Every hacking beginner can have plenty of doubts like: “Which programming language should I learn for Hacking ?”,
Programming Languages For Hacking:
1# For Web App / Pentesting / Hacking:
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the basics for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser. So if you don’t know HTML you should first learn it.
JavaScript: Learning JavaScript. It will help you to understand the basics of Cross Site Scripting.
PHP / SQL: The majority of web applications are written using PHP and MySQL. So it is a must to learn PHP.
2# For Writing/Understanding Exploits, Shell Codes, Rootkits etc:
C & C++: More than 60 % of the exploits you will find on the web are written in C & C ++. Learning C & C++ will help you to understand about Buffer overflows, Stack overflow etc – so learning C and C ++ is a must for every Hacker/Pentester.
Assembly: Learning assembly will help you in Writing/understanding Shell code, it will also help you in Reverse Engineering applications and software’s.
3# For Building Tools And Scripts:
Python: Python is a very powerful high-level language, it’s easy to learn and code, most of the tools and scripts for automation are written in Python. Knowing Python socket programming will help you a lot in Exploit writing.
Ruby: Ruby is an another language which is used to write scripts, tools. Metasploit Framework is written in Ruby. Learning ruby will help you understand the in and outs of MSF.
Bash: Learning Bash is very useful in writing small scripts for automation.
Hope this answers your question.
source: hackagon
