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The best books for defending a network.
DFIR, Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, Threat Hunting, NSM, Pentesting, Malware Analysis, Programming

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1	Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software by Michael Sikorski 4.48 avg rating — 606 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler by Chris Eagle 4.29 avg rating — 176 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation by Bruce Dang 4.05 avg rating — 154 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition by Jason T. Luttgens 4.33 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response by Richard Bejtlich (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 262 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis by Chris Sanders 4.20 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers by T.J. O'Connor 4.03 avg rating — 550 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws by Dafydd Stuttard 4.23 avg rating — 1,222 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers by Justin Seitz 3.94 avg rating — 324 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Social Engineering by Christopher Hadnagy 3.83 avg rating — 3,841 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Hacking Exposed Computer Forensics: Computer Forensics Secrets & Solutions by Philipp 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Hacking Exposed 7: Network Security Secrets and Solutions by Stuart McClure 3.80 avg rating — 1,165 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers through Cyberspace by Sherri Davidoff 4.21 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks by Michal Zalewski 4.21 avg rating — 467 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA by Morten Storm 4.01 avg rating — 1,957 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terrorist Groups Elude Detection by Blake W. Mobley 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Chinese intelligence operations by Nicholas Eftimiades (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Art of Intelligence by Henry A. Crumpton 3.84 avg rating — 3,126 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan 4.27 avg rating — 2,858 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert B. Baer 3.94 avg rating — 5,180 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad: How to Be a Counterintelligence Officer by William R. Johnson 3.87 avg rating — 238 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System by Bill Blunden 4.11 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel: Subverting the Windows Kernel by Greg Hoglund 4.11 avg rating — 164 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters by Justin Seitz 4.11 avg rating — 602 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools by Harlan Carvey 4.23 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	File System Forensic Analysis by Brian Carrier 4.28 avg rating — 186 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit: Advanced Analysis Techniques for Windows 8 by Harlan Carvey 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Windows Registry Forensics: Advanced Digital Forensic Analysis of the Windows Registry by Harlan Carvey 4.18 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense by John Strand 4.14 avg rating — 103 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response by Keith J. Jones 4.20 avg rating — 93 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications by Michal Zalewski 4.05 avg rating — 552 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory by Michael Hale Ligh 4.34 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD: Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code by Michael Hale Ligh 4.21 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering by Eldad Eilam 4.09 avg rating — 546 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Windows Internals: Covering Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista by Mark E. Russinovich 4.49 avg rating — 178 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars