Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, 2nd Edition
'2nd-Gray Hat Hacking and Complete Guide to Hacking' is an advanced, comprehensive handbook detailing the technical tradecraft of ethical hacking, exploit engineering, and vulnerability research. Authored by an elite team of security experts, this volume explores both classic offensive methodologies and cutting-edge exploit techniques.
Key topics include low-level stack and heap buffer overflows, ROP chain construction, bypassing DEP and ASLR, software fuzzing, binary reverse engineering, web application exploitation, IoT and hardware hacking, and Active Directory persistence. Readers learn how modern zero-day vulnerabilities are discovered and weaponized.
A master-class resource for advanced penetration testers, exploit developers, and vulnerability researchers seeking deep technical mastery.
Key topics include low-level stack and heap buffer overflows, ROP chain construction, bypassing DEP and ASLR, software fuzzing, binary reverse engineering, web application exploitation, IoT and hardware hacking, and Active Directory persistence. Readers learn how modern zero-day vulnerabilities are discovered and weaponized.
A master-class resource for advanced penetration testers, exploit developers, and vulnerability researchers seeking deep technical mastery.
Contents at a Glance
Chapter 1: Crash Course in Ethical Hacking & Legal Precedents
Chapter 2: Programming Fundamentals: C, Assembly, and Python for Pentesters
Chapter 3: Basic Exploit Development: Stack Overflows and Shellcode Writing
Chapter 4: Advanced Exploit Development: Bypassing DEP, ASLR, and ROP Chains
Chapter 5: Vulnerability Discovery: Fuzzing, Static Analysis, and Dynamic Taint Analysis
Chapter 6: Web Application Penetration Testing: OWASP Top 10 Exploitation
Chapter 7: Malware Analysis: Reverse Engineering and Anti-Analysis Defense
Chapter 8: Internet of Things (IoT) and Embedded Hardware Hacking
Chapter 9: Cloud Security and Container Penetration Testing (AWS, Docker)
Chapter 10: Red Team Operations: Active Directory Compromise and Evasion
Index & Further Reading
Chapter 1: Crash Course in Ethical Hacking & Legal Precedents
Chapter 2: Programming Fundamentals: C, Assembly, and Python for Pentesters
Chapter 3: Basic Exploit Development: Stack Overflows and Shellcode Writing
Chapter 4: Advanced Exploit Development: Bypassing DEP, ASLR, and ROP Chains
Chapter 5: Vulnerability Discovery: Fuzzing, Static Analysis, and Dynamic Taint Analysis
Chapter 6: Web Application Penetration Testing: OWASP Top 10 Exploitation
Chapter 7: Malware Analysis: Reverse Engineering and Anti-Analysis Defense
Chapter 8: Internet of Things (IoT) and Embedded Hardware Hacking
Chapter 9: Cloud Security and Container Penetration Testing (AWS, Docker)
Chapter 10: Red Team Operations: Active Directory Compromise and Evasion
Index & Further Reading
