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What Hacker News says
- I've looked at recommendations in 25 articles and compiled a list of the most recommended books on cybersecurity sorted by how often they were mentioned.
Hacking Exposed 7 by Stuart McClure
Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
Spam Nation by Brian Krebs
Practical Malware Analysis by Michael Sikorski
Threat Modeling by Adam Shostack
Social Engineering by Christopher Hadnagy
The Hacker Playbook 3 by Peter Kim
The Practice of Network Security Monitoring by Richard Bejtlich
Dark Territory by Fred Kaplan
The Code Book by Simon Singh
Hacked Again by Scott N. Schober
The Hacker Playbook by Peter Kim
The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnick
The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick
See the full list at https://www.readthistwice.com/lists/best-cybersecurity-books
- Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking https://www.amazon.com/Penetration-Testing-Hands-Introductio...
Offensive Computer Security Spring 2014 Homepage Florida State University http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~redwood/OffensiveComputerSecurity
Offensive Security Certified Professional https://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-cert...
The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing https://www.amazon.com/Hacker-Playbook-Practical-Penetration...
MIT Course Number 6.858 :Computer Systems Security https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...
More at http://Learn.SharjeelSayed.com
- If you like watching videos and following along:
Free: https://www.cybrary.it/
Cheap: https://www.pluralsight.com/
The entry level cert in this area is the CEH. It's kind of looked down upon, like a lot of entry level certs are, but studying/working towards that isn't a bad thing.
Books:
- Practical:
The Web Application Hacker's Handbook 2nd Edition - Gives a very good overview and is a good place to start.
The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing - #3 just came out. Haven't gone through my copy yet, but I've heard good things.
RTFM - Red Team Field Manual - Nice to have, quick reference guide
BTFM - Blue Team Field Manual - Like the above, but for the good guys ;)
- Covering the bigger picture, if you're curious (geopolitical):
The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age
The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage
