Wanna be a hacker?
The real hackers are the pioneers, the ones who devise the methods and create the tools that are packed on those aforementioned CDs. Putting legality aside and thinking logically, every exploit that a person could possibly read about in this blog has a corresponding patch to defend against it. A properly patched system should be immune to this class of attack. Attackers who only use these techniques without innovation are doomed to prey only on the weak and the stupid. The real hackers can proactively find holes and weaknesses in software to create their own exploits. If they choose not to disclose these vulnerabilities to a vendor, hackers can use those exploits to wander unobstructed through fully patched and "secure" systems.
