Programming is the fundamental hacking skill

Programming is the fundamental hacking skill!

Programming is the basic skill that a hacker should possess and master. If you don’t know any programming languages, start by learning a basic language like Python or Java. These powerful and well-documented languages could be learned easily.

If I specifically talk about Python, it’s a great language to start with. Despite being suitable for beginners, it’s very powerful, and flexible. One should try learning C, the core language of Unix, if the person intends to dive deep into the world of programming.

To become a good hacker, you need to have a certain level of knowledge of several languages to play with code injection and poisoning servers/domains in a much better way.

However, if you want to target some specific areas of hacking, you must choose the programming languages wisely. If you are interested in web application security, I’ll advise you to take up PHP and JavaScript. If you are willing to deal with network hacking and pentesting, it’s important to learn root level programming languages like C.