by grannyg00se on 12/27/13, 9:00 PM
I thought this was going to be about bash, vi, SICP, cryptanalysis, emacs, asm, or maybe something about 3d printers, or fpgas, or soldering fine point smd ICs onto home stenciled PCBs.
This isn't about being a hacker at all. It's about doing some entry level penetration testing with a software suite designed for that purpose.
by vezzy-fnord on 12/27/13, 9:10 PM
"How to be a script kiddie" is more apt of a title.
This is embarrassing to actual infosec specialists and penetration testers.
by sdfjkl on 12/27/13, 8:21 PM
by RankingMember on 12/27/13, 9:10 PM
'Eye of the beholder, as always. To my grandmom, I'm an elite weapons-grade hacker because I hit Ctrl-B to bold something in MSWord rather than clicking the button for it.
by dobbsbob on 12/27/13, 9:29 PM
Step 1: go on IRC
Step 2: change nick by adding 0x in front of your regular nym
Congrats you're a hacker
by yawz on 12/27/13, 8:09 PM
Oh my God! The secret is out. We're no longer safe!
by sejje on 12/27/13, 8:08 PM
It's trivially easy to be a hacker, but luckily it's also trivially easy to defeat would-be hackers by keeping your computer up-to-date...
Right.
by faffi on 12/27/13, 8:01 PM
Yes, using nmap, metasploit and meterpreter totally makes you a hacker.
by alan_cx on 12/28/13, 2:53 AM
People, take note... This article was written for Guardian readers, not the elite HN hacking corps.
by throwwit on 12/28/13, 12:11 AM
Unfortunately, a poorly thought through article. This article seems to only promote FUD regarding information security. I hope the overall goal of creating robust systems is not lost by calling out certain tools. Security through obscurity is not security.
by jonas_b on 12/27/13, 10:00 PM
Serious question: how insecure is Mac OS X to this kind of stuff?
by angersock on 12/27/13, 8:21 PM
I'm going to put up 7 firewalls and buy a dog.
by Gwen_Bell on 12/28/13, 1:34 AM
Real hackers know Git. If you don't know Git, you don't know Shit. Am I right fellow hackers???