Top books you would suggest about hacking?

[mohsentux]

hi I'm really new at this so i need guidance so i was thinking : What are the Top books you would suggest about hacking?

[zenith]

For future reference, questions like this are generally frowned upon here at EZ.

If you're completely new, I would recommend going through an A+ or Network+ preparation book as a crash course in fundamentals. Aside from that, pick a coding language and start learning that as well. Visit our ebooks and coding boards and read up on as much as you can.

[0E 800]

• As a Man Thinketh by James Allan
• The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

You really need to hack your own mind first, change some registry values, root it (think for yourself), and then you can start reading about computers and networking.

[Insanity]

hi I'm really new at this so i need guidance so i was thinking : What are the Top books you would suggest about hacking?

I'll answer this anyways (Although you really need to be more specific! Social Engineering? Python? Pentesting? Damn.):

For social Engineering(Just in case):
Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnick

Other/Random (Some need a little background knowledge):
Firewalls And Networks How To Hack Into Remote Computers - ?
Art of Intrusion - Kevin Mitnick
Hacking Into Computer Systems for Beginners - ?
Maximum Security - A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Internet - ?
Wireless Network Hacks & Mods for Dummies - ?
Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing The Seco - ?
The Hacker Playbook, Practical Guide To Penetration Testing - ?
Penetration Testing - ?

There are (probably) hundreds of good books out there,
you just need to look for them.

[bolzano_1989]

Here're top books for your learning:
http://dfir.org/?q=node/8

[novaccainne]

- The Hacker Playbook, Practical Guide To Penetration Testing
- The.IDA.Pro.Book.2nd.Edition.Jun.2011
- The Shellcoder  039 s Handbook  Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes  2nd Edition
- The Web Application Hacker  039 s Handbook  Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws
- Violent_Python_A_Cookbook_for_Hackers_Forensic_Ana
- Writing Security Tools and Exploits
- X86 Assembly Language and C Fundamentals 2013
- XML Security
- Reversing - Secrets of Reverse Engineering.
- SQL Injection Attacks and Defense
- Sockets  Shellcode  Porting  and Coding   Reverse Engineering Exploits and Tool Coding for Security Professionals
- Prentice Hall - Thinking in C++ Volume 1, 2nd Edition.pdf
- Prentice Hall - Thinking in C++ Volume 2, 2nd Edition.pdf
- Professional Assembly Language (Programmer to Programmer).pdf
- Professional Penetration Testing  Creating and Operating a Formal Hacking Lab.pdf
- Programming in C (3rd Edition)
- MASM_Programmers_Guide.chm
- Metasploit Penetration Testers Guide.pdf
- Metasploit Toolkit for Penetration Testing, Exploit Development, and Vulnerability.pdf
- Algorithms and Data Structures in C++ 1993.chm
- Algorithms in a Nutshell.pdf
- Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4.chm
- Art Of Intel x86 Assembly.pdf
- Assembly Language Step-by-step: Programming with DOS and Linux.chm
- Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux.pdf
- A.Bug.Hunters.Diary.pdf
- Addison Wesley - C++ FAQs (1998) .chm
- Addison Wesley - C++ Standard Library. A Tutorial And Reference.chm
- Addison Wesley - Fuzzing Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery 2007.pdf
- A Guide to Kernel Exploitation Attacking the Core.pdf
- Algorithms and Data Structures in C++ 1993.chm
- Nmap 6 Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook
- Foster - Buffer Overflow Attacks - Detect, Exploit, Prevent (Syngress, 2005)
- Hacking The Art Of Exploitation


Sites :

- https://www.corelan.be/
- http://fuzzysecurity.com/
- https://www.vulnhub.com/
- http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/
- http://www.opensecuritytraining.info/Training.html

[shome]

• As a Man Thinketh by James Allan
• The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

You really need to hack your own mind first, change some registry values, root it (think for yourself), and then you can start reading about computers and networking.

This was such a profound and awesome answer. Cookie for you. Four agreements is a great read I will say.

 I will add a little on what the others have said. Get some fundamental knowledge under your belt. Read code, write code. Pick a topic or several topics and give yourself some time slots during the week where you will practice applicability to what you have learned. Over time the pieces will come together.