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What type of programming languages would be helpful at a cyber security job?

I literally have no idea where to start, need some advice

20th Nov 2020, 6:18 PM
Audrey Lowery
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Python JavaScript PHP C/C++ MySQL
20th Nov 2020, 6:37 PM
Sudo
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I guess any language.
22nd Nov 2020, 11:23 AM
Sonic
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Martin Taylor programming language are very essential in many aspects (website defacement,xss, reverse engineering and building Trojans) But you're right with networking, Linux OS etc
20th Nov 2020, 7:04 PM
Sudo
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Kode Krasher I would also add hackthebox.eu to that list; its a good place to practice cybersecurity and hacking.
21st Nov 2020, 4:12 PM
Aria
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Thank you so much!
21st Nov 2020, 4:32 AM
Audrey Lowery
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Python is the most favourite language of cybersecurity experts and hackers. But if you want to make career in cybersecurity/hacking than you need to have some knowledge of every language and databases like SQL.
22nd Nov 2020, 5:02 PM
Aditya
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Mostly Python for cybersecurity
22nd Nov 2020, 4:37 PM
Anikesh Kulal
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