Nate Drake is a technology journalist specialising in cybersecurity and retro gaming.
In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, the author claimed it takes 10,000 hours to master any complex skill. Critics later determined that Gladwell had been observing expert musicians, who after practising in the right way for years came to dominate their field.
Misconceptions like the 10,000 hour rule and the perceived complexity of hacking mean that many people believe they’ll never have a deep enough understanding of the subject.
Still, this ignores the fact that better men have gone before us to make learning about pen testing not only easy, but fun.
In this month’s Hacking section, you’ll discover some of the basic equipment necessary for ethical hacking of wireless networks. The Panda N600 Wi-Fi adaptor not only has excellent range and speed, but also works with popular pentesting distros such as BackBox and Kali out of the box.