 | Mike Meyers' A+ Guide: PC Technician (Exams 220-602, 220-603, & 220-604) by Michael Meyers
Buy new: $47.40 / Used from: $32.50 First learn the basics about a computer's hardware and OS. As I said above, build the PC's for your home lab.
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 | Steal This Computer Book 3: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet by Wallace Wang
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.80 Good entry level guide to hacking CONCEPTS for NEWBIES. This is script-kiddie level stuff.
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 | MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment (2nd Edition) by Dan Balter
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $18.00 You will be hard pressed to find a network that isn't running a Windows server -somewhere- in the company's corporate network. If you're unfamiliar w/ Microsoft's server OS's, this is a good place to start to learn the essentials.
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 | Inside Windows Server 2003 (2 Volume Set) by William Boswell
Buy new: $43.86 / Used from: $5.57 This text is a good follow-up to the previous text, to help you gain familiarity w/ more advanced topics: services, IIS, Active Directory, & M$'s implementation of DNS.
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 | Windows Server 2003 Security: A Technical Reference by Roberta Bragg
Buy new: $57.83 / Used from: $7.74 Roberta is top notch. Learn the internals of Windows' various authentication mechanisms: Kerberos, NTLM, EFS, GPO's, PKI/IPSec
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 | Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation by Steven Anson
Buy new: $40.49 / Used from: $15.00 Tread lightly uber-hacker...THIS is how they will find you. ESPECIALLY important is the log analysis chapters
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 | Microsoft Windows Internals (4th Edition): Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 by Mark E. Russinovich
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $17.73 Written by the man who discovered Sony's r00tkit. An absolute must have.
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 | Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel by Greg Hoglund
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $25.00 THIS right here is how systems are truly owned
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 | Windows Forensic Analysis Including DVD Toolkit by Harlan Carvey
Buy used from: $60.29 You can delete, but you can't hide
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 | Linux+ 2005 In Depth by Jason Eckert
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $19.79 A good starting point for learning Linux; and if you're up for it, this covers the topics for CompTIA's Linux+ certification.
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 | Linux for Windows Administrators (Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library) by Mark Minasi
Buy new: $32.99 / Used from: $7.56 A good starting point for those coming from a Windows background. Good coverage of samba & winbind, for cross-platform authentication.
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 | Linux System Administration, Second Edition (Craig Hunt Linux Library) by Vicki Stanfield
Buy new: $32.99 / Used from: $3.86 As close as you can get to a one-stop book on Linux admin tasks.
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 | Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition by Daniel Plerre Bovet Ph.D.
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $24.99 More advanced look at the Linux O/S architecture
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 | CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (Exam 640-802), Third Edition (Containing ICND1 and ICND2 Second Edition Exam Certification Guides) by Wendell Odom
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $34.99 Learn the basics of networking. Obviously it's Cisco-centric, but since it -is- the most popular router manufacturer, you need to be familiar w/ the platform. Just as w/ Micro$oft, you probably won't find an enterprise-level network that doesn't have Cisco routers implemented somewhere on their network.
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 | CCNP Official Exam Certification Library (5th Edition) by Brent Stewart
Buy new: $113.39 / Used from: $160.98 Much more in-depth look at routing, switching, vpn's, etc. Granted the text is, again, Cisco-centric, however due to their popularity in most corporate networks, you need to know this.
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 | Hacking Exposed Cisco Networks: Cisco Security Secrets & Solutions by Andrew Vladimirov
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $3.64 Cisco's IOS is a piece of software, and like any piece of software, can be exploited
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 | Wireshark & Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer Toolkit (Jay Beale's Open Source Security) by Angela Orebaugh
Buy used from: $18.98 Learn to analyze network traffic; learn traffic patterns & be able to construct a network diagram
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 | Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning by Gordon Fyodor Lyon
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $27.54 Another extremely useful tool for profiling a network. Written by Fyodor, the creator of NMAP
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 | Inside Network Perimeter Security (2nd Edition) by Stephen Northcutt
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $20.00 Toys of the trade; know them, beat them.
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 | LAN Switch Security: What Hackers Know About Your Switches by Eric Vyncke
Buy new: $45.05 / Used from: $33.75 Layer 2 techniques & mitigation
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 | Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses (2nd Edition) by Edward Skoudis
Buy new: $40.94 / Used from: $35.69 Walks you through a large scale attack step by step
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 | Assessing Network Security (Pro-One-Offs) by David LeBlanc
Buy used from: $3.99 I'm really not a fan of Microsoft Press releases, but they definitely deserve credit for this text. Plus the utilities & scripts they package on the accompanying cd are actually...gasp...USEFUL!
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 | Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition by Mike Shema
Buy new: $38.60 / Used from: $4.99 Be familiar w/ these tools
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 | WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing by Chris Hurley
Buy new: $37.02 / Used from: $28.99 Wireless device enumeration & pen testing. Think beyond just laptops, and realize any number of mobile devices can be exploited.
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 | Snort IDS and IPS Toolkit (Jay Beale's Open Source Security) by Brian Caswell
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $24.96 "They are watching you...stalking you.." Intrusion detection...open source and highly customizable.
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 | The Tao of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection by Richard Bejtlich
Buy new: $44.09 / Used from: $28.50 Be aware of your fingerprints Jedi-hacker
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 | Computer Forensics Library Boxed Set by Keith J. Jones
Buy new: $81.89 / Used from: $78.16 Learn the art of digital invisibility by seeing how they will hunt you
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 | Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent by FX
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $7.94 See how the big boys target a nation, not just a single network.
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 | Signaling in Telecommunication Networks (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing) by John G. van Bosse
Buy new: $96.16 / Used from: $64.99 Telephone hacking [i.e. phreaking] is NOT an easy subject to find reading info on. Usually its passed down from person to person, or extensive internet searching. Start here to get an overview of both the technology and the billing. Then move on to more advanced topcis later in this list: SS7, GSM, Phone Switches, etc.
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 | Telephone Switching Systems by Richard A. Thompson
Buy new: $166.50 / Used from: $30.00 A bit dated, but still valuable
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 | Telecommunications Technologies Reference by Brad Dunsmore
Buy used from: $11.00 Overview of WAN technologies.
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 | Signaling System No. 7 (SS7/C7): Protocol, Architecture, and Services (Networking Technology) by Lee Dryburgh
Buy used from: $156.58 SS7 stands for "Signaling System No. 7" and is the main protocol for telecommunications; i.e. initiating phone calls on the public phone networks. A must for any phreakers
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 | Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, 2nd Edition by Jim Van Meggelen
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $19.95 THE telephony open-source programming language for VoIP.
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 | Cellular Communications Explained: From Basics to 3G by Ian Poole
Buy new: $36.85 / Used from: $34.52 An intro to cellular based communications
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 | Wireless and Cellular Communications by William Lee
Buy new: $67.46 / Used from: $32.50 Probably more in depth than you'll need, but certainly makes a good reference for cell-phreaking
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 | GSM Switching, Services, and Protocols by Joerg Eberspaecher
Buy used from: $55.42 GSM = Global Systems for Mobile communications. Good stuff
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 | Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services: SMS, EMS and MMS by Gwenaël Le Bodic
Buy new: $112.00 / Used from: $76.00 Mobile communications are the future
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 | The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick
Buy new: $34.20 / Used from: $5.49 After reading about Mr. Kevin Mitnick, you'll begin to understand about hacking the human mind. I.e. Social Engineering. Hands down the most common way to defeat an organization's security technologies is w/ some charm & BS.
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 | Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques by William L. Fleisher
Buy used from: $57.94 What to observe for determining if you are being lied to
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 | Elizabeth Must Die by Jeremy Needle
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $5.28 Dare to read some hacker-noir fiction? *cough cough* by yours truly. Check out my site: www.evilnerdempire.com
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