What are the best programming languages for cyber security?

Question

If I need other skills than programming languages please add them to your comment.

Answer 1

If we talk about which programming languages are best for cyber security, I would suggest you to learn
JavaScript and Python .

#JavaScript will help you in understanding:

*DOM based XSS(Cross site scripting)

*Finding and Modifying Elements

*Stealing cookies

*Manipulating Event handlers to perform malicious actions
Form manipulation

#Python on the other hand, will help you in writing scripts to automate tasks and tools to enhance your arsenal.

Answer 2

Well it depends.

If you want to be in Web Hacking and Pentesting, then learn
HTML
JavaScript
SQL

If you want to be in Exploit Writing, then learn
C
Python (Must)
Ruby

If you want to be in Reverse Engineering, then learn
C
Assembly Language (must)

That's it !
Thank You !

Answer 3

for easy development of utilities you will need some scripting language, such as python or Perl.
But also, you need an overall good understanding of operating system and its shell script, networking, and vulnerabilities specific to each languages or type of applications (c, sql, web...)
Also some awareness of social engineering and concepts behind scam and fishing, as the human factor is often the weakest link in the system.

Answer 4

Python is the best. programming languages that are generally used for cyber security are-

Python
C & C++
HTML
JavaScript
SQL
Assembly languages

Also use-
Bash
Powershell
VBA
VBS

Answer 5

Python is the King!

Answer 6

papanna python

Answer 7

python is the one