Do you break down firewalls on a daily basis? Exploit vulnerabilities in your sleep? Crack through encrypted websites like it’s nothing? Do you do it all for the good of the people? If you answered yes to all four questions, you’re an ethical hacker—or you’re pretty darn close to one. Chances are though, that you don’t know everything that role entails—and chances are you want to know more. But no worries. Information Security Buzz and TrainACE have put together a top ten list of tips that any aspiring ethical hacker(or current one for that matter) will want to keep in their arsenal.
[wp_ad_camp_4] 1) KNOW all operating systems. Unlike humans, all operating systems are not created equal. No two Windows updates are the same, nor will a Linux vulnerability be identical to an OS X one. If you want to hack, and hack well, you’ll have to do some research. An OS can affect the feasibility, methodology and impact of an exploit. Knowing your way around an OS directory and its commands is a BIG must. Covering tracks and editing files are largely important techniques while hacking. If you don’t know where specific logs and system files are, you risk the chance of being caught by incident response teams. If you take the time to learn the commands and directory layouts of all of these operating systems, you’ll save yourself a lot of time and energy once you DO actually get into a system.