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Hack any paid WiFi hotspot in about 30 seconds. (The above video was banned from YouTube on 9/12/2014 and hence has been re-uploaded to Vimeo.

Hack any paid WiFi hotspot in about 30 seconds

No explanation for the ban was given. The original YouTube video identifier was: Agodg3dmwaQ ). 80+ Best Free Hacking Tutorials. Learning to become hacker is not as easy as learning to become a software developer. I realized this when I started looking for learning resources for simple hacking people do. Even to start doing the simplest hack on own, a hacker requires to have in depth knowledge of multiple topics. Some people recommend minimum knowledge of few programming languages like C, Python, HTML with Unix operating system concepts and networking knowledge is required to start learning hacking techniques. Hacking for Beginners.

One of the best things about computers is how dynamic they are.

Hacking for Beginners

There is so much information about computers and it changes constantly. As a hacker, you are at the leading edge of changes to technology. This makes it a very exciting and interesting field of study and can even lead to some awesome job opportunities as a computer security expert. Equation Group: Meet the NSA 'gods of cyber espionage' Over the last couple of years we have been hearing about ever more sophisticated pieces of malware.

Equation Group: Meet the NSA 'gods of cyber espionage'

From Stuxnet and Flame to Gauss and most recently Regin, all have shown increasing levels of technical prowess and all have been linked in some way with the US government. These were thought to be the pinnacle of a huge investment in offensive cyber capabilities by the world's wealthiest country. That was, until we learned about Equation. Defensible network architecture. For the nearly 20 years since Zwicky, Cooper and Chapman first wrote about Firewalls the firewall has been the primary defense mechanism of nearly every entity attached to the Internet.

Defensible network architecture

While perimeter protection is still important in the modern enterprise, the fact is that the nature of Internet business has vastly changed and the crunchy perimeter and squishy inside approach has long since become outdated. You can’t deny what you must permit and the primary attack vectors today appear to be email and browser exploits; two aspects of your business model that you cannot do without and which can give the bad guys a foothold inside your perimeter protections. As the Sony, Target, Home Depot, and many other breaches have shown, once the bad guys are into the network they are content to dig in, explore, and exfiltrate large amounts of data and will often go undetected for months. Information Security Stack Exchange. Protect The Business - Enable Access. IT Security - The Industry's Web Resource. Your IT security infrastructure, rebooted for 2015.

Consider the IT trends of recent years: the emergence of cloud computing and the "as-a-service" model, the growth of social media as a corporate marketing and collaboration tool, and the increase in the use of mobile technology — all of which have helped give rise to an increasingly distributed workforce.

Your IT security infrastructure, rebooted for 2015

With changes such as those taking place in an IT landscape where threats against diverse and dispersed systems and data are growing increasingly sophisticated, many organizations must consider overhauling — or at least enhancing — their information security strategies. "Organizations should be continually evaluating their security infrastructure. Security certification, CompTIA Security+ certification. Why Security+?

Security certification, CompTIA Security+ certification

Approved by U.S. Dept. of Defense to meet IA technical and management certification requirements Chosen by professional staff at Hitachi Information Systems (Japan), Prestariang Systems Sdn. Bhd. 18 Hot IT Certifications for 2014. Another vendor-neutral certification from the Open Group, this is the 2nd level of architect certification it offers.

18 Hot IT Certifications for 2014

Business and enterprise architect certifications are in development but currently the focus is on IT architecture. Premium pay for this architect certification is up 14.3 percent in the last 12 months and is forecasted to grow in the next three-six months. 7 IT security skills certifications on the rise. A number of IT security skills certifications requiring candidates to pass exams have sharply gained in terms of demand and pay value, according to a new Foote Partners report.

7 IT security skills certifications on the rise

The “2013 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report” is based on the tracking of the demand for a wide range of IT skills at 2,496 private and public-sector U.S. and Canadian employers for a total of 151,864 IT professionals. [QUIZ: Name That Hacker] David Foote For the second quarter, seven IT security certifications gained 10% or more in market value in terms of demand from the previous quarter, according to Foote Partners. David Foote, chief analyst and research officer, says obtaining certifications in IT skills typically means the worker’s pay gets a boost, often as a bonus for having been certified for certain skills through training and passing an exam of some type. Information Security News, IT Security News & Expert Insights: SecurityWeek.Com. IT Security. Home. IT Security - The Industry's Web Resource.

About Hacking. How To Become A Hacker. Copyright © 2001 Eric S.

How To Become A Hacker

Raymond As editor of the Jargon File and author of a few other well-known documents of similar nature, I often get email requests from enthusiastic network newbies asking (in effect) "how can I learn to be a wizardly hacker? ". Back in 1996 I noticed that there didn't seem to be any other FAQs or web documents that addressed this vital question, so I started this one. A lot of hackers now consider it definitive, and I suppose that means it is. Still, I don't claim to be the exclusive authority on this topic; if you don't like what you read here, write your own. If you are reading a snapshot of this document offline, the current version lives at Note: there is a list of Frequently Asked Questions at the end of this document. Numerous translations of this document are available: ArabicBelorussianChinese, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, FrenchGerman, GreekItalianHebrew, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, PersianPortuguese (Brazilian), RomanianSpanish, Turkish, and Swedish. 1.