Hacking & Information Security-Frehsers

Freshers who wanted to learn Hacking and Information Security start to learn the following Topics.

Better to know the following:

Operating systems
1. Windows
2. Linux

Try to start using UBUNTU for starting stage. After some months you can move to windows .Use virtual box and install backtrack latest version.
   

Networking

1.OSI Model

2.TCP/IP
3. IP Addressing
4. Routing
5. How Internet works !
6. How DNS works
7. ARP
8. Switches
9. Hub


Services
1. Web Server(Practice Apache2)
2. Email Server
3. DNS Server
4. DHCP

In windows you can use wamp.For linux use Lamp.
Others
1. How web sites are made and published
2. Technologies related to web site hosting
3. Little bit about programming of all languages !
4. BASH

Tools to be familiar with
1. port scanners (nmap)
2. Vulnerability Scanners (nessus)
3. Telnet
4. netcat
5. hping
6. backtrack tools collections -! Everything included
Web  Application Testing
7. AppScan(Commercial)
8. Acunetix(Commercial)
9. Proxies (Burpsuite)  --Important

10.Metasploit(http://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/Main_Page)

Web Applications Security Testing  

·                     1. DVWA download and practice

Dvwa is a vulnerable application Designed for Practice.

Before Going to this topics learn Google Hacking (How to search)  Complete this lessons   http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/

To test your hacking skills try it in the following site:

http://securityoverride.org/challenges/   --HACKING CHALLENGES

Note : without the site owner permission don't run any tools.Run the tools in your own machine & practice it.

Warning: This is Only for Educational Purposes Only