Top Hacking Books for 2023
What are the top hacking books to get started? Practical and good hacking books? OTW discusses his favourite Hacking and cybersecurity books with me. Do you agree with him? Did we miss any great books?
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00:00 - Coming Up
00:20 - Intro
00:25 - Welcome Back OccupyTheWeb
00:55 - Network Basics for Hackers
02:04 - Other Books Releasing
02:51 - OccupyTheWeb Book Recommendations
03:22 - Linux Basics for Hackers
05:02 - Gray Hat Hacking
05:52 - This is How They Tell Me the World Ends
07:49 - Hands On Hacking
09:33 - Penetration Testing
10:56 - Getting Started Becoming a Master Hacker
12:11 - The Science of Human Hacking
14:01 - Black Hat Python
15:25 - TikTok
16:15 - Hacking Connected Cars
17:47 - Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
18:29 - Pentesting Blueprint
19:21 - Hacking APIs
19:54 - Bug Bounty Bootcamp
21:02 - Books Conclusion
21:46 - Networking
22:58 - Conclusion
23:55 - Web Hacker's Handbook
24:29 - Go
25:39 - Hacker's Playbook
26:45 - Outro
// BOOKS //
- Linux basics for hackers by Occupy the Web: https://amzn.to/3A2oJM1
- Gray Hat Hacking Sixth Edition, The Ethical Hacker’s Handbook by Various Authors: https://amzn.to/3TkI0Pr
- This is how they tell me the world ends by Nicole Perlroth: https://amzn.to/3NWj3st
- Hands on Hacking by Matthew Hickey and Jennifer Arcuri: https://amzn.to/3WImAia
- Penetration Testing by Georgia Weidman: https://amzn.to/3UL1i1D
- The Science of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy (social engineering): https://amzn.to/3UssbaM
- Getting started becoming a master hacker by Occupy the Web: https://amzn.to/3EmguNa
- Black Hat Python by Justin Seitz and Tim Arnold: https://amzn.to/3yQIdTD
- Hacking Connected Cars by Alissa Knight: https://amzn.to/3G5cRN5
- Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson: https://amzn.to/3ElVhTI
- The Pentester Blueprint by Phillip L. Wylie and Kim Crawley: https://amzn.to/3WIoGP4
- Hacking API’s by Corey J.Ball: https://amzn.to/3EfXDT5
- Bug Bounty Bootcamp by Vickie Li: https://amzn.to/3GlG8U3
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Chapters (27)
Coming Up
0:20
Intro
0:25
Welcome Back OccupyTheWeb
0:55
Network Basics for Hackers
2:04
Other Books Releasing
2:51
OccupyTheWeb Book Recommendations
3:22
Linux Basics for Hackers
5:02
Gray Hat Hacking
5:52
This is How They Tell Me the World Ends
7:49
Hands On Hacking
9:33
Penetration Testing
10:56
Getting Started Becoming a Master Hacker
12:11
The Science of Human Hacking
14:01
Black Hat Python
15:25
TikTok
16:15
Hacking Connected Cars
17:47
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
18:29
Pentesting Blueprint
19:21
Hacking APIs
19:54
Bug Bounty Bootcamp
21:02
Books Conclusion
21:46
Networking
22:58
Conclusion
23:55
Web Hacker's Handbook
24:29
Go
25:39
Hacker's Playbook
26:45
Outro
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