripts used to interact with a exploited target.
Reconnaissance- Information gathering stage (OSINT is usually used among other methods)
DOS Denial of service- The act of flooding packets to a target and making connections slow or non existent.
MITM Man in the middle- Traffic is routed from your device to the attacker and relayed to the destination.
Social Engineering- The act of tricking the target into doing something they wouldn't normally do by gaining their trust.
Clear Web- Sites indexed by google (Main Internet)
.Onion - Dark Web links.
TOR The onion router- Anomenity browser used for viewing .onion sites.
Dark Web- Basically anything you cant find on the Clear Web is here, Often used for illegal stuff.
Q: How do I get started in cybersecurity as a beginner?
A: Start with the basics, DO NOT jump around, I have linked several free resources to get you started in the path. See my link of "Favorite Youtube channels" . Don't just settle on being able to fire off exploits, take time and understand HOW they do what they do.
Q: Do I have to be CERTIFIED to be a Hacker / Penetration tester?
A: No I have 0 Certifications, They look good on paper however everything I personally have learned has been self researched.