Why choose Kali?

Hacking With Kali Linux

Why Kali Linux?

With Kali Linux, hacking becomes much easier since you have all the tools

(more than 300 pre-installed tools) you are probably ever gonna need. Others can be downloaded easily. Now this tutorial will get you started and you'll be hacking with Kali Linux before you know it.

The problem with beginners

What Beginners want is magic. A tool which is easy to use, works on Windows, can be download by searching on Google and clicking on the first link we see, and will do all the hacking itself on the push of a button. Sadly, no such tool exists. Hacking is an art, and it takes years of practice to master it. So how to get started? Having no idea about hacking is okay, but being a newbie with computers in general is not allowed. When I say beginner, I mean someone who has no experience with programming and with hacking methodologies. I didn't mean someone who needs a 1 page guide on how to download a tool. If you want to be a hacker, you have to work hard. So how to get started?

Getting Started

Now, I am not going to bore you with theory. My aim is to get you to the point where you can start hacking with Kali Linux as soon as possible. What I'm gonna do is tell you what to do.

• Go to kali.org and get an idea what Kali is.
• Go to their download page and download Kali linux.
• Start using it

Now since this is a beginners tutorial, I won't assume that you can 

do the third step yourself. Now, you have 2 options. First, Read the Kali documentation and get an idea about what is a virtual machine, how OS can be run from USB, and how to create a partition and run 2 OS simultaneously. This is what I recommend. For that, go to Kali Official Documentation . The second option is to look at these posts (which are just sparingly modified versions of the Kali docs), which will get you to the point where you are running Kali on your machine

http://kalitutorials.net/2013/11/installing-kali-on-hard-disk-using-usb.html

http://kalitutorials.net/2013/11/installing-kali-dual-booting-kali-with.html

http://www.kalitutorials.net/2014/02/complete-detailed-guide-on-installing.html

Some Useful Commands: 

1. The default username and password is 'root' and 'toor'. 
2. Type 'poweroff' in the terminal to shutdown. 
3. apt-get command can be used to install tools and updates. 
4. apt-get update and apt-get upgrade will update all the programs installed on your machine. 
5. apt-get dist-upgrade will install the latest distribution.

As you can see, everything that you want to do requires you to type stuff in the terminal. If you aren't from a linux background, then knowledge of cli needs to be acquired.

So, considering you started using the OS, what you have to do next is getting used to the command line interface, as that is what all the tools are going to use.

Command Line Interface

Now, if you are really sure about becoming a hacker, you have to get used to linux, and specifically the command line interface. It is often compared to (and rightly so) to command prompt of Windows, but Linux' cli is much efficient and better than command prompt. What you have to do is do all the usual tasks you do in Windows in cli of Linux. Use cd to navigate, poweroff to shutdown, etc.

A pretty awesome site for that is - http://linuxcommand.org/

That's enough exercise to keep you occupied for a month, but you can proceed gradually. The first few tutorials will keep in mind that you don't have much info about cli.

Note: Something most beginners take a long time to learn. Tapping <tab> while typing makes Kali complete the word for you . Double tapping <tab> makes it display all possible words starting with the incomplete word. Ctrl+c stops the functioning of any tool that is running.

Some Real Hacking With Kali Linux

Assuming you've gone through the above steps and are comfortable with your new hacking environment, its time to do some real hacking with Kali Linux. If you read this article and haven't ever used Linux in your life, then you should just bookmarks this site and come back later. If you already know about Linux, and can find your way around stuff, then my recommendation would be to start by hacking a wifi...

You can email me on goyalvidi@gmail.com