HI FRIENDS THERE ARE 28 TYPES OF PROGRAMING LANGUAGES... IN THAT 28 I MENTIONED SOME LANGUAGES... NEED TO LEARN TO BE AN ETHICAL HACKER....

What is a programming language?

A programming language is a language that is used to develop computer programs. The programs developed can range from operating systems; data based applications through to networking solutions.

Why you should learn how to program?

Hackers are problem solver and tool builders, learning how to program will help you implement solutions to problems. It also differentiates you from script kiddies.Writing programs as a hacker, will help you to automat many taskswhich would usually take lots of time to complete.Writing programs can also help you identify and exploit programming errors in applicationsthat you will be targeting.You don’t have to reinvent the wheel all the time, there are a number of open source programs that are readily usable. You can customize the already existing applications and adding your own methods to suit your needs.

What languages should I learn?

The answer to this question depends on your target computer systems and platforms. Some programming languages are used to develop for only specific platforms. As an example, Visual Basic Classic (3, 4, 5, and 6.0) is used to write applications that run on windows operating system. It would therefore be illogical for you to learn how to program in Visual Basic 6.0 when your target is hacking Linux based systems.

Programming languages that are useful to hackers

SR NO.

COMPUTER

LANGUAGES

DESCRIPTION

PLATFORM

PURPOSE

1.HTML Language used to write web pages.

*Cross platform

Web hacking

Login forms and other data entry methods on the web use HTML forms to get data. Been able to write and interpret HTML, makes it easy for you to identify and exploit weaknesses in the code.

2.JavaScript Client side scripting language

*Cross platform

Web Hacking

JavaScript code is executed on the client browse. You can use it to read saved cookies and perform cross site scripting etc.

3.PHP Server side scripting language

*Cross platform

Web Hacking

PHP is one of the most used web programming languages. It is used to process HTML forms and perform other custom tasks. You could write a custom application in PHP that modifies settings on a web server and makes the server vulnerable to attacks.

4

SQL    Language used to communicate with database

*Cross platform

Web Hacking

Using SQL injection, to by-pass web application login algorithms that are weak, delete data from the database etc.

5

Python

Ruby

Bash

Perl

High level programming languages

*Cross platform

Building tools & scripts

They come in handy when you need to develop automation tools and scripts. The knowledge gained can also be used in understand and customization the already available tools.

6

C & C++

High level programming

*Cross platform

Writing exploits, shell codes etc.

They come in handy when you need to write your own shell codes, exploits, root kits or understanding and expanding on existing ones.



7

Java

CSharp

Visual Basic

VBScript

Other languages

Java & CSharp are *cross platform. Visual Basic is specific to windows

Other uses

The usefulness of these languages depends on your scenario.