Books For the Aspiring Hacker

1.
The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications 4.05 avg rating — 552 ratings
2.
A Bug Hunter's Diary: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security
A Bug Hunter's Diary: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security 3.92 avg rating — 248 ratings
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Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software 4.48 avg rating — 600 ratings
4.
Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking
Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking 4.17 avg rating — 383 ratings
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Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks
Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks 4.21 avg rating — 466 ratings
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Social Engineering
Social Engineering 3.83 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
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The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws
The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws 4.23 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security 3.77 avg rating — 7,162 ratings
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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation w/CD
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation w/CD 4.17 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
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A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core
A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core 4.23 avg rating — 52 ratings
11.
Hacking Wireless Networks - The ultimate hands-on guide
Hacking Wireless Networks - The ultimate hands-on guide 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Secure Your Node.js Web Application: Keep Attackers Out and Users Happy
Secure Your Node.js Web Application: Keep Attackers Out and Users Happy 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground 3.97 avg rating — 8,012 ratings
14.
Web Penetration Testing: Hack Your Way
Web Penetration Testing: Hack Your Way 4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
15.
The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response
The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response 4.06 avg rating — 262 ratings
16.
Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide
Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide 4.07 avg rating — 863 ratings
17.
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon 4.17 avg rating — 8,047 ratings
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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,827 ratings
19.
Next Generation Red Teaming
Next Generation Red Teaming 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell 4.20 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
21.
Future Crimes
Future Crimes 3.93 avg rating — 4,365 ratings
22.
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by: Gene Kim
4.26 avg rating — 48,832 ratings
23.
Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems
Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems 4.21 avg rating — 696 ratings
24.
Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global
Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global 4.21 avg rating — 203 ratings
25.
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State 4.07 avg rating — 14,931 ratings
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Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat?
Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat? 3.64 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers 4.35 avg rating — 9,510 ratings
28.
The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats 4.03 avg rating — 790 ratings
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Why CISOs Fail: The Missing Link in Security Management--and How to Fix It (Security, Audit and Leadership Series)
Why CISOs Fail: The Missing Link in Security Management--and How to Fix It (Security, Audit and Leadership Series) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Unsecurity: Information security is failing. Breaches are epidemic. How can we fix this broken industry?
Unsecurity: Information security is failing. Breaches are epidemic. How can we fix this broken industry? 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors
Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors 4.20 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World 3.83 avg rating — 1,085 ratings
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage 4.28 avg rating — 15,267 ratings
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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road 4.41 avg rating — 50,880 ratings
35.
Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure
Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure 3.96 avg rating — 135 ratings
36.
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts 3.82 avg rating — 21,783 ratings
37.
Linux Basics for Hackers: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali
Linux Basics for Hackers: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali 4.14 avg rating — 552 ratings
38.
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions 3.80 avg rating — 1,165 ratings
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Practical Forensic Imaging: Securing Digital Evidence with Linux Tools
Practical Forensic Imaging: Securing Digital Evidence with Linux Tools 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
40.
Writing Secure Code
Writing Secure Code 4.01 avg rating — 372 ratings
41.
Real-World Bug Hunting: A Field Guide to Web Hacking
Real-World Bug Hunting: A Field Guide to Web Hacking 4.18 avg rating — 133 ratings
42.
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation 4.17 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
43.
Designing BSD Rootkits: An Introduction to Kernel Hacking
Designing BSD Rootkits: An Introduction to Kernel Hacking 4.18 avg rating — 51 ratings
44.
Malware Data Science: Attack Detection and Attribution
Malware Data Science: Attack Detection and Attribution 3.87 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory
The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory 4.35 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort
Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort 4.05 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Tao Of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection
The Tao Of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection 4.28 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis
Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis 4.20 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Practical Binary Analysis: Build Your Own Linux Tools for Binary Instrumentation, Analysis, and Disassembly
Practical Binary Analysis: Build Your Own Linux Tools for Binary Instrumentation, Analysis, and Disassembly 4.51 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Attacking Network Protocols: A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation
Attacking Network Protocols: A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation 3.91 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Foundations of Information Security: A Straightforward Introduction
Foundations of Information Security: A Straightforward Introduction 4.06 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Windows Internals, Part 1: Covering Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Windows Internals, Part 1: Covering Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 4.46 avg rating — 206 ratings
53.
Windows Internals, Part 2: Covering Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Windows Internals, Part 2: Covering Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 4.55 avg rating — 105 ratings
54.
Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters 4.11 avg rating — 596 ratings
55.
Network Attacks and Exploitation: A Framework
Network Attacks and Exploitation: A Framework 4.08 avg rating — 48 ratings
56.
TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols
TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols 4.49 avg rating — 149 ratings
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The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference
The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference 4.49 avg rating — 206 ratings
58.
Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World 3.93 avg rating — 1,791 ratings
59.
Red Team Field Manual
Red Team Field Manual
by: Ben Clark
4.23 avg rating — 984 ratings
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Blue Team Handbook: SOC, SIEM, and Threat Hunting Use Cases: A condensed field guide for the Security Operations team
Blue Team Handbook: SOC, SIEM, and Threat Hunting Use Cases: A condensed field guide for the Security Operations team 4.43 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Blue Team Field Manual (BTFM) (Field Manual Series)
Blue Team Field Manual (BTFM) (Field Manual Series) 4.18 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Operator Handbook: Red Team + OSINT + Blue Team Reference
Operator Handbook: Red Team + OSINT + Blue Team Reference 4.40 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition: A condensed field guide for the Cyber Security Incident Responder.
Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition: A condensed field guide for the Cyber Security Incident Responder. 4.12 avg rating — 282 ratings
64.
Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking
Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking 3.83 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
65.
Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security
Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security 3.72 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Open Source Intelligence Techniques: Resources for Searching and Analyzing Online Information
Open Source Intelligence Techniques: Resources for Searching and Analyzing Online Information 4.45 avg rating — 411 ratings