Some hacking tricks and methods don't necessitate any prior knowledge in programming. But for making tools you need to be very knowledgeable in programming, not the kind of knowledge that you can get in hours or days
Just a tip for you..
I have first hand experience at getting into
"Hacking" (hate that word) in the way Axon and others in some other post i read and cant find have eluded to....
which effectively amounted to:
Just pursue your interestsFor me it really started with breaking my mums computer through stupid shit like
- removing
all file permissions on
all files.....result = broken (pre xp days)
- deleteing all the files in the registry.... result = broken
- enabling all security poilicies and locking myself out of the comp.. result = locked out
Then I'd always have to read my arse off to try n fix it before she got home......
I'd always at the minimum understand the problem i had caused even if most of the time fixing it without a format/reinstall was beyond my skill set.
and i always broke it pursueing stuff i was interested in
just exploring the computer wondering what shit was for, wondering how to do shit, and just poking around.
-bat scripts to automate crap....
-VB macros in excell....
Nothing ever origional bit of code here bit of code there (copy paste copy paste) hours reading n staring at shit i have no idea how to make do what i want..... getting frustrated, giving up, trying a different angle...... again... and again.. and again
I guess the first "Cool" "Hacking" was:
A mmorpg called "DarkEden"
(origional int server) and
Gamerzplanet learned about Packet Editing - WPE (Windows packet Editor)
Learned about Memory Editing/Injecting - CheatEngine
Learned to make my first (game)Macros/Scripts - AutoHotKey
Gained a Basic understanding of hex editing and assembly
AND STILL AT THIS STAGE I HAD NOT LEARNED A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE!!!
and then fast forward another 7 years and here i am still pursueing my interests still i cant program but i have a far deeper and broader understanding of computer systems as a whole. (
which of course only serves to remind me of how much i don't know )
The scripts i write are a little better and i have a pretty good idea of whats possible and how to go about it....
and only now am i really finding not knowng a programming language
Well is my main bottle neck....