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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation w/CD (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as security)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,528 ratings — published 2003
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as security)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,324 ratings — published 2001
The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as security)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,237 ratings — published 2007
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as security)
avg rating 3.97 — 27,971 ratings — published 2011
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as security)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,593 ratings — published 2014
Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as security)
avg rating 4.22 — 711 ratings — published
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as security)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,608 ratings — published 1989
Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as security)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,801 ratings — published 2000
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 59 times as security)
avg rating 4.34 — 10,585 ratings — published 2019
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as security)
avg rating 4.30 — 29,517 ratings — published 1999
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as security)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,916 ratings — published 2015
Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as security)
avg rating 4.07 — 875 ratings — published 2011
Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as security)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,141 ratings — published 1993
Threat Modeling: Designing for Security (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 53 times as security)
avg rating 4.07 — 288 ratings — published 2014
Social Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as security)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,969 ratings — published 2010
The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as security)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,557 ratings — published 2017
The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as security)
avg rating 4.05 — 559 ratings — published 2011
Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as security)
avg rating 4.47 — 621 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as security)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,633 ratings — published 2005
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as security)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,167 ratings — published 2000
Axel (Corps Security, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as security)
avg rating 4.08 — 39,665 ratings — published 2013
Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as security)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,487 ratings — published 2012
Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as security)
avg rating 3.97 — 8,115 ratings — published 2011
Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as security)
avg rating 4.18 — 403 ratings — published 2014
Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as security)
avg rating 4.22 — 409 ratings — published 2010
Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as security)
avg rating 3.99 — 712 ratings — published 2003
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as security)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,756 ratings — published 2021
Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as security)
avg rating 4.04 — 554 ratings — published 2012
Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as security)
avg rating 4.09 — 551 ratings — published 2005
Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime — from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as security)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,770 ratings — published 2014
Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as security)
avg rating 4.21 — 473 ratings — published 2005
Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as security)
avg rating 4.11 — 619 ratings — published 2014
Digital Fortress (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as security)
avg rating 3.71 — 672,663 ratings — published 1998
Red Team Field Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as security)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,011 ratings — published 2014
The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as security)
avg rating 4.06 — 267 ratings — published 2013
Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as security)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,507 ratings — published 2019
Gray Hat Hacking : The Ethical Hacker's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as security)
avg rating 4.10 — 545 ratings — published 2004
Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as security)
avg rating 4.29 — 382 ratings — published
Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as security)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,244 ratings — published 2016
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as security)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,302 ratings — published 2014
The Art of Software Security Assessment: Identifying and Preventing Software Vulnerabilities (Volume 1 of 2)
by (shelved 26 times as security)
avg rating 4.43 — 169 ratings — published 2006
Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as security)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,135 ratings — published 2019
A Bug Hunter's Diary: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as security)
avg rating 3.94 — 251 ratings — published 2011
Permanent Record (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as security)
avg rating 4.30 — 59,347 ratings — published 2019
The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as security)
avg rating 4.15 — 335 ratings — published 2004
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as security)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,645 ratings — published 1984
Writing Secure Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as security)
avg rating 4.01 — 372 ratings — published 2001
Bulletproof SSL and TLS: The Complete Guide to Deploying Secure Servers and Web Applications (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as security)
avg rating 4.54 — 132 ratings — published 2014
The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as security)
avg rating 4.24 — 447 ratings — published 2015
Future Crimes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as security)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,412 ratings — published 2015
Information Security, Penetration Testing, Social Engineering, Counter-Intelligence, Hacker/Hacking Culture and History.
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“Being caught up in a game without having a clue about the rules, may be extremely maddening and frustrating. Liberty may be so frightening and grueling, that many don’t conceal their passion for rules and regulations, since these can give a relieving feeling of security and protection. ("When forgetting the rules of the game" )”
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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods











