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  1. JavaScript for hackers
    JavaScript for hackers
    Learn to think like a hacker
    Gareth Heyes

    Learn how to find interesting behaviour and flaws in JavaScript. Reading this book you will find the latest and greatest techniques for hacking JavaScript and generating XSS payloads. Includes ways to construct JavaScript using only +[]()! characters. Never heard of DOM Clobbering? This book has all the details.

  2. Modern C++ Memory Safety
    Modern C++ Memory Safety
    Safer Systems Software Without a Full Rewrite
    Steve Publications

    Modern C++ Memory Safety shows you how to make existing C++ systems safer without starting over. Learn practical ways to find and fix memory safety issues using modern C++, compiler tools, sanitizers, static analysis and fuzzing, with techniques you can apply directly to real production code.

  3. Inside the Debugger: Building a Source-Level Debugger in Rust
    Inside the Debugger: Building a Source-Level Debugger in Rust
    A Deep Dive into Processes, Memory, Breakpoints, and DWARF Debug Information
    Steve Publications

    Build a source-level debugger in Rust from the ground up while uncovering the operating system, CPU, and compiler mechanisms behind modern debugging. Through hands-on implementation, you'll learn how processes, memory, breakpoints, and DWARF debug information come together to make source-level debugging possible.

  4. Honeypots: The Art and Science of Cyber Deception
    Honeypots: The Art and Science of Cyber Deception
    A Comprehensive Guide to Designing, Deploying, and Operating Security Honeypots
    Steve Publications

    Cyber deception gives defenders a powerful way to detect threats and gather valuable intelligence. Honeypots: The Art and Science of Cyber Deception is a practical guide to designing, deploying, and operating security honeypots, covering everything from core concepts to modern frameworks and real-world operations.

  5. AI-Assisted Exploit Development
    AI-Assisted Exploit Development
    Using Large Language Models to Accelerate Vulnerability Research, Reverse Engineering, and Offensive Security
    Steve Publications

    AI is changing exploit development. Learn how to use large language models with tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra and Binary Ninja to speed up vulnerability research, reverse engineering and proof-of-concept exploit development while understanding where human expertise still matters.

  6. Switching to Linux
    Switching to Linux
    A Practical Guide for Windows and Mac Users
    Jay LaCroix

    Linux is one of the best decisions you can make for your computer — but knowing where to start is the hard part. This guide walks you through everything: choosing a distribution, installing it, and using it confidently every day. It was written by Jay LaCroix of Learn Linux TV, for complete beginners. No prior experience required.

  7. HashiCorp Vault Certified Associate Preparation Guide

    Prepare yourself for the HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate exam with this guide! HashiCorp Ambassador, Ned Bellavance reviews the certification objectives, provides insight from real-world experience, and gives key takeaways for to help you focus on what matters most.

  8. Vault in Production
    Vault in Production
    Operating HashiCorp Vault and OpenBao After Day One
    Thomas Zachmann

    Day two of HashiCorp Vault and OpenBao, measured: restore with a stopwatch, upgrade without an outage window, break the audit device, put the seal in an HSM - and keep the runbook page each lab leaves behind.

  9. Keycloak in Practice
    Keycloak in Practice
    A Hands-On Lab Guide to Single Sign-On with Active Directory, Kubernetes, and Vault
    Thomas Zachmann

    Twenty-four chapters, each ending in a working lab on your laptop. Perform an OpenID Connect login by hand, put Active Directory, kubectl and Vault behind one login, then take your own access away on purpose and get it back.

  10. Harbor in Practice
    Harbor in Practice
    A Hands-On Lab Guide to Running a Private Container Registry on Virtual Machines and Kubernetes
    Thomas Zachmann

    Twenty-four chapters, twenty-three labs on your own laptop, and several that break Harbor on purpose. Install it on a VM and on Kubernetes, gate deployments on scans and signatures, back it up in an order you can defend — and become the person responsible for the registry, not just the one who installed it.

  11. Secure All The Things!
    Secure All The Things!
    (with Spring Security)
    Josh Long

    UPDATE: Please don't pay for this!! It's free. Please just take it for free. I'd much rather give it away. Even when it's done, it'll still be free. I'm 100% NOT trying to make money on this. Tell your friends, and be sure to read it. Your applications lives and runs in more places - MCP, desktop applications, browser-based application, data integration pipelines, gRPC, browsers, etc. - than ever. Can your security framework keep up? If you're using Spring Security, then it definitely can, and this book - by Spring Developer Advocate Josh Long - will show you how.

  12. SY0-801 Complete Learning Guide
    SY0-801 Complete Learning Guide
    An unofficial study guide to help you prepare for the CompTIA Security+® certification exam SY0-801 V8
    Jozef Baros

    Prepare for the CompTIA Security+® SY0-801 V8 exam with a guide that explains the why, not just the what. It has 27 chapters mapped to every exam objective, 135 explained practice questions, performance-based labs, real-incident case studies and full coverage of the new AI topics.

  13. SCOR 350-701 v2.0 Complete Learning Guide
    SCOR 350-701 v2.0 Complete Learning Guide
    Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies v2.0
    Jozef Baros

    The 350-701 exam changed in August 2026. This guide was written for the version you are about to sit — all six domains, all 47 topics, in blueprint order.

  14. Networks Unmasked
    Networks Unmasked
    How Data Travels, What It Reveals, and the Cost of Privacy
    Emil Valiyev

    A 22-chapter explanation of how network traffic moves, what observers can learn, and how privacy mechanisms affect performance.

  15. AI Security for Developers
    AI Security for Developers
    Protecting Code in the Age of Agents
    CAIO INCAU

    45% of AI-generated code has vulnerabilities. This book covers prompt injection, data leakage, secure coding with AI tools, MCP server hardening, agent sandboxing, supply chain security, and OWASP LLM compliance. 14 chapters with attack demos and defense code.