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Just as a professional athlete doesn’t show up without a solid game plan, ethical hackers, IT professionals, and security researchers should not be unprepared, either. The Hacker Playbook provides them their own game plans. Written by a longtime security professional and CEO of Secure Planet, LLC, this step-by-step guide to the “game” of penetration hacking features hands-on examples and helpful advice from the top of the field.

Through a series of football-style “plays,” this straightforward guide gets to the root of many of the roadblocks people may face while penetration testing—including attacking different types of networks, pivoting through security controls, and evading antivirus software.

From “Pregame” research to “The Drive” and “The Lateral Pass,” the practical plays listed can be read in order or referenced as needed. Either way, the valuable advice within will put you in the mindset of a penetration tester of a Fortune 500 company, regardless of your career or level of experience.

Whether you’re downing energy drinks while desperately looking for an exploit, or preparing for an exciting new job in IT security, this guide is an essential part of any ethical hacker’s library—so there’s no reason not to get in the game.

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Peter Kim is the CEO/President of Secure Planet, LLC, a global penetration testing company. He has worked in the security field for almost ten years, and has spent the past seven as a penetration tester. His research has been featured on Wired.com, CNN.com, and various other outlets.
Kim has a wide variety of certifications from Sec+, GCIH, GCWN, GWAPT, GXPN, and GMOB. He spent several years teaching penetration testing and network security at Howard Community College in Maryland, and he is the founder of LETHAL, a local security hackerspace in Santa Monica, California.
You can find out more information about LETHAL at meetup.com/LETHAL, or visit Kim's blog at Secure Planet: SecurePla.net.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 13, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 294 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1494932636
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1494932633
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.67 x 9 inches

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Peter Kim has been in the information security industry for more than 14 years and has been running Penetration Testing/Red Teams for more than 12 years. He has worked for multiple utility companies, Fortune 1000 entertainment companies, government agencies, and large financial organizations. Although he is most well-known for The Hacker Playbook series, his passions are building a safe security community, mentoring students, and training others. He founded and maintains one of Southern California's largest technical security clubs called LETHAL (www.meetup.com/LETHAL), performs private training at his warehouse LETHAL Security (lethalsecurity.com), and runs a boutique penetration testing firm called Secure Planet (www.SecurePla.net).

Peter's main goal with The Hacker Playbook series is to instill passion into his readers and get them to think outside the box. With the ever-changing environment of security, he wants to help build the next generation of security professionals.

Feel free to contact Peter Kim for any of the following:

• Questions about the book: book@thehackerplaybook.com

• Twitter: @hackerplaybook

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Jason

How could anyone rate this less than 5 stars? Pure gold

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2014

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I have a lot of books on penetration testing. A LOT! Out of all the books I can honestly say this one is my favorite. As a new penetration (recently got my OSCP) I wanted a book without all the fluff and without describing every single tool and vulnerability. I am starting a new job as an official penetration tester and I didn't want something to read extra book that I had to spend days/weeks to read and then only use small parts of it.

So what is valuable in this book? EVERYTHING. It is really 294 pages of gold. This book is written by a seasoned pentester and he shows you from start to finish how it is done and what he has seen in most penetration tests. Everything in the book is right to the point and laid out very clean. It is also very up to date and uses all the modern tools and distros (Kali Linux). This is the book I've been looking for a long time. You still need to have a basic understanding of pentesting and the tools but if you are new to the pentesting job or even a seasoned vet, then this will be the book you need to keep with you. I have a feeling I will have to buy another one of these as I will wear out the pages of the current one. Don't think about it, buy this book now!

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Amazing Security book, a must have for any infosec collection.

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As you can see I normally do not write reviews even tho I have been a loyal Amazon customer. Yesterday I received around 10 security books for the holidays as I like to keep my knowledge refreshed. To my surprise I started reading "The Hacker Playbook" and let me just tell you this book kept me awed on the way it was written. It is updated, concise and to the point. This is a must have book for any pentester and even for any Network Administrator as this really places you in the mind set of an intruder and by learning the open source tools outlined in the book it will allow you to mitigate any risks that can be caused by these tools. Peter Kim you have provided the infosec community with a great piece of literature and to get me to write a review it is very hard but I finished you book in 6 hours of reading and all your commands look 100%. Highly recommended book for experienced security administrators and even for people going for their CEH. Great read.

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Mary A Nguyen

MUST HAVE BOOK for Novice Beginners and Expert Professionals Alike!!!

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Mr. Kim does a phenomenal job breaking down his book into elaborate play-by-plays to help the reader understand how one approaches real life penetration hacking situations. This book is filled with industry best practices, tips, recommendations, as well as tried-and-true applicable software, programs, and security applications.

These series of elaborate game plans provide a targeted and precise way to accomplish and defeat the penetration testing scenario at hand. It is an ideal reference books for those who want to get into the security field as well as for those who need a primer or refresher course.

The Hacker Playbook is very well written - it is meticulously comprehensive, to-the-point, and easy to follow without all the unnecessary jargon.

The price is a steal considering the value you get. I bought the Hacker Playbook kindle version along with the hard copy and saved even more. It is well worth it to have a version for both at home and while you are away. Looking forward to reading the sequel if that's in the works as well!

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Great Resource for both Knowledge and Reference

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Focus is placed on practical, relevant to current day techniques that have been proven to yield results. There is also sufficient explanation of the rationale behind the techniques and methodologies introduced which I found help glue it all together and guide the reader toward thinking like a tester/researcher--not just a professional with (even a high level of) expertise in a wide collection of tools.

Another highlight for me is that the author clearly has an interest in teaching. The book is written in a familiar tone and it is clear that its creation was sincerely motivated by their desire to empower others who are also passionate about security. Anyone familiar with that quality knows what a difference it can make when you attempt to learn from such material.

TL;DR:
A great resource both as an "on hand" playbook or for anyone interested in learning more about current day attack techniques, their rationale, and in which common situations they may be effectively used. It's a refreshingly open knowledge dump from someone with years of hard work, passion, and dedication to security and the art of pentesting.

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Muhammad Hafizuddin bin Muhammad Amin Izzuddin

Good for me as absolutely beginner

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This book must have for beginners, learn the content even it is outdated, but it is very useful

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Like reading through my own playbook

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 26, 2014

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Stumbled across this book by accident and have to say that it is a gem. A fantastic book - no fluff here and certainly not like the rest of the books out there on the subject where you find the same high-level info that really doesn't apply to a pentest today. Only 1 or 2 things in this book that I don't already use in my own pentests, which was quite surprising considering that, until now, I hadn't come across a single book with these techniques - techniques that I can profess to use daily in my line of work.

By no means is this book an exhaustive look at penetration testing techniques, but it most certainly includes material that will get you the 'keys to the kingdom' on your target environment 90% of the time [personal experience]. Highly recommend this book for professionals just starting out in the field as well as for any veterans who may have received their penetration testing training from 'traditional' sources.

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Not a bad guide to get you started

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Not a bad guide to get you started, the only complaints are that a lot of the programs and links in the book have changed and require some light Google use for the reader to find the programs mentioned. Some scripts have changed enough to make the book less useful as a guide.

It does appear that this was written and published in the cheapest manner possible, some pages bleed through to others, some pages look like the printer was low on toner and the resulting pictures/screenshots are just a light grey blob on the page. There are a few typos, and some of the pages look to be printed on wrinkled paper - overall a shoddy quality to the physical book, but the content is still worthwhile.

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A pesar de los años sigue siendo un libro que se puede tomar como guía muy básica, ojo que no es un libro con ejercicios prácticos.

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Recommend

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Excellent

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Sent on time. Brand new as described.

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All diagram in black and white.

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Everything this black and white. Even the screen shots. Difficult to understand the commands from screen shots.

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Otimo Livro!

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É um ótimo livro para quem quer ver novos conceitos na área de pentest.
Claro que não é receitas de bolo.

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