Who doesn’t want to learn how to hack? 🤔


Who doesn’t want to learn a skill-based superpower that could be wielded for good…or bad (mwahaha)?


That was my initial reaction to realizing that hacking was officially a “thing” while studying for my Computer Science BSc degree. My first probe of a target system for exploitable information (a.k.a. enumeration) marked the point of no return for me. I was all in. 


From then on, all-night hacking events with friends filled many weekends. We even formed an intense cybersecurity study group to learn and share knowledge. And, to cut a long story short, I became an ethical hacker who is now part of a one-of-a-kind community that makes the skill of hacking accessible to anyone willing to learn it.🤘 


In this post, I’m sharing the truth behind the wonderful wizardry that is hacking. You’ll see what it takes to learn hacking from scratch and the necessary steps to get started! 

in extremely high demand) in whatever specialty you want. 


When I started, there were fewer publicly available resources than there are now. Most of our learning was done via internet relay chat forums (IRCs) and learning from others in the community. You also had to download your own virtual machine or build a hacking lab at home for target practice. Nowadays, content and training are more accessible with cybersecurity training and upskilling platforms like Hack The Box (HTB).