how to become a hacker

The behaviour of the hacker.

 To be a hacker means to have a conscience, behaviour and attitudes in order that you can develop your own  skills,  be inquisitive loving to see beyond the screen and racing always in order to challenge the best "in order to be the best, you must face one of the best," This is what makes you a real hacker, read many books on the philosophy of the hacker and remember well: the hacker culture before everything.

Programming languages​​.

It is necessary to be superior in some programming languages​​, it is easier for you to discover security holes manually and not relying on some programs, you will be able to exploit security hols you own. For this you should now proceed in the study of the C language and thee language python, PHP, Perl and to JAVA, and tried to always look for good books to learn. Here are some books that I suggest you read it:
Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python writer Al Sweigart
Introduction to Web Services with Java author Kiet
Code Happy writer Dayle Rees

Networks

 To be A superior hacker, it requires you to not only know some programming languages​​, but also must be able to understand the different kinds of networks (LAN wan vpn), which connects you with the virtual world. For this you have to learn how to operate networks, types, and be able to distinguish between the udp and TCP / IP where there are several holes, to be more closer to the IP of protocols such as HTTP learn some orders networks

Operating Systems

  

It is impossible to discovered security holes in operating systems, your use and understand her superficial! Do not be like others! format Windows or instal some programs this does not make you an expert in the management of operating systems. There are hundreds of security holes detected annually in the Windows operating system for this you should studying operating systems and how they work , You should also focus in your studying  on unix and linux you will need this system in many of the challenges like Server web and discover security holes .

Cryptographic

Critical information has become now  all Cryptographic like credit card information, passwords... The study of Cryptographic is important if you want to become a professional hacker for this you should study the employed techniques in securing information networks, and even you can understand how to create your own program to break password... I advise you to read security cryptography books writer Alan G. Konheim

watch some hacking video 

i  advise you to watching  securitytube website videos the best video tutorial in this area

Continuity  learning

don't stop study This world is constantly changing in every month and every year