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The best books for defending a network.
DFIR, Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, Threat Hunting, NSM, Pentesting, Malware Analysis, Programming
DFIR, Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, Threat Hunting, NSM, Pentesting, Malware Analysis, Programming
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Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
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The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler
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4.29 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation
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Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition
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4.33 avg rating — 112 ratings
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The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response
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4.06 avg rating — 262 ratings
score: 98,
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Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis
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4.20 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers
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4.03 avg rating — 549 ratings
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The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws
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Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers
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3.94 avg rating — 323 ratings
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Social Engineering
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3.83 avg rating — 3,858 ratings
score: 93,
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Hacking Exposed Computer Forensics: Computer Forensics Secrets & Solutions
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3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Hacking Exposed 7: Network Security Secrets and Solutions
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3.80 avg rating — 1,164 ratings
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Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers through Cyberspace
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4.21 avg rating — 68 ratings
score: 90,
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Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks
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4.21 avg rating — 467 ratings
score: 89,
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Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA
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4.01 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
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Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terrorist Groups Elude Detection
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4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 87,
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Chinese intelligence operations
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Nicholas Eftimiades (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 102 ratings
score: 86,
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The Art of Intelligence
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3.84 avg rating — 3,144 ratings
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The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
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4.27 avg rating — 2,876 ratings
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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
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3.94 avg rating — 5,192 ratings
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Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad: How to Be a Counterintelligence Officer
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3.87 avg rating — 239 ratings
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The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System
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4.11 avg rating — 120 ratings
score: 80,
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Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel: Subverting the Windows Kernel
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4.11 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
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4.12 avg rating — 607 ratings
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Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools
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4.23 avg rating — 61 ratings
score: 77,
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File System Forensic Analysis
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4.28 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit: Advanced Analysis Techniques for Windows 8
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4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Windows Registry Forensics: Advanced Digital Forensic Analysis of the Windows Registry
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4.22 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense
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4.14 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response
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4.20 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
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4.04 avg rating — 553 ratings
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The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory
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4.34 avg rating — 125 ratings
score: 70,
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Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD: Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code
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4.21 avg rating — 184 ratings
score: 68,
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Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
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4.09 avg rating — 545 ratings
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Windows Internals: Covering Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
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4.49 avg rating — 178 ratings
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