19/08/2017
Most Useful Programming
Languages for Ethical Hacking
In our previous article, Charu has mentioned Why
programming is the most important skill for a hacker . If you
are a beginner, you must be confused about βwhich
programming languages are useful for hackingβ. There are
many useful programming languages for hacking but itβs
not possible to master all of them. So in this article, letβs
talk about the most useful programming languages for
Hacking.
First of all, I would like to tell you one thing that hacking
involves a lot of ways.
Most Useful Programming
Languages for Hacking
1. Assembly Language
Purpose: Reverse Engineering
Letβs begin with low-level programming. Assembly
Language is complicated to understand but it is very useful
for hackers who want to perform reverse engineering on
certain applications. Assembly language is used for
instructing any hardware or software directly that is why
itβs best for reverse Engineering.
2. Python
Purpose: Create Exploits
Python is the best high-level language for writing exploits.
Python Socket Programming helps a lot in learning exploit
creation. There are many more advantages, we have
mentioned in our article: Why Python Programming
Language is very useful for Hackers?
3. C or C++
Purpose: Create Exploits
C language is the base of all high-level programming
languages. The whole UNIX operating system is developed
using C programming. C++ brings all the modern object-
oriented concepts C programming. You must understand
any of these two languages to understand exploit writing.
Here is the difference between these two. C vs C++: Which
Programming language is better?
4. PHP
Purpose: Web hacking and pentesting
PHP is one of the best dynamic web scripting languages. It
is the server-side scripting language that can be used to
write exploits for the web servers and the web applications.
You also require the knowledge of HTML along with PHP.
5. Javascript
Purpose: Web hacking and pentesting
Javascript is the great language for cl