Backtrack - your hacking platform...

Backtrack 

           Backtrack Linux is a free open source operating system created by combining two previous OSes which were designed for penetration testing(hacking). Backtrack use the Unix kernel ( I'll explain this in another post hopefully ) .

You can find the latest distributions in the home site click here.

Now you can install this OS by using a burned DVD, but I strongly recommend you to use a live CD or a USB drive.

• To create a live CD you just have to burn the iso to a DVD using a normal CD burner .

• To create a live USB drive you'll have to download following software click here to download it.You can follow the instructions there quite easily.

but I recommend this-

because the above software wasn't really working for me!!

I'll tell you what I did . First I created a live CD then I used the built in UNetbootin software but above will work for you sometimes..

Happy Hacking!!!!

Computer Hacking !! - Secure Your Network

Today computer hacking has become a threat to everyone in the computer community but to fight with this threat we should learn how the hackers break into the systems.So let's begin to learn about this topic.

Hacking is one of the favorite topics in computer community. More formally we can call it penetration testing. This is a small guide to get you through computer hacking.

Here you only find the basic steps .You can get an overview of hacking from it. For more detailed hacking techniques I suggest you to buy a book on hacking.

Steps-

1. Reconnaissance – finding the target info including IP address.
2. Scanning – find what ports are open in the target & find the weaknesses of the system.
3. Exploitation – attack the target.
4. Maintaining Access – maintain the connection between the attacker and the target.

Note-

Although this seems to be a easy don't fool yourself it's not. You should have a good patient mind and some good resources ….

Intro to the term Hacker and how to become one

Who is a hacker?

A hacker is someone who like to mess with electronic or computer stuff and come up with new things to alter the functionality of something. But the society always misunderstand and refer the term to the people who broke into other systems to get private information but there are some hackers who work to strengthen the security of someone by patching the system.

So, there are two types of hackers

• Black hat hackers.(Demons) 

these are the bad guys . they might try to get your personal data and defame you or get money using your identity using illegal methods.

• White hat hackers.(Angels)

these are the good guys. they don't use their skills for illegal purposes.they usually become computer security experts and help protect people from the black hats.

Also there is another categorizing method considering the skills of the hackers......

• Script kiddies –
  these hackers are the most dangerous because they might not know what they are doing. They simply use the software created by others to do their tasks.
• Intermediate –
  these hackers usually have the ability to know what ther are doing. they have enough programming ability to understand what a program does by looking at the source code but they don't have enough knowledge to create such software or patch vulnerable systems.
• Elite hacker –
  these are the most respected and skillful hackers.they can create hacking software and patch vulnerable systems.they can break into systems and hide that they did it or make it look like someone else did it. this is where you should like to be!!

Where you should start?

If you want to be a skillful computer hacker you'll have to learn many areas of the computer field. Some of them are programming,the internet,networking and much more..

So you'll have to learn for years to become a good hacker you must have patience and courage.

For the start I'll recomend programming and the internet there are many books to explain these areas ..... try to learn a simple programming language first something like python will do but you'll need to learn more and more programming languages on the way to become to become a good hacker.

Read more from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/Hacker_(term).
More on this later, join this site!!!.