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How to Hack Like a Legend: Breaking Windows
Tag along with a master hacker on a truly memorable attack. From reconnaissance to infiltration, you’ll experience their every thought, frustration, and strategic decision-making first-hand in this exhilarating narrative journey into a highly defended Windows environment driven by AI.
Step into the shoes of a master hacker and break into an intelligent, highly defensive Windows environment. You’ll be infiltrating the suspicious (fictional) offshoring company G & S Trust and their hostile Microsoft stronghold. While the target is fictional, the corporation’s vulnerabilities are based on real-life weaknesses in today’s advanced Windows defense systems. You’ll experience all the thrills, frustrations, dead-ends, and eureka moments of the mission first-hand, while picking up practical, cutting-edge techniques for evading Microsoft’s best security systems.
The adventure starts with setting up your elite hacking infrastructure complete with virtual Windows system. After some thorough passive recon, you’ll craft a sophisticated phishing campaign to steal credentials and gain initial access. Once inside you’ll identify the security systems, scrape passwords, plant persistent backdoors, and delve deep into areas you don’t belong. Throughout your task you’ll get caught, change tack on a tee, dance around defensive monitoring systems, anddisable tools from the inside. Spark Flow’s clever insights, witty reasoning, andstealth maneuvers teach you to be patient, persevere, and adapt your skills at the drop of a hat.
You’ll learn how
Like other titles in the How to Hack series, this book is packed with interesting tricks, ingenious tips, and links to useful resources to give you a fast-paced, hands-on guide to penetrating and bypassing Microsoft security systems.
Step into the shoes of a master hacker and break into an intelligent, highly defensive Windows environment. You’ll be infiltrating the suspicious (fictional) offshoring company G & S Trust and their hostile Microsoft stronghold. While the target is fictional, the corporation’s vulnerabilities are based on real-life weaknesses in today’s advanced Windows defense systems. You’ll experience all the thrills, frustrations, dead-ends, and eureka moments of the mission first-hand, while picking up practical, cutting-edge techniques for evading Microsoft’s best security systems.
The adventure starts with setting up your elite hacking infrastructure complete with virtual Windows system. After some thorough passive recon, you’ll craft a sophisticated phishing campaign to steal credentials and gain initial access. Once inside you’ll identify the security systems, scrape passwords, plant persistent backdoors, and delve deep into areas you don’t belong. Throughout your task you’ll get caught, change tack on a tee, dance around defensive monitoring systems, anddisable tools from the inside. Spark Flow’s clever insights, witty reasoning, andstealth maneuvers teach you to be patient, persevere, and adapt your skills at the drop of a hat.
You’ll learn how
Like other titles in the How to Hack series, this book is packed with interesting tricks, ingenious tips, and links to useful resources to give you a fast-paced, hands-on guide to penetrating and bypassing Microsoft security systems.
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216 pages, Paperback
Published October 25, 2022
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About the author
Sparc Flow
11 books42 followersSparc Flow is a computer security expert.
He specializes in ethical hacking and has presented his research at international security conferences like Black Hat, DEF CON, Hack In The Box,...
While his day job consists mainly of hacking companies and showing them how to fix their security vulnerabilities, his passion is writing and sharing the insight he gained in the security field
His first book "How to Hack Like a Pornstar" captures the essence of multiple situations he faced in real life and offers the reader a peak into the world of hacking and pentesting
He specializes in ethical hacking and has presented his research at international security conferences like Black Hat, DEF CON, Hack In The Box,...
While his day job consists mainly of hacking companies and showing them how to fix their security vulnerabilities, his passion is writing and sharing the insight he gained in the security field
His first book "How to Hack Like a Pornstar" captures the essence of multiple situations he faced in real life and offers the reader a peak into the world of hacking and pentesting
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March 25, 2025
Sparc Flow's "How to Hack Like a Legend: Breaking Windows" is a rare gem among cybersecurity guides, seamlessly combining technical depth with a gripping narrative style. Readers are thrust directly into the shoes of a black hat hacker infiltrating the highly secure, AI-driven Windows infrastructure of a fictional offshore company named G & S Trust. The brilliance here lies in the scenario's authenticity: the vulnerabilities described mirror actual weaknesses and defensive strategies present in contemporary corporate systems.
What sets this book apart is its vivid and engaging presentation, allowing readers to experience every step of a cyberattack firsthand. From the subtle nuances of the reconnaissance phase to the adrenaline rush of a carefully crafted phishing campaign granting initial access, the ups and downs of a sophisticated hacking operation are convincingly portrayed.
Instead of the typical "penetration tester" trope of quick, flashy intrusions, Sparc Flow emphasizes the stealthy approach of staying undetected, skillfully maneuvering around defenses, and adapting under pressure. The depiction of bypassing robust security systems like Advanced Threat Analysis (now Defender for Identity), QRadar, MDE, and AMSI is particularly compelling.
However, readers should come equipped with a solid understanding of Windows security and hacking principles. While the book offers excellent explanations and detailed code examples, it clearly targets those already familiar with concepts such as Kerberoasting, domain replication or Applocker.
A minor disappointment is the surprising omission of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the critical Citrix access point—a puzzling oversight given the otherwise impressive realism and detailed security landscape described.
Overall, "How to Hack Like a Legend" is an outstanding contribution, especially valuable for security professionals tasked with defense. Though cybersecurity evolves rapidly, requiring some content updates, the book's core message remains timeless: to effectively defend against hackers, one must think like them. Sparc Flow brilliantly delivers this perspective, making it a must-read for anyone serious about cybersecurity.
What sets this book apart is its vivid and engaging presentation, allowing readers to experience every step of a cyberattack firsthand. From the subtle nuances of the reconnaissance phase to the adrenaline rush of a carefully crafted phishing campaign granting initial access, the ups and downs of a sophisticated hacking operation are convincingly portrayed.
Instead of the typical "penetration tester" trope of quick, flashy intrusions, Sparc Flow emphasizes the stealthy approach of staying undetected, skillfully maneuvering around defenses, and adapting under pressure. The depiction of bypassing robust security systems like Advanced Threat Analysis (now Defender for Identity), QRadar, MDE, and AMSI is particularly compelling.
However, readers should come equipped with a solid understanding of Windows security and hacking principles. While the book offers excellent explanations and detailed code examples, it clearly targets those already familiar with concepts such as Kerberoasting, domain replication or Applocker.
A minor disappointment is the surprising omission of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the critical Citrix access point—a puzzling oversight given the otherwise impressive realism and detailed security landscape described.
Overall, "How to Hack Like a Legend" is an outstanding contribution, especially valuable for security professionals tasked with defense. Though cybersecurity evolves rapidly, requiring some content updates, the book's core message remains timeless: to effectively defend against hackers, one must think like them. Sparc Flow brilliantly delivers this perspective, making it a must-read for anyone serious about cybersecurity.
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