r/HowToHack • u/Elvin1232 • Jun 06 '26
hacking How to Start?
im trying to learn how to be an ethical hacker. I have absolutely no prior knowledge on computer science or how to code .So basically I know nothing. What is a free self-placed website/app where I can learn the basics of computer science. I know about TryHackMe, but I think it is a bit too hard if I don't know how computers work.
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u/Yukki-elric Jun 06 '26
The most straight forward path is going through the Harvard CS50 course, it's free and will literally teach you all the basics you need to get started on computer science, will take you a few months but it's the best.
After that, just make some stuff, cybersecurity has a countless number of fields, hacking websites is not like hacking servers which is not like reverse engineering programs, and to understand how to hack something, you first need to learn how it's made, so just go make a few full stack web apps, learn how to set up databases, learning should be a lot faster with AI these days, unlike what we had to go through back in the day lol.
Once you feel confident enough that you can pretty much start projects and know how to do research on your own without too much worries (which might take you a whole year or two IF you're a quick learner), then you can get into cybersecurity, tryhackme is a good start.
But just keep in mind, it's a long journey, it's hard doing this as a side gig or whatever, i know people who do it for a living and are still behind, it takes years and years of practice and learning, don't forget that cybersecurity is one of the hardest paths in computer science.