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Ask HN: How do real crackers learn?

4 pointsby ingvulover 4 years ago
I&#x27;m talking about the kind of crackers who penetrate in systems, create zero-day exploits and the like. I never met one (obviously!) but I wonder how do they learn their stuff. Do they read deep tech stuff regularly? I assume they already known all the internal details of whatever system they are trying to crack (e.g., TCP&#x2F;IP, ssh, HTTP, Linux, etc.)... I guess they learnt that stuff at some point in the past and then moved on. Moved on to what? I suppose they stop &#x27;reading&#x27; and started to &#x27;produce&#x27;; they don&#x27;t learn from others, they are the source of knowledge for some topics (I mean, a zero-day exploit is something that cannot be learnt... one must come up with it based on previous accumulated knowledge).<p>I guess I won&#x27;t ever be able to know how real &quot;crackers&quot; learn by just searching on the internet... but since HN, perhaps you guys know a guy that knows a guy that actually knows how real crackers learn. Would be interesting to read that!

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mtmailover 4 years ago
Best to replace the term &#x27;cracker&#x27; with security research, penetration testing, network security and there will be results. Also go broader than &#x27;guy&#x27;. There&#x27;s training programs, newsletters, books, certification, conferences. It&#x27;s an industry of its own.<p>Ask HN: How do security researchers know where to look for vulnerabilites? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17176711" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17176711</a><p>Ask HN: How did you get started in Network Security&#x2F;Penetration Testing? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15152957" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15152957</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;enaqx&#x2F;awesome-pentest" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;enaqx&#x2F;awesome-pentest</a>