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• March 14, 2025The threat intelligence handbook

  The provided Book is an excerpt from the second edition of The Threat Intelligence Handbook, published by CyberEdge Group and primarily authored by Recorded Future employees. The handbook explains the importance of threat intelligence and security intelligence in proactive cybersecurity strategies. It details how threat intelligence benefits various security teams, such as incident response, vulnerability management, and security operations, providing practical applications and use cases. New chapters in the second edition expand on digital risk protection and third-party risk management, emphasizing a comprehensive approach to security intelligence. Finally, the book offers guidance on building and scaling a threat intelligence program, including team development and the utilization of analytical frameworks.
  
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• March 14, 2025The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications

  The provided Book is a table of contents and excerpts from Michal Zalewski's book, "The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications." The book explores the complexities of web application security by examining the underlying mechanisms of web browsers and their inherent vulnerabilities. It focuses on the interactions between various web technologies (HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, etc.) and how design flaws in these technologies create security risks. Rather than simply listing vulnerabilities, the book explains the reasons behind these flaws and offers practical guidance on mitigating them. The excerpts highlight specific security issues related to URLs, HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, plug-ins, and browser security features. A "Security Engineering Cheat Sheet" is included in each chapter to provide concise solutions to common problems.
  
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• March 12, 2025The Social Engineer's Playbook: A Practical Guide to Pretexting

  Jeremiah Talamantes's The Social Engineer's Playbook is a practical guide to pretexting, a form of social engineering. The book covers various social engineering techniques, including phishing, baiting, and pretexting itself, explaining how to influence people using psychological principles like reciprocity and authority. It details information gathering methods, emphasizing online research and physical surveillance, and provides examples of real-world scenarios. Finally, the book offers a "playbook" of practical attack examples, demonstrating how to combine these techniques for effective social engineering, but stresses the importance of ethical considerations and legal compliance.
  
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• March 12, 2025The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime

  This Book excerpt chronicles the rise of ransomware and the efforts of a unique group of cybersecurity experts, the Ransomware Hunting Team, to combat it. The team, composed of individuals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, works to develop decryption tools and aid victims, often for free. The narrative also explores the motivations and methods of ransomware gangs, the responses of law enforcement agencies (including the FBI and the Dutch HTCU), and the involvement of private companies in the ransomware ecosystem. The story highlights both the technical challenges of ransomware and the human toll it takes on individuals and organizations, from financial hardship to emotional distress. Finally, it examines the ethical dilemmas faced by those fighting ransomware, particularly the question of whether to pay ransoms to save data and lives.
  
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• March 10, 2025The Mac Hacker's Handbook

  This Book is an excerpt from "The Mac Hacker's Handbook," a book exploring the security vulnerabilities of Mac OS X. The book details methods for discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, covering topics such as network protocols, file formats, and system internals. It provides both high-level overviews and low-level technical details, including code examples and debugging techniques. The authors examine the Mac OS X architecture, focusing on how attackers might compromise system security, and offer countermeasures. The book's structure mirrors the steps an attacker would take, progressing through background, vulnerabilities, exploitation, and post-exploitation phases. A significant portion of the text focuses on practical examples and case studies demonstrating vulnerabilities and their exploitation.
  
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• March 10, 2025The Hacker's Handbook: The Strategy Behind Breaking Into and Defending Networks

  This Book is an excerpt from The Hacker's Handbook, a technical manual detailing network security vulnerabilities and exploits. It systematically explores various protocols (TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP, DNS, etc.), outlining their weaknesses and how attackers exploit them for reconnaissance, intrusion, and denial-of-service attacks. The book also covers defensive strategies, including access controls, authentication methods, intrusion detection systems, and logging techniques. Furthermore, it examines the tools and methods hackers use to consolidate access and evade detection, such as rootkits, Trojan horses, and data hiding techniques. Finally, the text includes case studies illustrating real-world attacks and their impact.
  
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• March 09, 2025The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing

  "The Hacker Playbook 2" is a guide to penetration testing, expanding upon the first book with updated attacks and techniques. The book covers various attack vectors, including network scanning, web application exploitation (SQL injection, XSS, CSRF), and social engineering. It details the use of both open-source and commercial penetration testing tools, like Metasploit, Burp Suite, and Cobalt Strike, providing practical examples and lab exercises. The author, with extensive experience in penetration testing, aims to provide a comprehensive and accessible resource for both students and professionals in the field, emphasizing the importance of understanding underlying vulnerabilities rather than solely relying on tools. Finally, the book stresses the importance of reporting and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the ever-evolving security landscape.
  
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• March 09, 2025The Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing

  This Book is an excerpt from "The Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing," a comprehensive guide to locks and locksmithing. It covers the history of locks, various lock mechanisms (including pin tumbler, lever tumbler, and disc tumbler locks), lock picking and impressioning techniques, master key systems, automotive lock servicing, safes and security, and modern smart locks. The excerpt also includes information on tools, installation techniques, troubleshooting, and business aspects of locksmithing. Finally, it offers a question-and-answer section addressing legal and practical concerns.
  
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• March 08, 2025The Analytics Setup Guidebook

  This guidebook from Holistics, a data analytics company, offers a practical framework for building modern analytics systems. It covers setting up an analytics stack, emphasizing the ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) approach over ETL. The book details data centralization, modeling using Kimball's methodology and modern adaptations, and data delivery through business intelligence tools. It contrasts various BI tool approaches and discusses the evolution of data analytics workflows, advocating for a data modeling layer to improve efficiency and self-service capabilities. The authors share their experiences and biases, providing real-world examples to illustrate best practices.
  
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• March 08, 2025Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications

  This Book is the preface and table of contents from a book titled Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications. The book guides Android developers on debugging and securing their apps using Android Studio. It covers fundamental software security concepts, Android-specific security features, debugging tools (DDMS), vulnerability mitigation techniques, data privacy preservation, securing communications (HTTPS), authentication methods, and various testing methodologies. The authors provide practical examples and explanations, and the text also lists the book's reviewers and contributors. Additionally, it includes mentions of several external testing and security tools.
  
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