Beginning Ethical Hacking with Python

by Sanjib Sinha

Learn the basics of ethical hacking and gain insights into the logic, algorithms, and syntax of Python. This book will set you up with a foundation that will help you understand the advanced concepts of hacking in the future. Learn Ethical Hacking with Python 3 touches the core issues of cyber security: in the modern world of interconnected computers and the Internet, security is increasingly becoming one of the most important features of programming.

Ethical hacking is closely related to Python. For this reason this book is organized in three parts. The first part deals with the basics of ethical hacking; the second part deals with Python 3; and the third part deals with more advanced features of ethical hacking.


What You Will Learn

Discover the legal constraints of ethical hacking
Work with virtual machines and virtualization
Develop skills in Python 3
See the importance of networking in ethical hacking
Gain knowledge of the dark web, hidden Wikipedia, proxy chains, virtual private networks, MAC addresses, and more

Who This Book Is For
Beginners wanting to learn ethical hacking alongside a modular object oriented programming language.

Genres: Technology

220 pages, Paperback

Published December 27, 2016

About the author

Author of six books; Sanjib Sinha has written Beginning Ethical Hacking with Python, Beginning Laravel (Two Editions), Beginning Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux, Bug Bounty Hunting for Web Security, and A Quick Start Guide to Dart Programming for Apress. As a .NET developer, he won Microsoft's Community Contributor Award in 2011.

Reviews

[Monamy Jadav · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is more Python than Ethical Hacking; but, the Python part is superb and I think it might be a good beginning for any young security professional who wants to learn ethical hacking from the scratch.
I personally believe without knowing a language like Python one should not start learning ethical hacking.
So it's an awesome primer.

[Jo · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book only skims the surface of ethical hacking, tools used for anonymity, and writing Python 3. It could have been better executed.

[Shekhar Tripathi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good primer for the beginners who have planned to start a career as web security professional.
Especially the Python section is superb and well-written.
Recommended for the beginners.

[Ian Simpson · Rating 2 out of 5]

The last few chapters begin to explore Ethical Hacking but the rest is just an intro to the Python language.

[Jose Camps · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Wes Stahler · Rating 1 out of 5]

The author attempts a few things with this book, but doesn't succeed at any of them.

There is a cursory introduction to Python 3. The coverage is random and doesn't provide enough for the new Python programmer.

There are a few pages dedicated to Ethical Hacking. I expected a lot more coverage given the title of the book.

Lastly, there are less then 15 pages dedicated to actually using Python with any of the tools on Kali Linux (a couple nmap examples).

Save your money and more importantly your time and skip this one.