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20 Best Cyber Security Books

Goal: Find the best Cyber Security books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best cyber security books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

20 Best Cyber Security Books

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1

Practical Malware Analysis

The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software

by Michael Sikorski

2

The Art of Invisibility

The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data

by Kevin D. Mitnick

3

Hacking

The Art of Exploitation

by Jon Erickson

4

Hacking Exposed 7

Network Security Secrets and Solutions

by Stuart McClure

5

Social Engineering

The Science of Human Hacking

by Christopher Hadnagy

6

The Code Book

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh

7

The Cyber Effect

An Expert in Cyberpsychology Explains How Technology Is Shaping Our Children, Our Behavior, and Our Values--and What We Can Do About It

by Mary Aiken

8

Threat Modeling

Designing for Security

by Adam Shostack

9

Ghost in the Wires

My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin Mitnick

Also recommended by:

Thomas Frank

10

Cult of the Dead Cow

How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

by Joseph Menn

11

The CERT Guide to Insider Threats

How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Information Technology Crimes

by Dawn M. Cappelli

12

Click Here to Kill Everybody

Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World

by Bruce Schneier

13

Countdown to Zero Day

Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter

14

Cyber Wars

Hacks that Shocked the Business World

by Charles Arthur

15

Cybersecurity Essentials

by Charles J. Brooks

16

How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk

by Douglas W. Hubbard

17

Metasploit

The Penetration Tester's Guide

by David Kennedy

18

The Cuckoo's Egg

Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

19

The Hacker and the State

Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics

by Ben Buchanan

20

The Pentester BluePrint

Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker

by Phillip L. Wylie

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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