Where can you read up on hacking?

I want to learn more

[SIRokai]

I searched google and yahoo but nothing that's worth something came up...

I wanna learn more about how and what they do to get in to sites, computers to take counter measures. My built in firewall does not seem to help. :(

[Fiver]

a well configured firewall and secure servers (if you need to run them) are all you need to counteract any hackers. It's never a bad idea to have a hardware firewall running at the edge of your network.

I can highly recommend grc.com as a good information source, and their 'shields up' application as a good tester for your ports. Not the best web design, but great tools.

[Herenvardo]

I want to learn more about these bastards

Then care about crackers, not 'bout hackers.

[SIRokai]

how mcuh do crackers charge?

[Fiver]

how mcuh do crackers charge?

how big is a big stick? you going after the NSA or a nosey neighbor?

doesnt sound so much like you want to protect your computer anymore, and hence, we walk into the TOS wall. no illegal activity to be discussed.

[lawman]

What Fiver said.

[cashmere]

There is a really cool site where you can actually try to hack into it and advance to higher and higher levels. sorry I can't remember url.

[bcolflesh]

LearnToHack.org/

hackthissite.org/

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This is probably the one you are thinking of:

quiz.ngsec.biz:8080/
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[Herenvardo]

try a search for 2600. And try to find out why they like that number ;)

[EliteWeb]

BlackListed!411 is another magazine along with Binary Revolution.

For news in the underground check hackwire, for exploits to see what is new out there check out packetstorm. and to follow up on security read bugtraq mailing list. for Macintosh read securemac and for mac hacking read freak's macintosh archives ;)

[Macguru]

Hey! what are you guys wispering about around here?

[EliteWeb]

/me gags macguru ;) macs are more secure than other systems :P

[skippy]

I wanna learn more about how and what they do to get in to sites, computers to take counter measures. My built in firewall does not seem to help. :(

An interesting site if you want to learn how they use search engines to hack. If you can get through it.

www.searchlores.org/

[Herenvardo]

a well configured firewall and secure servers (if you need to run them) are all you need to counteract any hackers

Completely disagree! Every security system can be hacked. Maybe with a firewall and a secure server you are 99.999% protected, but there is still a chance of 0.001% of being hacked. And, as Murphy said: If something can fail, it'll fail
So as more security you have, better. But you have also to care if your security costs are worth of what you are trying to protect.

Herenvardö

[madman21]

hackquest.com

[TryAgain]

I searched google and yahoo but nothing that's worth something came up...

Heh?

How to use Google to hack [johnny.ihackstuff.com]

See also The perils of Googling [theregister.co.uk]

Both are actually interesting reads if you are interested in security.