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• April 01, 2025Foundations of Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing: Analyze Binary Code, Understand Stack Memory Usage, and Reconstruct C/C++ Code

  Dmitry Vostokov's Book, Foundations of Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing, teaches readers to analyze binary code, understand stack memory usage, and reconstruct C/C++ code using Intel x64. The provided text is a detailed excerpt from Chapter 1-8, focusing on fundamental concepts like memory, registers, and simple arithmetic operations. It demonstrates these concepts through a step-by-step "Arithmetic" project, translating pseudo-code and C/C++ into assembly language. The text also explores code optimization and different number representations, particularly hexadecimal. Later chapters (partially shown) expand on pointers, memory layout, and code reconstruction techniques using the GDB debugger.
  
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• April 01, 2025Foundations of ARM64 Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing: Analyze Code, Understand Stack Memory Usage, and Reconstruct Original

  Dmitry Vostokov's Book, Foundations of ARM64 Linux Debugging, Disassembling, and Reversing, provides a practical guide to understanding ARM64 assembly language and its relationship to C/C++ code. The book uses numerous examples and diagrams to illustrate concepts like memory management, registers, pointers, and stack operations within the ARM64 architecture. It emphasizes hands-on exercises using the GDB debugger to analyze code, understand memory usage, and reconstruct original source code. The text covers code optimization techniques and different number representation systems, building a strong foundation for debugging and reverse engineering Linux applications. The book targets software engineers, security researchers, and students seeking to enhance their understanding of low-level programming and debugging.
  
  
  
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• March 31, 2025Viruses, Hardware and Software Trojans: Attacks and Countermeasures

  This Book explores the threats of hardware and software Trojans, particularly in critical infrastructure like telecommunications and nuclear power plants. It details the historical use of such Trojans by criminal organizations and nation-states, outlining various attack methods and the subsequent development of cyberweapons. The text also examines countermeasures, including software and hardware solutions, and discusses reverse engineering techniques used to analyze and protect against these threats. Additionally, it covers the legal landscape surrounding intellectual property protection of microcircuits and explores the challenges of ensuring the trustworthiness of components within complex systems. Finally, the text briefly examines the history and capabilities of other modern weapons systems.
  
  
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• March 31, 2025Unleashing the Art of Digital Forensics

  "Unleashing the Art of Digital Forensics" is a Book covering various aspects of digital forensics, including techniques, challenges, and legal considerations. It explores specific areas like steganography, deepfakes, and the dark web. The book also examines relevant laws and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA, alongside information security standards like ISO 27001 and PCI DSS. Further chapters address challenges in digital forensics, cybercrimes against women in India, and the role of technology in preventing money laundering. Finally, it discusses memory forensics and its applications in medical imaging and novel cryptographic hashing techniques.
  
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• March 30, 2025UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition

  This Book is an excerpt from the UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, covering various aspects of system administration. Sections detail software management, including scripting with Perl and Python, storage management with RAID and LVM, process control, and user account management. Further sections explore networking, including TCP/IP configuration, routing protocols, and DNS management, and email system administration, with configurations for sendmail, Exim, and Postfix. Finally, the text also addresses security, encompassing topics like SSH, firewalls, and intrusion detection.
  
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• March 30, 2025UNIX: The Textbook, Third Edition

  This Book chapter provides a "Quick Start" guide to the UNIX operating system, covering fundamental commands for file management, text editing (vi, vim, emacs), and shell scripting (Bourne and C shells). It also explores networking concepts, system programming using the UNIX API and system calls, and process management. Significant portions detail using Python within a UNIX environment, including installing it on PC-BSD and Solaris. Finally, it introduces Git and GitHub for source code management.
  
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• March 29, 2025Understanding Network Hacks: Attack and Defense with Python 3

  This Book is an excerpt from a book titled "Understanding Network Hacks Attack and Defense with Python 3," which teaches network security concepts and hacking techniques using Python. The book covers various network protocols (TCP/IP, ARP, ICMP, DNS, HTTP, Bluetooth), explaining how attacks work and providing Python code examples for both offensive and defensive purposes. It emphasizes the importance of understanding attacker techniques for effective network security. Specific attacks detailed include ARP poisoning, VLAN hopping, SYN flooding, port scanning, SQL injection, and various Bluetooth exploits. The text also provides basic Python programming tutorials relevant to implementing the described attacks and defenses.
  
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• March 29, 2025Understand, Manage, and Measure Cyber Risk: Practical Solutions for Creating a Sustainable Cyber Program

  This Book is from a cybersecurity risk management book, offering a practical, three-part framework for building a sustainable program. The book emphasizes understanding risk by defining critical assets and their potential impact, managing risk through framework adoption and structured processes, and measuring risk using informative metrics. It provides examples and checklists for implementing these steps, particularly focusing on third-party risk management. The authors are cybersecurity experts with extensive government and commercial sector experience. The book aims to bridge the communication gap between technical and business leaders regarding cybersecurity risk.
  
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• March 28, 2025Ubuntu Unleashed 2019: Covering 18.04, 18.10, 19.04, and 19.10

  This Book excerpt details Ubuntu Linux, focusing on installation, system administration, and software management. It covers using both the graphical user interface and command-line interface, exploring various desktop environments and their configurations. The text also extensively explains software management using apt, and provides instructions for managing users, groups, and permissions. Finally, the excerpt delves into networking, web server configuration (Apache and Nginx), database management (MySQL and PostgreSQL), backup strategies, and programming with several languages including Python and Perl.
  
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• March 28, 2025Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies

  This Book is an excerpt from the fourth edition of Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies. The book offers comprehensive guidance on resolving various PC problems. It's divided into sections covering common issues, ranging from startup problems and disk errors to network connectivity and software malfunctions. Each section provides troubleshooting steps and explains relevant Windows tools and utilities, illustrated with figures. The book emphasizes practical solutions and encourages users to understand the causes of their issues.
  
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