Best Hacking Laptop 2023
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OTW and I get asked this question all the time: "What's the best laptop to buy for hacking?" In this video we answer that question and more.
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00:00 - Coming up
00:32 - Intro
00:38 - Sponsored Segment
01:41 - "The perfect laptop for hacking"
04:50 - Getting the right CPU
06:52 - The importance of RAM
07:49 - WiFi adapters for WiFi hacking
09:45 - "Gear doesn't matter"
12:57 - Virtual Machines for beginners
15:40 - What OS do I need?
16:23 - VM issues with M1 & M2 chips
19:27 - Kali bare-metal and Kali VM
22:10 - Which Linux is better?
23:30 - Dragon OS // New OS for SDR
24:19 - Know your Linux!
25:26 - Don't waste money on the greatest and latest tech
26:34 - Desktop vs Laptop
27:51 - Learn hacking on a phone
29:48 - The Raspberry Pi // Effective learning environment
32:23 - Linux can work on old computers
33:01 - Conclusion
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OTW and I get asked this question all the time: "What's the best laptop to buy for hacking?" In this video we answer that question and more. // Menu // 00:00 - Coming up 00:32 - Intro 00:38 - Sponsored Segment 01:41 - "The perfect laptop for hacking" 04:50 - Getting the right CPU 06:52 - The importance of RAM 07:49 - WiFi adapters for WiFi hacking 09:45 - "Gear doesn't matter" 12:57 - Virtual Machines for beginners 15:40 - What OS do I need? 16:23 - VM issues with M1 & M2 chips 19:27 - Kali bare-metal and Kali VM 22:10 - Which Linux is better? 23:30 - Dragon OS // New OS for SDR 24:19 - Know your Linux! 25:26 - Don't waste money on the greatest and latest tech 26:34 - Desktop vs Laptop 27:51 - Learn hacking on a phone 29:48 - The Raspberry Pi // Effective learning environment 32:23 - Linux can work on old computers 33:01 - Conclusion // Videos mentioned // Best hacking laptop (2021 edition) with Neal Bridges: kzhead.info/sun/ndeGoJptZKKffJs/bejne.html Kali Linux install on Raspberry Pi: kzhead.info/sun/g9WLhtNqpZt3knA/bejne.html Kali Linux install on Android (rootless): kzhead.info/sun/ftyId92tfqNmh6s/bejne.html Kali Linux USB boot: kzhead.info/sun/oZaonK-tp6hvmZE/bejne.html Kali Linux WSL install: kzhead.info/sun/iLyyg5Gwpph9gYU/bejne.html Kali Linux WSL2 GUI Apps: kzhead.info/sun/oNRudMifkYJtoas/bejne.html Kali Linux Windows install: kzhead.info/sun/ipqYnqaqb4WYg30/bejne.html Kali Linux macOS: kzhead.info/sun/mcerg9GajHt-qKc/bejne.html // Mr Robot Playlist // kzhead.info/channel/PLhfrWIlLOoKNYR8uvEXSAzDfKGAPIDB8q.html // David's SOCIAL // Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: facebook.com/davidbombal.co TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal KZhead: kzhead.info // Occupy The Web social // Twitter: twitter.com/three_cube // OTW Discount // Use the code BOMBAL to get a 20% discount off anything from OTW's website: davidbombal.wiki/otw // Occupy The Web books // Linux Basics for Hackers: amzn.to/3JlAQXe Getting Started Becoming a Master Hacker: amzn.to/3qCQbvh // Other books // The Linux Command Line: amzn.to/3ihGP3j How Linux Works: amzn.to/3qeCHoY The Car Hacker’s Handbook by Craig Smith: amzn.to/3pBESSM Hacking Connected Cars by Alissa Knight: amzn.to/3dDUZN8 Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel!
so glad you brought up apples hew chips. they do not support vm’s because windows needs a intel chip to run
I need some help from someone with experience nd can teach well
Plz
Ik basics and some python but need more help now
I want to learn more, how can I start
"Too ashamed to ask, too scared to ask or too embarrassed to ask or whatever", David you are a legend you are both legends, thank you both for everything you do!
Agreed!!!
Thank you. This is my job - ask the questions no else does 😀
@@davidbombal ok does that apply to all of us? Can I have 5 minutes of your time at some point to ask for some advice? My situation is quite unique and I have no doubt you'll be able to get quite a video out of it because I know I'm not the only one in said situation but given it's nature many are afraid of reaching out for advice on the subject.
Yes I agree, with this comment! Freaking Legend and amazing teacher!!! Thank you for all of the videos/ information. I haven't started yet but only because I'm not ready to yet. I downloaded a hacking app that teaches hacking that I have yet to try (ETHICAL HACKING UNIVERSITY). Again thank you for all of your time and information! I will be sure to watch all the way through for you to get the watch time on your videos, I also appreciate the Mr.Robot references, I haven't watched it yet only because I'm super busy lately and just getting back into the desire to learn this important skill! Thanks again and I will be sure to help you any way I can!
Yes you both absolutely are legends. However the reason why I love you both so much is the fact that your humble you're both very humble Legends Connor and that is the most important point of them all I do need help with something if you could just even direct me towards any methods videos you made or any tools Weatherby Windows Linux even Mac I don't have a Mac but I guess I could borrow one but preferably windows or Linux to crack the screen bypass the screen lock on an iPad 7 is the most imperative one right now. I've searched and I would rather learn how to do it properly rather than screw around with things like 10 of shareware they charge unit exorbitant amount of money for something I'm sure I can do it myself. And just FYI I'm still learning hacking cracking all that but I do know some osint tools as well as some other ones and I may not be anywhere near an advanced level hacker but I'm nowhere near I knew be; put it this I'd be
i like how these interviews always digg a little into some issues, but then find back to the main theme very cleanly. Keeps things interesting.
"80% the hacker and 20% the machine" those words might have been the most influential words in hacking
everyone knows its the 10 year old think pad
The cheaper it is the easier it is to dispose of
Hi David, Thank you for getting such knowledgeable guests. I took some of your courses for obvious reasons. I enjoy your teaching methods, straight and to the point. Thanks again!
Thank you Lenny!
Hi David, i'm glad you highlight the main issues with apple m1 silicon macs with vms but you said it right.Yeah UTM too. That is what i've been wondering all along the transitioning to apple silicon macs will be a big problems with pentesters if they are dealing with pentestings with corporation companies. I did use raspberry pi 4 too. As usual there are some tools which can't run but to the get understanding concept running with linux. It seems like pc will be the right approach. Even though Kevin Mitnick uses intel macs.
I love these interviews with OTW they’re just so different from the other interviews.
Glad you enjoy them!
Just here to thank you two for all of the advice and guidance 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Bought a T560 for $200 and been using it for 2 years. My daily driver with my own custom tools. Thanks for the informative video. Looking for my dream laptop to be honest. Main reason why I clicked on your video. Stay safe.
Love it, great encouragement for the beginners, well done David.
I’ve listen to John Hammond so much that I can totally hear his syntax on the “dark hacker” voice. Awesome video!
Fantastic video as usual. Thank you and your host, David. I always learn something from everyone of your great videos.
That was really awesome content. Thanks David and OTW!
Great video as always David I’ve learnt so much from this channel and the different guest you bring on the channel
Very happy to hear that :)
David you are one of the best interviewers I've seen! Thank you so much for this video and your channel in general!
Wow Dav. You really asked all the questions in my head❤🎉. Thank you
I like what he is saying about the computer requirements. I get asked the question "what is a good computer" and I always ask "What will you be doing with it" or some variant of that as it really comes down to the use case... you could spend thousands on high end hardware and still have a poor experience because you bought the wrong hardware for the job.
Depends on the virtual machine product and running a Kali inside, can be a mission with passing USB devices into the VM.
Also thanks for the content, please keep making more, I'll continue to tell my friends about this channel
I bought a Razer basic 2021 model last year for both gaming and teaching myself programming. Main reason I'm commenting is I bought the book "Linux basics for hackers" last summer. Great videos, keep up the good work!
What about the book. Is it useful?
Can I use a macbook for hardcore hacking and cybersecurity?
@@anaghkhandelwal1141xD, bro was not watching the video
I prefer the dell rugged systems. They can be had pretty cheap second hand from various educational or industrial sales. You can configure them with different cards. I have 2 wifi cards and a 4GLTE. The hard drives are in removable caddy for swapping. The batteries are hot swap. They have good port options like serial ports and multiple Ethernet jacks. They are more durable ect. They have great bios feature, for instance function keys for immediately turning off the antennas with one press and ghost modes.
Thanks for creating this video because I needed this so much ❤️
I've had a NAS for decades for backup, etc. I have upgraded it to 10th gen Intel, increased the RAM to 16GB, installed Debien and use VMware for my VM test environment. It helps that I use VNC so my main PC can access the Debien system to manage and use my VMs.
hello David sir! thank both of you, it was a great mind-opening lesson, I have got one thing from this lesson "in hacking 80% is human, 20% is a machine" ❤💯
Virtual Box recently announced that they're bringing Apple Silicon Mac support in the latest version. This was announced one week after this video was uploaded. Thank you David!
never knew about this UTM worked not bad though in kali
You’re the best David. Love you and OTW. Never stop making content!!
Great real-world advice. If anything I think older/slower gear makes you better and more adaptable!
I have an old HP ZBook (i7, 32 GB RAM) that is my go-to laptop for penetration testing and vulnerability analysis, even though it is a heavy old brick it is ideal for throwing in to a rucksack. The best thing about using an older style laptop over one that is "state of the art" is that is has enough USB inputs to attack WiFi dongles, external keyboards, mice etc. My best advice is if you are going mobile, buy one that you don't mind if it gets knocked or bumped.
i have old intel pentium dual core processor and 4gb ddr2 Ram. Some how i managed to learn pentesting. And i found some p4 bugs too..
Can i use a Chromebook....
@@brianwood2666 u can use AWS eor any other services
HP ZBook (i7, 32 GB RAM) is an OLD BRICK???
Disk I/O is also worth mentioning.. slow HDD can give headaches. Maybe laptops with SSDs help alot.
@@silentwater79 My gaming laptop has a 1 TB HDD for my massive Steam library, and a 256 GB SSD for Windows.
@@silentwater79 I have one but never got around to cloning my HDD to it. I've uninstalled 30 GB of Quake Champions as it didn't have enough space to update anyway.
@@silentwater79 Hint: Ask Google.
That was every laptop when I last went to buy a laptop, and that was 6 years ago. I did choose one with an extra HDD though.
@@thewhitefalcon8539my msi dominator gt70 2pc is still running strong! Getting ready to add 8gb of RAM to make it 16. Works very well. Trying to get that MSI raider with 32 RAM. Very nice comp Also picking up 1tb sdd to put Kali on..
Thank you sooooo much for the Virtual Machine tip!
Dear David/OTW, thank you for the amazing content. I would like to see something about firewalls/IDS/IPS systems. You would rarely see such content. Thank you again for sharing knowledge.
I think, in order to run more VM's on your machine smoothly, apart from Ram, you do need a good CPU with higher number of cores/threads to assign to each vm. If you really want a mac, i think get one with an intel cpu.
Great segment! A big thing you need for running multiple VMs is disk space… get a big HDD or SSD to make sure you have enough space for the VM partitions. HomeBrew your intel based Mac and you’re set up for a lot of stuff. Definitely not everything that runs on Linux, but it helps ha ha. Keep up the amazing work!!!
Great tips Dustin! Thank you for always sharing and watching my videos :)
What's the story on Homebrew vs. Macports? And what is the future?
I have a dell optiplex 790mt with 32gb of ram 3ssd’s and a HDD. I also have a Chromebook and a dell inspirion from 2010 or 2011, that I threw an SSD and 16gb of ddr3 ram into. That dell straight up cost me $50 all in and my desktop (primarily for gaming) was like $500 all in. Old PC’s are WAY more capable than people realize.
I’m also building a monster from an old XEON and a X99 board. That will be my “hacking” desktop. I’ll even throw my old rx550 gpu in there to use both of my tvs as monitors.
Fusion preview for M1 works pretty well now. With arm windows and arm kali works well now too.
great video David. what would you recommend dual booting?
I use a t480 bought for 320 euro in germany plus 32 gb ram ddr4 2400 mhz for 40 euro on a local deal t480s are the first lineup where even the lowest i5 is a quadcore and the laptop is the last one to support this power bridge thingy its also quite slim too, i love it.
I have an old T440p Thinkpad, swapped a couple of things to make it better and still works like a dream.
T430 t440p 👍
Same T440p swapped CPU added M.2 love it will not trade it in.
I can’t tell you guys how much i enjoy this series. I‘m now 1 year into my apprenticeship as an IT support and infrastructure specialist and i‘m so into cybersecurity. But unfortunately even tho there are actually a lot of videos and articles on how to start or learn, having someone who i can be pretty sure is a reliable source and also always having things explained easy and up to date. I really love this keep on doing it and maybe well see each other at sum hackathon :) ❤
I always feel relaxed when I hear his voice. @OTW Thanks David Bombal.
My setup as Mac lover and Pentester - I own a Mac Pro M2 and I am running Kali on VMware Fusion. But I use this only for training, CTFs, etc. So for day-to-day work I have a decent laptop with macOS, that I can use for various casual tasks, that requires multiple steps to set up on Linux. For real pentest purposes I always use bare Kali on a 5 year old laptop with Intel, and it works like charm.
Since you mentioned bare-metal vs. VMs, what is your opinion on bootable USB drives? Great video as always!
Treat them as "portable", don't rely on them for every day
Love your show David. And especially the k one's with "OTW"! Learning so much on the side together with my Linux learning and Python exploring! Keep 'em coming! (Sorry I can't afford to join the fanclub atm..😔)
👍👍👍👍👍Great contents! Linux H/w compatibility with the tools intended to use is also important aspect. Glad that these need not be expensive to start😊. Once again, thank you both!
Thanks for this video guys was setting a budget aside for a gamming laptop but now scrapping it. Just a good laptop with some good ram. This really helped thank you
i was always wondering about the cpu requirements of all the hacking tools, it's good to know they are more heavily relying on the ram - thanks for addressing this ! i'm also motivated to try and dig out my ancient raspberry pi and see how it can cope 😃
You're welcome! Raspberry Pi's are great for learning!
@@davidbombal i remember i had even found a miniature screen and keyboard and a ton of adapter cables to connect everything, and then apparently i had moved on to something else. very short attention span, ugh.
David am a medical doctor from Uganda 🇺🇬 I loved tech but I didn't have a chance up to now when I was introduced to alx software engineering bootcamp. My goal is to be a senior cyber security analyst. I found one of your videos but up to now am following your series and note down some small notes 📝. Am gaining alot and getting a guide of what the field of cyber security is. Thanks a lot David 🙏
Hey bro, am a Ugandan too living in Qatar can we get in touch so we can share some knowledge
Hey, i also joined the same bootcamp, finishing my fourth month now
Two Ugandans here😂😂
Great post. your guest looked like "His Divine Shadow" from Lexx you can tell him its props!
I really learn so much in this video for a beginner. I really feel so inspired by it thank you.
Personally I prefer dual boot option instead of using virtual machine.. Due to more compatibility with my hardwares... Anyway its depend on person... Thanks for the video..
Another great video David. You have the best content hands down.
Thank you very much Jason!
I have always been interested in hacking and sorts but never actually went ahead with it but this video alone has given me knowledge I never thought I would get and I thank you for it.
Not for nothing David, but I think you should emphasize the performance between operating systems. I am pretty sure windows does the best job of EXECUTING the VM software, thus as a result, I think the platform has the highest efficacy of running virtual machines. Also compatability is higher with windows. As a novice engineer, why do I feel like I am the only one saying this?
Thanks David sir, I am watching reviews of laptops to buy one And here your video is here to help...
I hope this helps you. OTW tells us what we need :)
Desktop for me, have never liked laptops, the only laptop I have is an old chromebook that now runs Linux Mint. I got massive works with my desktop(s) Kali is nice, but bloated, just run Debian and install what you want, X the bloat you don't want or need. Love your channel, thanks for the things you show and explain. Props.
Thanks for the great videos David. Can anyone mention the guest? I would like to watch his tutorials and classes. If someone can mention his youtube channel or a link to his classes, it would be awesome. Thanks
when OTW said "its an exponential curve!", you drew a linear curve :/
I took a Macbook from the company. I installed Kali OS instead of mOS. It works perfectly because I used the excellent hardware from the MacBook. In a word, everything flies. 😀🛸🛫
which mac did you use?
Thanks Cody good stuff and great explanation
Thank you for the clarification
I've used Linux on my phones for years with Termux. Year by year I find it more useful and an essential part of everything I do with laptops, desktops or servers. Especially on the road. For hacking, having Termux or Kali on the phone is "invisible". You can go anywhere and just sit down and tap away, and everyone is just like "dude, he's gotta have a lot of followers!" :-D
I downloaded termux but every time I try installing something in there it says repository under maintenance. What can I do
Can you download on iOS appstore
@@fwmyalt2873 termux is only for abdroid but ISH is on the appstore
For CPU, one thing you miss is core count. Speed is kind of irrelevant. Ram is great, but running multiple processes or VM's with a dual or quad core is going to start to impact performance the more you stretch it out.
core quality for me, there are older xeon cpu with 16 cores but beat up by newer 8 cores cpu
My desktop has an x99 board with a zeon e5 2690 v4 that I got for $100 on aliexpress. My favorite hacking laptop (I have 4 moderately aged ones) is a $60 Chromebook that was built in 2015 and has a m.2 port. I hate chrome, but I love my old Chromebooks! 😂
Really love you both conversation this is my first video that I've watched without skipping a second. Really ive enjoyed a lot and got to know from where I can start my career❤❤❤❤
Great Sir, You Guys are doing the best things. these things really matter for fresher or who want to start the carrer in hacking
I just use my laptop (the one I use for school) to practice, though once I've saved up I'm going to purchase a second laptop that is only for hacking related activity.
i think that the best laptop for hacking needs: lot of usb ports, in case you need multiple external devices (note that a mouse is essential) minimum 16gb of ram for running multiple machines or running heavy programs like metasploit, burpsuite etc. If you are using a virtual machine, kali will need a lot more resources to run smoothly, compared to a bare metal installation. A cpu that have a good number of core/threads rather than speed, because in vm you will have to give to multiple machines at least 1/2 cores to run smooth the gpu is useless in my opinion I also suggest a laptop that have a good keyboard that feels good, because it can make difference and frustrate you if there are missing keys , defective shit after some time and more
Im thinking about getting a usb keyboard for my laptop. my typing speed is like 2-3x faster on a keyboard.. like 120 wpm.. i might be 60 on a laptop keyboard. Would this be laughable hahahaha
I'm using kali bare metal and having a virtual environment in it and I'm really enjoying it!
i love your content, keep it up david :)
I did my CS degree with a Thinkpad T420. I'd like to point out that some older machines limit the amount of RAM you can install. So it might be better to get a slightly newer machine and add more RAM later on.
So should I get a thinkpad x250?
Adding more ram is good weather it would be used for hacking or not. lol
I use a Lenovo ThinkPad T480 in my home lab as all the the components are compatible with nearly all linux distros and its an incredibly versatile laptop
Same. ThinkPad is probably the top choice for burner laptop. Mine is more than 10yo. Still bomb. Most people use Lenovo for that too
that was exactly what I needed , thank you so much
you are one of my computer idols even though I learnt computers way before you thank's great channel
Much love from Kenya my Brother. Very educative and informative
Great stuff as always! I know that more RAM = more virtual machines, but what CPU is the best when it comes to virtualization?
amd
64 ram, 2 TB SSD and any latest processor is better 😁😁😁..
I'm using a 2012 MacBook Pro with 10GB RAM and 256Gb SSD. Works flawlessy. I am yet to come across any tools that can't be installed either via brew, macport, or github. They all work fine.
Great info! Thanks for the video!
Wow, great narrative. Nobody emphasizes about using one's brains (80%) more than just the machine
Thank you. Agreed. The person is much more important than the computer.
Yes, intel on Macs went too hot. In other words, I remember Mac OS managed the heat well in older OS versions, but with newest OS version, the heat lost the control. I think Apple lowered their priorities on the heat issue on older machines and it is still manageable. For low budget, I'd stay on Mac book or Mini because their battery is very good and stable but go on with Linux. It is working very well. If you have extra money like I do, I would jump to ARM M1 Mac book because the battery life is so great and much less heat. For now, I have both machines, Intel and ARM. I can do the stuff on both machines. Once things get matured on ARM, I can leave Intel out of it.
M1X with Fusion and fire up all the Linux you want. No need for Windows IMO
I laugh off whoever comes into our org with a Mac for security...I need an engineer not someone who wants to fit in and feel cool.
Do you have an extra laptop you don't use you help I with it I am a beginner in ethical hacking and I don't have a laptop.
That was exactly that i was looking for right now! Again you saved me😂 Thanks again, i love your Content!
I love the recommendation from this gentleman! I don't use Mac either (only on a virtual machine to be familiar with the OS) I use windows and Linux in both bare metal and virtual machines. I'm on a budget and apple is expensive... LoL
Hey David. I have an M1 macbook pro with 32gb ram. I have had no issues learning hacking on it. No issues running windows or linux and playing around in the Parallels environment. Virtual Box just released their arm addition for M1 Macs. Sure I am not advanced at all, but for the beginner stage I am in, it works pretty flawlessly.(Side not, I got this macbook pro not for hacking but for work. My job involves me creating Microsoft server and windows environments to run demos for client on certain types of software we sell. I love that it doesn't slow down at all and has plenty of power to breeze through the presentations, often only on battery, for 5+ hours of testing.) Great content as always. Would love to connect with you and pick you brain as a Cybersecurity student with ADHD that is obsessed with trying to absorb everything like a super power. Have a great day!
How did you download virtualbox for M1 MacBook Pro? I’m struggling to do it . And where do you get the ISO for the virtual machines ?
@@NuggetPotatoe I too am also struggling! Please I need help with this as well!
Just got Proton with email included and Drive. Love it :)
Enjoy :)
oh my gosh! this is what the answer I find for along time! thank you!!!!
Talking bout Mac, i’ve used my old 2011 macbook air, with 1.6GHz i5 and 4GB ram. I’ve erased the macOS to install kali on it, beside some lil issues on first installation since few people did it, its just dope now. It does the job very well, and its just great to bring everywhere: small enough, light and i love typing on this keyboard. It has been very useful to start learning offsec and still can be used for dictionary attacks when it comes to password cracking. However one interesting point that i liked using macs with macOS beside kali, is that it’s a UNIX system and many tools i use on kali can be installed with homebrew or manually, and running it.
Prediction: a network interface with monitor mode, and something plain looking. (e.g. if you have Hak5 stickers all over it, then it's not particularly stealthy)
Some of my friends use docker containers to run kali linux on M1/M2. Though it's just a headless image so we gotta install even the basic tools ourselves and they use Gui tools like burp suite on the host machine itself
That's cool :) Biggest issue I think is running VMs from www.vulnhub.com/ and other places that require x86/x64
@@davidbombal I own the M2 and I run all my VMs from a dedicated hypervisor, proxmox, and it’s like 20 times better than VMware, it’s super efficient and can run on super low power systems so you can pretty much run them all the time.
@@NahImPro same here
@@NahImPro so you dont have issue running things on m1/m2?
@@NahImPro can you explain more about proxmox ?
Wow so much detail love the quality ❤
hi david it was great video i love it! thank you so much david and mr hacker.
Thank you for your hard work ❤
You're welcome 😊
I find the older ThinkPads (T-series workhorses) are awesome. Lots of HW options and easily swappable.
Agreed, 100%. When I saw the title and thumbnail I thought "Thinkpad!"
I have problem with Bluetooth module on them with new Kali linux
The X220 because keyboard :-)
I got an old t440p on eBay for $120. I got 16gb of ram for it for another $20 or so, and an m.2 ssd for another $20 or so. It has a core i5 in it, which I may replace with an i7 later on, just to have 4 cores, but the little old i5 runs just fine.
@@hokuspokus8570 I noticed that too. I don't think Kali installs the BT drivers by default. I'm going to mess around with it on my next day off.
thanks for the quality content it's nice to watch, really
Thx David . Learning tons more.
Hi David, loving your content and way of delivery as always. How about using WSL2 for hacking?
I recommend wsl2 Kali Linux. Seamless windows Linux integrated mode is pretty cool.
it is a vm witch they said are good
Its a Thinkpad T-Series. They are perfect, easy to upgrade and support Monitor Mode out of the box
I do have a MacBook Pro 16” M1 Max. But my goto machine is my 2015 MacBook Pro 15” with Intel i7 2Tb SSD 16 Gb RAM and AMD Radeon built in. I used to use Kali in a virtual machine. But now I run all Kali apps that I use natively compiled with Homebrew and Macports, and it improves the speed incredibly. Even quicker then bare metal Kali Linux on my 2020 i7 desktop. Probably has to do with better bandwidth and memory management in MacOS
With Trustsec's 'The Pentester's Framework' and things like PayloadsAllTheThings, you can pretty much set up a Kali-like environment on any distro these days.
The choice of a laptop is only important insofar as "Can it run the system I want?" which can be an important question. As you guys said, start with whatever you can. But, when you can afford to upgrade, my recommendation would be to get a laptop that is able to run Qubes OS. It's not *exactly* an OS really, I mean it is, but not a traditional one. It's a Type 1 Hypervisor and is absolutely perfect for compartmentalization. It's perfect for security use to keep yourself safe while at the same time, you can set up any number of VMs that you want for various purposes. You could have a Qube set up for your personal stuff separate from everything else in its own virtual environment, then have another set up to run Dragon OS in its own isolated Qube that you use just for SDR stuff, and yet another set up for Kali to be your main pentest system and more Qubes set up to be various test targets and so on. It's why I got a laptop with 64 gigs of RAM, I can run a good number of my Qubes at once.
Which laptop is it?
@@ignaciofuentes7755 The laptop that I got for running Qubes? I got the Tuxedo Pulse 15 with 64 gigs of RAM and a 2 TB nvme SSD and a Ryzen 4800H CPU. Pretty sure there are better laptops now, but this one works wonders for me.
@@DarkGloComics You might want to remove this comment and ask your question as a comment on the video rather than as a reply to my comment, because this question was clearly not directed at me since I am all for people scrubbing themselves from such intel-gathering sources by using systems like Qubes OS and services like VPNs and incogni and such. Privacy is a right I will never help anyone to violate.
@@little-wytch look, I don’t want to hear about your politics. No is sufficient.
@@DarkGloComics take a chill pill mate. All I did was offer you a suggestion for how to get an answer and explain my personal reason for refusing to answer. Digital hygiene is important for personal safety and has nothing to do with politics. If you're seeing politics everywhere, consider taking a vacation or maybe getting a massage. 😛
Thank you guys for the advice. Freshmen college student for software design. Learning visual studio and html 5. Aside from Linux or c# what language is important for me to study the most? Like Linux is obvious to the amateur, but what is number 2 on the list?
I would say python, it gets recommended alot because of it's potential. Look at books like "black hat python"
@@offdazaza2769 java
Life long goals for me is Master C++,Java,Python and JavaScript. Think those are solid languages to learn
Exceptional content as always. 👍
This helped. As someone planning to take{pass} the Sec + exam in Jan, I'm going to be doing quite a few labs. I'll get one with 8gb ram to be covered with all the lab stuff.
Did you get your cert?