ack Post by : @codebysid Art by : @xidingart A programminglanguage is one of the many skills that an ethical hacker must have. Programming language will assist you to be more efficient.
You must know how the code
works when you try to find the bugs or vulnerabilities. C - Mother of all languages C is the oldest langauge we have and its a low level langauge which means C can access and manipulatewith the hardware components and Operating System faster than any other language. Mostof the Operating Systems are written in C which makes C an excellent choice to build low level exploits and viruses. JavaScript JavaScript is used on frontend as well as backend.JavaScript is the language of the web. Every web based application uses Javascript for most of their work. Learning JavaScript will give you the ability to manipulate web based applications or website's.
It is easy to inject or spread viruses
on web based applications using JavaScript and you can access users cookies and data as well. PHP is a server side scripting language which means It runs on the server. So any virus or flaw on the server side can crash the entire server.
Any change on the backend have
immediate effect on the application , so playing with PHP is a great option to enhance your hacking skills. Python Python is one of the most simple language with easy syntax and a wide community. Python is capable of many things and creating viruses and malwares is one of them. Also , this post doesn't encourage any one to exploit ,hack , spread viruses or infecting systems illegally.