Hacking & Computer Security

Build offensive tools the defender hasn't catalogued. Then learn how they'd catch you.

The reverse engineering tool the NSA built, and how to use it.

Satellites power our internet, GPS, weather forecasts, defense systems—and they’re all at risk.

AI is in everything now. So are the attackers. Learn to find the vulnerabilities before someone else does.

Build a more secure network with PF.

Break AI Systems. Then Secure Them.

The dark web has a marketplace. This is what's for sale.

No jargon. No hand-waving. Just a clear map of the information security field.

Real-world threats demand real-world teamwork.

Pentesters run other people's tools. Learn to build your own: credential harvesters, custom malware, C2 infrastructure.

Most hackers borrow their spells. Pico teaches you to write your own, from shellcode to worms across four architectures.

Turn raw logs into real intelligence.

Find vulnerabilities before anyone else does.

Mac malware is getting stealthier. Patrick Wardle knows how to find it anyway.

What Windows is actually doing under the hood, and where the vulnerabilities hide.

Kali Linux for hackers and pentesters, fully updated. The place to start.

A guide to understanding the attack-detection software running on Microsoft systems, and how to evade it.

Learn the tools and develop the skills for uncovering big secrets hiding in public datasets.

The second edition of the international bestseller Metasploit is written by some of the world’s best hackers and is the only introduction you’ll ever need to the legendary Framework.

A detailed guide to nation-state hacking methods that shows how to track, analyze, and attribute advanced attacks.

This hands-on guide to the art of lockpicking will take you from noob to competition-ready.

The Python tools hackers actually use, fully updated. Fully on the darker side.

How to Hack Like a Ghost is a fast-paced adventure that lets you shadow a master hacker targeting a shady foe with advanced cloud security.

Written by all-star security experts, Practical IoT Hacking is a quick-start conceptual guide to testing and exploiting IoT systems and devices.

PoC||GTFO (Proof of Concept or Get The Fuck Out), Volume 3 continues the series of wildly popular collections of this hacker journal.

Based on techniques adapted from authentic Japanese ninja scrolls, Cyberjutsu teaches ancient approaches to modern security problems.

Practical Vulnerability Management shows you how to weed out system security weaknesses and squash cyber threats in their tracks.

Web Security for Developers explores the most common ways websites get hacked and how web developers can defend themselves.

Foundations of Information Security provides a high-level overview of the information security field.

The Hardware Hacker is an illuminating career retrospective from Andrew “bunnie” Huang, one of the world’s most esteemed hackers.

Practical Binary Analysis covers advanced binary analysis topics like binary instrumentation, dynamic taint analysis, and symbolic execution.

Black Hat Go will help you test your systems, build and automate tools to fit your needs, and improve your offensive security skillset.

Real-World Bug Hunting uses real-world bug reports to teach programmers how to discover and protect vulnerabilities in web applications.

Practical Forensic Imaging takes a detailed look at how to secure digital evidence using Linux-based command line tools.

Rootkits and Bootkits shows you how to analyze, identify, and defend against rootkits and bootkits.

Game Hacking shows programmers how to dissect computer games and create bots.

The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy teaches you how to protect yourself online.

iOS Application Security covers everything you need to know to design secure iOS apps from the ground up.

Android Security Internals gives you a complete understanding of the security internals of Android devices.

Browsers are doing a lot of strange things under the hood. Security expert Michal Zalewski explains what and why.

No source code? No problem! This second edition of the The IDA Pro Book is the definitive guide to IDA Pro, arguably the most sophisticated disassembler in the world.

If you're responsible for keeping a network secure, you'll find Linux Firewalls invaluable in your attempt to understand attacks and to detect and even prevent compromises.

Your network is leaking information and you probably don't know it. Michal Zalewski does.

If you thought hacking was just about mischief-makers hunched over computers in the basement, think again.

Hacking VoIP is your map and guidebook to where VoIP's biggest weaknesses lie and how to shore up your security

Security analysts write code too. This is the Python book they've been waiting for.

Hacking is creative problem solving: unconventional solutions, exploited weaknesses, and the technical foundation to pull it off.