


I want to start with a top 5 list without overwhelming myself and continue from there later on with some experience in the field.

What Programming Language Do Hackers Use? Keep in mind, “Time is of great essence in hacking.” Programming can help you automate many tasks. The best hackers out there are also the ones with a programming background. Later on, you’ll need to tell the company the steps to reproduce the vulnerability you’ve found and provide a fix for it. You need to comprehend the tool fully you’ll use and, if not, manually test the system, adapt someone’s code or maybe even write a tool or script to suit your needs. Downtime results in lost sales and even clients, you get in big trouble, meaning plenty of money for the company. The script you’ve found on the internet performs some tasks that give you a shell, but it also does some other that brings the website down for some time without you realizing it. You test the system with some tools you’ve found on the internet and some of your own. Therefore you need to learn a programming language. You need to comprehend the working of the target system or application to hack.

If you can’t read code, you aren’t hacking but using random tools and scripts of others to do the job for you without really understanding what’s happening, a.k.a. Many people in the industry say it’s a bonus, but it’s necess ary if you ask me as someone who is a work in progress. Let’s start with a “why learn programming as a hacker” in the first place. Why should I learn programming as an ethical hacker? I’ll cover the languages used for web hacking, as it is the starting point for most of us without any coding knowledge. We can also say web hacking, exploit writing or reverse engineering. At which layer are you trying to hack or crack something? Application-, system, and implementation-, or the hardware layer. Before diving deep into the programming languages hackers tend to use, it depends on the type of hacking you’re willing/going to do.
