In this guide we will:

• Get you a WiFi connection.
  
• Safely get you an email and bank account.
  
• All the NPC shops you will need.
  
• Your first universal hacking tool.

We'll also quickly touch on some of the most common tools and highlight where to get them.

If you've played the tutorial in Singleplayer, then you should be familiar with gaining access to WiFi networks, and you can comfortably skip the WiFi section of this guide.

WiFi (or gift)
If you have previously played, you may have access to a Gift.txt document on your desktop.
This contains the password to a wifi connection near you.
If you do not have that, you'll have to crack a WiFi to gain access to the internet instead.

Cracking a WiFi
First, let's have a look at the different WiFi networks in the vicinity.
Open up a terminal and use the following command.

iwlist
Lists the WiFi networks within range of specified network card.
Usage: iwlist [net device]
Example: iwlist wlan0

Alright. Let's go for the WiFi with the ESSID of Mosaic.

airmon
Starts or stops monitoring for WiFi traffic
Usage: airmon [start:stop] [net interface]
Example: airmon start wlan0

Now that we're listening for traffic, let's move on to aireplay.

aireplay
Sends deauth packages at specified WiFi
Usage: aireplay [-b bssid] [-e essid]
Example: aireplay -b 15:11:68:9B:D6:39 -e Mosaic


We're now gathering ACKs.
If you have a bad connection to a given WiFi, you'll need more ACKs.
Once you've finished gathering ACKs, press CTRL + C to cancel the action.


When you halt the action, it saves ACKs as file.cap in your home directory.


Alright, time to crack that bad boy.

aircrack
Usage: aircrack [file cap]
Example: aircrack file.cap


We now have the code for accessing the WiFi!
Press the WiFi icon in the top right, choose the WiFi we cracked, then enter the code you received from aircrack. In this instance 5555.

Fantastic. That's step one done.
Let's now look at how we safely register for an email.

Let's bravely set forth into the wild west that is the internet.

Email account
Open the browser, search for "mail"

Let's make sure we go FAR back in the search results, so we're not accidentally exposing our IP address to other players.

Spam that next button until we're at least 30+ pages deep. Then pick a random URL.


At the top of the page, press Email services.


Now register your desired username and make sure you choose a STRONG alphanumeric code.
I chose the password apSfxsd41u65aQAfas65dAfSXwS today.


Now that we have an email we can always access our mail via the Mail.exe icon on our desktop.

NOTE: You'll probably want to change your WiFi at this point, so people can't get your IP from the mail website.

Let's head on over and get signed up for a bank account.

Bank account
Same rules as before. Search for "bank" and go deep into the search results.
Go to register at the top of the bank page, it should auto-fill your email address.

Choose a STRONG alphanumeric code, but NOT the same one as before.
I chose 159ASF15xcASC1gfvjku981r82ds8e today.

Once you press register, it'll assign you an account number, which will act as your login username for bank services in the future.


NOTE: You'll probably want to change your WiFi at this point, so people can't get your IP from the bank website.

If at any point you need a reminder of your bank or mail credentials, you can find them by navigating to the 9 dots in the top left corner -> Preferences -> Accounts

HackShop
Contains tools, exploits, and jobs.

At this time you can open up your mail program, you should have received an email giving you the IP to a HackShop.


Make sure you save this IP.
While you're visiting, go to tools and make sure to grab yourself a copy of AdminMonitor.exe, decipher, and metaxploit.so

• AdminMonitor you should save to /usr/bin
  
• decipher you should save to /bin
  
• metaxploit.so you should save to /lib

Shop
Contains various legal software, as well as your one-stop shop for hardware PC components.

Search for "Shop", same rules as previously. Go deep into the search results.
While visiting, let's pick up nmap. Save it to the /bin folder.


You'll also want to upgrade your stock hardware in the near future, so keep on the lookout for good deals on CPU and RAM components.

If you want to play around with cryptocurrencies in the future, you can find the wallet binary here.

Internet Provider Services
The place to purchase rental servers, as well as where you buy yourself a legal internet connection.
Search for "server", and go deep into the search results. Navigate to Services.


In most instances when you're looking to purchase rental servers, the small pack for 3MB/s is plenty.
While you're here, make sure you grab the ConfigLan program. This will let you upgrade and manage your networks in the future.

Those are all the NPC services you'll need to be able to safely navigate between.

I'll also show you how to get a hold of the Viper hacking tool, a great way to get around the RNG nature of how manual exploit generation works in the shop.

It won't hack websites for you, but it will take the randomness aspect out of whether you'll be able to complete a mission or not.

To get a hold of it, you can either navigate to the in-game website of www.viper.com <- This is an in-game website, not for use on the real internet.



As an alternative to visiting the official in-game website to download the tool, you can now also add the repository address to your apt-get sources.

apt-get addrepo 170.220.64.188
This adds 170.220.64.188, which is currently the official repository, to your trusted sources.

apt-get update
This refreshes your sources and allows you to download whatever is new.


apt-get install viper
This downloads the Viper tool to your machine.


If an update is pushed out, then you can update the tool with the following commands:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Allow the update and there you go.

When using this method, it is recommended that you make sure your "official sources" is shut off and secured in your /etc/apt/sources.txt

For a guide on how to get basic aptitude with the Viper tool check our guide here [justpaste.it]or here.
For a guide on how to secure yourself and your network with Viper, check our guide here [justpaste.it]or here.

Xclusive - Me. For writing it, obviously.
Volk - Making the Viper tool.
GrumpyBunny - General feedback.


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