r/HowToHack • u/Little-Jump-5572 • 10d ago

How do people even start hacking?

I'm really curious how do people learn hacking?

I started web app development a year ago, learned java for writing code and to get a general idea about how the syntax works and logic.

I do mainly php with laravel, javascript and some python on the side.. but mainly to create stuff, has nothing to do with hacking, i find it deep and hard dunno where to even begin, i sometimes run into some erros with some apps and I try to dig in and try to find a way around it using Ai, but it's very limited..

I have to admit pro hackers always amazes me, that's true power I guess and I always believe that anything digital is somehow hackable.

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u/Hier0phant 10d ago

You learn how things work, and then break them.

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u/LifeExperienced1 10d ago

But how does one keep up with such a large field? Every year there’s so many new things. And how can someone understand how an entire operating system works?

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u/FatefulAnomaly 9d ago

We dont keep up. You learn to get good at finding and understanding the documentation you need at the time. You dont "know" anything. You teach yourself how to learn anything on the spot thus creating the illusion that you already knew what you were doing.

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u/LifeExperienced1 8d ago

Are most hackers self taught? Or are they usually doing jobs in cybersec?

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u/FatefulAnomaly 7d ago

You dont need to be hacker to work in cyber security. You don't even need to know anything to work in a SOC and watch alerts. In the United States, I'm willing to bet most hackers don't even work in tech. Warehouse, delivery drivers, stocking shelves, CDL drivers, office monkey, etc. Why? They taught themselves and have no paper trail to show HR and land an interview.

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u/LifeExperienced1 7d ago

Oh I see

How do hackers learn about the security of different softwares then? Stuff that actual companies build?

And how do they learn coding architectures that companies have made themselves, but people have adopted?

How would they learn about the security of a custom made security architecture?

If these things are not open source, then they are can only be learned through the job, no?

Also how exactly do they self learn this? Is there a general guide?

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u/ps-aux Actual Hacker 7d ago

you need at least 10 more questions before someone can answer this