PayloadsAllTheThings/_LEARNING_AND_SOCIALS/BOOKS.md

# Books

> Grab a book and relax. Some of the best books in the industry.

- [A Bug Hunter's Diary by Tobias Klein (2011)](https://nostarch.com/bughunter)
- [Advanced Penetration Testing: Hacking the World's Most Secure Networks by Wil Allsopp (2017)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32027337-advanced-penetration-testing)
- [Android Hacker's Handbook by Joshua J. Drake et al. (2014)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111860864X.html)
- [Android Security Internals: An In-Depth Guide to Android's Security Architecture by Nikolay Elenkov (2015)](https://nostarch.com/androidsecurity)
- [Attacking Network Protocols: A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation by James Forshaw (2018)](https://nostarch.com/networkprotocols)
- [Black Hat Go: Go Programming for Hackers and Pentesters by Tom Steele, Chris Patten, and Dan Kottmann (2020)](https://nostarch.com/blackhatgo)
- [Black Hat GraphQL by Dolev Farhi, Nick Aleks (2023)](https://nostarch.com/black-hat-graphql)
- [Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters by Justin Seitz (2014)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22299369-black-hat-python)
- [Black Hat Rust: Applied offensive security with the Rust programming language by Sylvain Kerkour](https://kerkour.com/black-hat-rust)
- [Breaking into Information Security: Learning the Ropes 101 - Andrew Gill](https://leanpub.com/ltr101-breaking-into-infosec)
- [Bug Bounty Bootcamp by Vickie Li (2021)](https://nostarch.com/bug-bounty-bootcamp)
- [Car Hacker's Handbook by Craig Smith (2016)](https://www.nostarch.com/carhacking)
- [Cyberjutsu: Cybersecurity for the Modern Ninja by Ben McCarty (2021)](https://nostarch.com/cyberjutsu)
- [Evading EDR by Matt Hand (2023)](https://nostarch.com/evading-edr)
- [Foundations of Information Security: A Straightforward Introduction by Jason Andress (2019)](https://nostarch.com/foundationsinfosec)
- [Game Hacking: Developing Autonomous Bots for Online Games by Nick Cano (2016)](https://nostarch.com/gamehacking)
- [Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers by Justin Seitz (2009)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5044768-gray-hat-python)
- [Hacking APIs by Corey Ball (2022)](https://nostarch.com/hacking-apis)
- [Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson (2004)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61619.Hacking)
- [iOS Hacker's Handbook by Charlie Miller et al. (2012)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118204123.html)
- [Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide by David Kennedy (2011)](https://www.nostarch.com/metasploit)
- [OWASP Testing Guide: Stable](https://owasp.org/www-project-web-security-testing-guide/stable/)
- [Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman (2014)](https://nostarch.com/pentesting)
- [Pentesting Azure Applications: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Securing  Deployments by Matt Burrough (2018)](https://nostarch.com/azure)
- [PoC||GTFO, Volume 2 by Manul Laphroaig (2017)](https://nostarch.com/gtfo)
- [PoC||GTFO, Volume 2 by Manul Laphroaig (2018)](https://nostarch.com/gtfo2)
- [PoC||GTFO, Volume 2 by Manul Laphroaig (2021)](https://nostarch.com/gtfo3)
- [Practical Binary Analysis: Build Your Own Linux Tools for Binary instrumentation, Analysis, and Disassembly by Dennis Andriesse (2019)](https://nostarch.com/binaryanalysis)
- [Practical Doomsday: A User's Guide to the End of the World by Michal Zalewski (2022)](https://nostarch.com/practical-doomsday)
- [Practical Forensic Imaging: Securing Digital Evidence with Linux Tools by Bruce Nikkel (2016)](https://nostarch.com/forensicimaging)
- [Practical IoT Hacking: The Definitive Guide to Attacking the Internet of Things by Fotios Chantzis, Ioannis Stais, Paulino Calderon, Evangelos Deirmentzoglou and Beau Woods (2021)](https://nostarch.com/practical-iot-hacking)
- [Practical Social Engineering: A Primer for the Ethical Hacker by Joe Gray (2022)](https://nostarch.com/practical-social-engineering)
- [Real-World Bug Hunting: A Field Guide to Web Hacking by Peter Yaworski (2019)](https://nostarch.com/bughunting)
- [Rootkits and Bootkits: Reversing Modern Malware and Next Generation Threats by Alex Matrosov, Eugene Rodionov, and Sergey Bratus (2019)](https://nostarch.com/rootkits)
- [The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime by Jon DiMaggio (2022)](https://nostarch.com/art-cyberwarfare)
- [The Browser Hacker's Handbook by Wade Alcorn et al. (2014)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118662091.html)
- [The Car Hacker's Handbook: A Guide for the Penetration Tester by Craig Smith (2016)](https://nostarch.com/carhacking)
- [The Database Hacker's Handbook, David Litchfield et al. (2005)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0764578014.html)
- [The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing by Peter Kim (2015)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25791488-the-hacker-playbook-2)
- [The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing (Red Team Edition) by Peter Kim (2018)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40028366-the-hacker-playbook-3)
- [The Hacker Playbook: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing by Peter Kim (2014)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21846565-the-hacker-playbook)
- [The Hardware Hacking Handbook by Jasper van Woudenberg & Colin O'Flynn (2022)](https://nostarch.com/hardwarehacking)
- [The Mac Hacker's Handbook by Charlie Miller & Dino Dai Zovi (2009)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470395362.html)
- [The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook by Dominic Chell et al. (2015)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118958500.html)
- [The Shellcoders Handbook by Chris Anley et al. (2007)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047008023X.html)
- [The Web Application Hackers Handbook by D. Stuttard, M. Pinto (2011)](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118026470.html)
- [Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers by T.J. O'Connor (2012)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16192263-violent-python)
- [Web Hacking 101](https://leanpub.com/web-hacking-101)
- [Windows Security Internals with PowerShell by James Forshaw (2024)](https://nostarch.com/windows-security-internals-powershell)