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- 3. These languages are used for systems programming and low-level interactions with hardware. They are essential for developing custom tools and exploiting vulnerabilities at the system level.
- 4. A versatile language used for scripting, automation, and web development. It has a large community and extensive libraries for cybersecurity tasks, including network scanning, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing.
- 6. The primary language for web development, JavaScript is essential for understanding and exploiting web vulnerabilities. It can be used to create malicious scripts, analyze web applications, and automate tasks.
- 8. Used for pattern matching and searching within text data.
- 10. The standard language for interacting with databases. Ethical hackers need to understand SQL to extract data from databases and identify vulnerabilities.
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- 1. Understanding assembly language can be helpful for analyzing malware and reverse engineering software.
- 2. languages like PowerShell (Windows) or Bash (Linux) Essential for automating tasks and interacting with the operating system.
- 5. Widely used for web development, PHP is often the language behind web applications that ethical hackers target. Understanding PHP is crucial for identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in web applications.
- 7. Scripting These scripting languages are used to automate tasks and interact with the operating system. They are essential for creating tools and automating penetration testing processes.
- 9. A dynamic language often used for web development and scripting. Ruby on Rails, a popular web framework, is written in Ruby and can be a target for ethical hackers.