Training the hacker underground

December 23, 2009 4:27 PM

Hack This Site is a free, safe and legal training ground for hackers to test and expand their hacking skills. Realistic training missions included!
posted by Afroblanco (18 comments total)

Eh, if you really want to learn to hack, all you have to do is setup virtual boxes and try to break into those. Or you could pair off and have friends setup VMs, etc.
posted by delmoi at 5:04 PM on December 23, 2009

Do I have to drink Jolt cola while hacking this site?
posted by sparkletone at 5:16 PM on December 23, 2009 [3 favorites]

I would have guessed that this was a honeypot, but some quick searching suggests that the site is what it claims. Who'd a thunk.
posted by dejah420 at 5:21 PM on December 23, 2009

I'm always extra wary of sites that say they are legal.
posted by DU at 5:27 PM on December 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Isn't having a login and password for this site , I don't know, kind of wrong? Just sayin
posted by ElvisJesus at 5:44 PM on December 23, 2009

There's actually a whole family of sites like this. They're called wargames. There's more if you Google around.

I remember amusing myself in middle school playing one that was intended for Koreans aiming to hack Japanese sites to exact nationalist revenge, but I can't find it now.
posted by shii at 5:57 PM on December 23, 2009

I tried creating an account at the site an hour or so ago. I still haven't received my account setup email yet, and I'm starting to get worried.
posted by localhuman at 6:03 PM on December 23, 2009

You have to e-mail them your social security number, then you get the setup email.
posted by Humanzee at 6:21 PM on December 23, 2009 [2 favorites]

SQL Zoo has a injection attack demo site for you to play with. Damn Vulnerable Linux looks like it's out of commission (with apologies to Artw, here's a PirateBay torrent), but SourceForge is still hosting Damn Vulnerable Web App.
posted by pwnguin at 7:04 PM on December 23, 2009

This reminds me a lot of the old CyberArmy challenges from back in the day - I used to love these kinds of sites.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 8:42 PM on December 23, 2009

I was a developer for HTS/Radio/Hacktivist back in '05-'06, before Jeremy got busted, before the mass exodus of developers, before the archaos business and the constant rooting of the HTS server.

HTS is a cesspit these days; for security talk, CriticalSecurity.net is the better place to go.
posted by TheModernArdeo at 8:50 PM on December 23, 2009 [2 favorites]

I used to play on the same site Shii did. They're a lot of fun, if you're the programmy sort.
posted by Netzapper at 10:10 PM on December 23, 2009

Mmm. I remember playing in the 'Free Hacking Zone' at hackerslab.org, when it was still up, in middle school. This sounds fun, thanks.
posted by suedehead at 10:29 PM on December 23, 2009

HACK THE PLANET!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 4:06 AM on December 24, 2009

You have to e-mail them your social security number, then you get the setup email.

That's the first test, to email them someone's social.
posted by Evilspork at 6:56 AM on December 24, 2009

Scriptkiddies Ahoy!
posted by djrock3k at 10:54 AM on December 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

djrock3k, You nailed it.
posted by TheModernArdeo at 4:22 PM on December 24, 2009

This site is pretty fun, I wonder if it'd work on any site other than that one though.
posted by biochemist at 6:40 PM on December 24, 2009