Learn Ethical Hacking & Software Cracking Legally (Updated 5/2020)

Fun way to learn Ethical Hacking & Reverse Engineering by hacking real practice websites & cracking CrackMe's.

What you'll learn

Web Hacking
Website defacement
Tampering Cookies
Hacking Admin Passwords
Hack Bank Accounts to Transfer Money
Stealing email mailing lists
Reversing Encryption
Tampering voting pages
Hacking website database
Recovering and repairing defaced website
Hacking school website to alter school grades
How to crack software serial number keys
Remove Nag Screen Reminders asking you to register
Convert Trial Software to Fully Functional Software
Extend 30-day Trial Period Software
Learn Reverse Engineering and Assembly Language

Requirements

Basic knowledge of HTML, Javascript and SQL
Basic understanding of GET and POST requests
A PC, Linux not required
Basic knowledge in C, Assembly Language and Win32 API would be helpful but not mandatory

Description

If you want to learn ethical hacking & also how to crack software the fun and easy way like playing a computer game, then this course is for you. There exists on the Internet several websites which allows people to hack and also to crack software. These websites typically have different levels from easy to advanced. By solving each level and gradually levelling up, you will learn hacking and software cracking. All you need is a PC. In this course I am only using a Windows PC to do hacking and cracking.

The website we will be hacking is HackThisSite!! which is a popular hacker's playground where hackers play hacking games reminiscent of CTF (Capture the Flag) and learn at the same time. However, without some help and guidance you will find it quite challenging. Hence this course. I will walk through each level from Basic to Realistic.

For the Cracking Software lessons, you will learn how to crack software legally. You will practice on specially designed software for you to crack in order to learn reverse engineering . These software are called CrackMe's or ReverseMe's. A CrackMe is a small program designed to test a programmer's reverse engineering skills. They are programmed by other reversers as a legal way to crack software, since no intellectual property is being infringed upon.

These CrackMe's typically have different levels from easy to advanced. By cracking each level and gradually levelling up, you will learn reverse engineering (reversing). Traditionally, reverse engineering is taught by first learning C/C++, assembly language and then debugging. There are no formal courses which teach software cracking as it is deemed illegal to crack licensed software. But in this course we will crack CrackMe's and not licensed proprietary software. That way we won't be breaking any laws.

The software we will be cracking is provided by CrackingLessons and Crackmes One which are a popular reverser's playground . Information on cracking software on the Internet is terse and unstructured. Hence this course. I will walk through each level just like in a classroom where you can follow along and ask questions in the Q & A section. All you need is a PC running Windows.


Great way to learn Web Development, Information Technology (IT), Assembly programming and Reverse Engineering:

If you had always wanted to learn HTML, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, etc, Assembly and Reverse Engineering, what better way than to learn how to hack websites and crack software (legally). So, I invite you to learn to hack websites and crack software (legally) and in the process, you will also learn web development, IT, assembly language and reverse engineering. This is much more fun & exciting than learning it the traditional way - the boring way through formal IT courses and books. This course is also a great stepping stone to other Reverse Engineering fields like malware analysis, exploits development and software testing. So let's get started in your journey of hacking & cracking to learn.


Bug Bounty:

Last, but not least, the site creators of HackThisSite encourage you to literally hack their site to explore the security of their site and they will reward those who responsibly disclose their exploit with an entry into the HackThisSite hall of fame.


Who this course is for:

Web developers who have no knowledge on hacking
Students who want to learn hacking the fun way by hacking real websites (legally)
Those who enjoy computer games and want to try hacking as a game
Programmers who want to level up their skill to reverse engineering software
IT or computing students who want to know how software works internally