What do you need to know about DDOS and Hacking?
🧠 1. Fundamentals:
💻 Computer Networking:
You need to understand IP addresses, Ports, TCP/UDP protocols, DNS, Routing, Firewall, etc.
🧠 Operating Systems:
Know how to use and research Linux/Unix, Windows internals (especially system processes and networking tools).
💡 Cybersecurity Concepts:
CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability)
Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Malware
💣 2. About DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service):
DDoS is an attack to make a server or network unable to provide services by sending many requests at the same time.
🧩 Need to know:
📡 Botnet: A group of computer systems that are often hacked to use for DDoS
📈 Traffic Analysis: Learn to view and analyze traffic
⚙️ Tools: Tools such as LOIC, HOIC, Hping3, Metasploit (for simulation), Wireshark, tcpdump
🛡 DDoS protection: Creating firewall rules, rate limiting, load balancing, CDN (e.g., Cloudflare)
🔓 3. About Hacking:
There are many types of hacking:
Ethical hacking (also called White hat): Studying to prevent
Black hat: Unauthorized attacks
Gray hat: The gap between ethical and unethical
🛠 Key knowledge:
📄 Web Application Security: SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF, File Upload, Authentication flaws
📦 Penetration Testing Tools: Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, Nikto, OWASP ZAP
🔐 Cryptography: Hashing, encryption/decryption, SSL/TLS
🧪 Reverse Engineering: Studying the structure of software/malware
🧰 Scripting & Automation: Python, Bash, PowerShell