Hands on Hacking: Become an Expert at Next Gen Penetration Testing and Purple Teaming

I used this for a "Capture The Flag" challenge.

Just finishing my Masters in Digital Forensics. Hands on Hacking should have been the textbook for the first course of the program. Matthew and Jennifer have surpassed my expectations with their work. By chapter 3, they're teaching you how to create a virtual lab the way it should be done (sandboxed). By chapter 5, you'll discover the Internet never, ever forgets. I found profiles at sites I created long (in Internet years) ago that I visited once and didn't delete! Then the fun begins as each chapter take you deeper and step-by-step into the mindset, tools and techniques of hacking.One could spend many months online, playing with virtual machines, Raspberry Pi's, and reading other book to just discover a small portion of what the authors clearly explain in 500 or so pages which are easy to comprehend and follow. After reading this book, you'll be past the script kiddie stage, but most importantly you'll understand how hackers think!Whether you're a CISO, pentester (red, purple, or blue), DevOps or OSINT, I believe you'll appreciate this book.Of course, hacking without permission is quite NOT LEGAL, and you will be reminded more than a few times.BUY IT, read and enjoy it, but please don't be stupid with the knowledge you'll gain.

I received what I wanted quickly and in good shape.

Saw this on the shelf of my local Barnes and Noble. Was looking for something that was "hands-on" and not just theory for a certification. Ultimately, I'm pretty happy with this purchase. The book does a good job hand-holding through some basic work and then leaving challenges to the reader.Another review notes that it introduces basic ideas and then skims over complex ones. I think that's accurate, but I actually like it. First of all, if I want to read about a specific topic or tool, I can get a book on that. This book is based on a bootcamp and it has a "I'm going to quickly show you all these tools and tricks, but it'll take you years to master this" vibe. Second, the authors do a good job encouraging readers to find information on their own. You're reminded a few times to read the man pages before using a new tool.My only criticism is that sometimes an included tool (downloaded from the book's website) didn't work as advertised. Some errors should be expected from most tech textbooks, but since this book advertises itself as "everything you need out of the box" it was annoying to not be able to follow for a page or two because of errors.Overall, this is probably too basic for anyone with any experience in the area, but for anyone who is new to a combination of Linux/pen testing, it is a good first step and an easy introduction to the field.Buyers should do due diligence about the authors. After buying, I learned that Hacker House was part of a strange scandal in the UK and that one of the authors was posting questionable political content online.

This was a gift for a friend who just began his studies in computer science and I got it as a joke foe him, but he absolutely Loved it!! Best gift ever!!

I am currently in a cybersecurity program found out about it from a wgu student on YouTube. It breaks everything down and a excellent addition while studying comptia network

I really enjoyed the beginning walking through the setup of a hack box beginning to end, and the included lab of vulnerable VM's gives a great way to get actual practice with the techniques presented. Definitely gets you off to a good start in understanding vulnerabilities, exploits and recon to get into pentesting.

I enjoy this book, it helped, me a lot to gain knowledge.