From Game Hacking To Ethical Hacking: How Guided Hacking Forum Is Changing The Narrative Of Hacker Resources

There are so many guides on the internet pointing towards how to become a hacker, but one of the tried and tested methods of learning reverse engineering is to learn engineering itself. The glamorization of hackers through Hollywood films might have you believing that they sprung from misguided geniuses. The truth is that coders are very much likely to turn to hacking not because they are so invested in exploiting those loopholes but because they like the challenge. 

Guided Hacking Forum first started out sharing game hacks and cracks but it soon took on a life of its own as users flocked to the forums in a bid to learn more about hacking and they started to rebrand themselves, along with all their content in an attempt to white wash it. Over time, they managed to start a channel and a proper module of ethical hacking which covers everything from Python Reverse Engineering to Penetration Testing - something that ethical hackers have to be rather skilled at, more skilled, in fact, than conventional hackers. 

Perhaps one of the reasons why ethical hacking has taken form in the forums of Guided Hacking is because hackers are simply people who love coding and have a passion for challenging themselves. As Rake, the founder of Guided Hacking Forum put it, “Hacking is the art of taking something apart, finding out how it works & then using this knowledge to your advantage. Hacking is really a state of mind, it’s a challenge and reward system in which you challenge yourself in your never-ending pursuit of knowledge.”

That never ending pursuit of knowledge inadvertently puts people down a path to continue challenging themselves as well as learning new things about their field of interest. 

“We want to become a library for learners to share their knowledge and pass it onto others, but of course, we have to be quite careful, because you definitely get some blackhat hackers trying to pass themselves off as whitehat ethical hackers,” explains Rake. 

In order to become great at what you do, you have to be passionate, you have to let that burning desire fuel you, which is what Guided Hacking Forum is all about. They want to be able to foster that passion for puzzle-solving. But there’s a downside, “It drives me nuts when people expect to be spoon-fed. I look at them and I know that they aren’t going to make it in the real world, much less the hacking industry.” 

True to Rake’s word, hacking or reverse engineering is a very proactive industry and hackers will need to stay on top of trends, practices and technologies in order to keep up and stay relevant in their field. 

With Guided Hacking Forum, Rake expects that unsolicited requests from people hoping to become a hacker will lessen as they have a resource rich database right at their fingertips.