Pentest-Tools .com's votes on the list The Best Hacking Books

Listopia > Pentest-Tools .com's votes on the list The Best Hacking Books (73 Books)

1	Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World by Joseph Menn (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 2,458 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War by Geoff White (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,693 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime — from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door by Brian Krebs 3.74 avg rating — 2,761 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll 4.28 avg rating — 16,272 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter 4.16 avg rating — 8,450 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous by Gabriella Coleman 3.83 avg rating — 1,997 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg 4.34 avg rating — 10,325 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics by Ben Buchanan 4.18 avg rating — 875 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Future Crimes: Inside the Digital Underground and the Battle for Our Connected World by Marc Goodman Reprint edition (Textbook ONLY, Paperback) by Marc Goodman (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Cybercrime and Society by Majid Yar 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime by Jon DiMaggio 3.95 avg rating — 99 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perlroth 4.31 avg rating — 11,487 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Sixth Edition by Allen Harper 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back by Bruce Schneier 3.68 avg rating — 1,266 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics by Rick Howard 4.40 avg rating — 116 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Hacking: The Art of Exploitation w/CD by Jon Erickson 4.17 avg rating — 2,520 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Breaking into Information Security: Learning the Ropes 101 by Andy Gill 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Hacking for Beginners: A Step by Step Guide to Learn How to Hack Websites, Smartphones, Wireless Networks, Work with Social Engineering, Complete a Penetration Test, and Keep Your Computer Safe by Julian James McKinnon 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense by Michael T. Simpson 3.61 avg rating — 67 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Mastering Hacking by Harsh Bothra 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Cybersecurity Career Guide by Alyssa Miller 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Ethical Hacking: A Hands-on Introduction to Breaking In by Daniel G. Graham 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen 4.10 avg rating — 2,064 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset: Build a Strategic Security Programme to Counteract Threats by Sarah Armstrong-Smith 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Art of Attack: Attacker Mindset for Security Professionals by Maxie Reynolds 3.78 avg rating — 77 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems by Ross J. Anderson 4.21 avg rating — 706 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick 3.97 avg rating — 27,657 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You by Christopher Hadnagy 3.76 avg rating — 648 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Learn Social Engineering: Learn the Art of Human Hacking with an Internationally Renowned Expert by Erdal Özkaya 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Social Engineer's Playbook: A Practical Guide to Pretexting by Jeremiah Talamantes 3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Practical Social Engineering: A Primer for the Ethical Hacker by Joe Gray 3.83 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	How I Rob Banks: And Other Such Places by FC Barker 3.94 avg rating — 189 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	People Hacker: Confessions of a Burglar for Hire by Jenny Radcliffe 4.03 avg rating — 456 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence by Rae L. Baker (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Open Source Intelligence Techniques: Resources for Searching and Analyzing Online Information by Michael Bazzell 4.46 avg rating — 421 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Hunting Cyber Criminals: A Hacker's Guide to Online Intelligence Gathering Tools and Techniques by Vinny Troia 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools: A Practical Guide to Online Intelligence by Nihad A Hassan 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Down the Rabbit Hole: An Osint Journey Open Source Intelligence Gathering for Penetration Testing by Chris Kubecka (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	We Are Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People by Eliot Higgins 4.12 avg rating — 5,772 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	How to Find Out Anything: From Extreme Google Searches to Scouring Government Documents, a Guide to Uncovering Anything About Everyone and Everything by Don MacLeod 3.69 avg rating — 334 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Operator Handbook: Red Team + OSINT + Blue Team Reference by Joshua Picolet 4.41 avg rating — 96 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	OSINT: The Art of Collecting Open Information: Digital Society: The Growing Impact of Online Information Collection by David Anderson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Hiding from the Internet: Eliminating Personal Online Information by Michael Bazzell 4.28 avg rating — 123 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman 4.18 avg rating — 399 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker by Phillip L. Wylie (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 228 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide by David Kennedy 4.07 avg rating — 874 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Hacker Playbook: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing by Peter Kim 3.98 avg rating — 480 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws by Dafydd Stuttard 4.23 avg rating — 1,229 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	RTFM: Red Team Field Manual v2 by Ben Clark 4.37 avg rating — 71 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	NEW-Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual by Ben Clark it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Blue Team Field Manual (BTFM) (Field Manual Series) by Alan J. White 4.19 avg rating — 361 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Unauthorised Access: Physical Penetration Testing for IT Security Teams by Wil Allsopp 3.85 avg rating — 136 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes by Jack Koziol 4.15 avg rating — 335 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Network Security Assessment: Know Your Network by Chris McNab 4.01 avg rating — 91 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Attacking Network Protocols: A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation by James Forshaw 3.91 avg rating — 132 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Linux Basics for Hackers: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali by OccupyTheWeb 4.12 avg rating — 601 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards by William Stallings 3.75 avg rating — 198 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis by Chris Sanders 4.18 avg rating — 65 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network by Jayson E. Street 3.72 avg rating — 123 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent by Ryan Russell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 271 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice by William Stallings 4.08 avg rating — 473 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Network Security Through Data Analysis: Building Situational Awareness by Michael S. Collins 3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Tao Of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection by Richard Bejtlich (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 139 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Bug Bounty Bootcamp: The Guide to Finding and Reporting Web Vulnerabilities by Vickie Li (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 132 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Real-World Bug Hunting: A Field Guide to Web Hacking by Peter Yaworski 4.21 avg rating — 146 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications by Michal Zalewski 4.04 avg rating — 556 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Bug Bounty Hunting Essentials: Quick-paced guide to help white-hat hackers get through bug bounty programs by Carlos A. Lozano really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	A bug bounty hunting journey: Overcome your limits and become a successful hunter by the hackerish 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Web Hacking 101 by Peter Yaworski 4.06 avg rating — 138 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	A Bug Hunter's Diary: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security by Tobias Klein 3.94 avg rating — 251 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters by Justin Seitz 4.11 avg rating — 618 ratings Pentest-Tools rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	How to Hack Like a Ghost: Breaching the Cloud by Sparc Flow (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 59 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Bug Bounty Hunting for Web Security: Find and Exploit Vulnerabilities in Web Sites and Applications by Sanjib Sinha liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars