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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

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  • Author：Jon Erickson
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Summary

Hacking is the art of creative problem solving， whether that means finding an unconventional solution to a difficult problem or exploiting holes in sloppy programming。 Many people call themselves hackers， but few have the strong technical foundation needed to really push the envelope。

Rather than merely showing how to run existing exploits， author Jon Erickson explains how arcane hacking techniques actually work。 To share the art and science of hacking in a way that is accessible to everyone， Hacking: The Art of Exploitation， 2nd Edition introduces the fundamentals of C programming from a hacker's perspective。

The included LiveCD provides a complete Linux programming and debugging environment-all without modifying your current operating system。 Use it to follow along with the book's examples as you fill gaps in your knowledge and explore hacking techniques on your own。 Get your hands dirty debugging code， overflowing buffers， hijacking network communications， bypassing protections， exploiting cryptographic weaknesses， and perhaps even inventing new exploits。 This book will teach you how to:


Program computers using C， assembly language， and shell scripts Corrupt system memory to run arbitrary code using buffer overflows and format strings Inspect processor registers and system memory with a debugger to gain a real understanding of what is happening Outsmart common security measures like nonexecutable stacks and intrusion detection systems Gain access to a remote server using port-binding or connect-back shellcode， and alter a server's logging behavior to hide your presence Redirect network traffic， conceal open ports， and hijack TCP connections Crack encrypted wireless traffic using the FMS attack， and speed up brute-force attacks using a password probability matrix
Hackers are always pushing the boundaries， investigating the unknown， and evolving their art。 Even if you don't already know how to program， Hacking: The Art of Exploitation， 2nd Edition will give you a complete picture of programming， machine architecture， network communications， and existing hacking techniques。 Combine this knowledge with the included Linux environment， and all you need is your own creativity。

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Reviews

Jolynn Ahlstrom ，

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Sam ，

Yeah， this book was dense。。。The first chapter gets into C as simple as could be。 May quite possibly be the only C programming book one could ever need。 The others showed me a side of the internet and networking protocols that blew me away。 You really see the technicalities behind the information systems we take for granted。 A lot of the chapters are daunting at a glance but are really simple if you proceed slowly。 I suggest following along with the examples especially on the networking session。 Yeah， this book was dense。。。The first chapter gets into C as simple as could be。 May quite possibly be the only C programming book one could ever need。 The others showed me a side of the internet and networking protocols that blew me away。 You really see the technicalities behind the information systems we take for granted。 A lot of the chapters are daunting at a glance but are really simple if you proceed slowly。 I suggest following along with the examples especially on the networking session。 Overall one realizes that the term hacking really is just understanding systems far better than most （even the creators） and using these systems in creative ways that many may not have intended to。Definitely， one I'll keep coming to。 。。。more

Lars ，

Low level and hard to readUnlike other books about hacking， this book focuses on the technical details about exploits rather than using them with other tools。 But this additional depth comes at a price: First of all， such low-level approaches are not very practical in many situations - rather than building your own port scanner， you would use a prebuilt one so you can focus on other things。 Second， several exploits which are discussed in depth are limited to C because higher-level languages like Low level and hard to readUnlike other books about hacking， this book focuses on the technical details about exploits rather than using them with other tools。 But this additional depth comes at a price: First of all， such low-level approaches are not very practical in many situations - rather than building your own port scanner， you would use a prebuilt one so you can focus on other things。 Second， several exploits which are discussed in depth are limited to C because higher-level languages like Java generally prevent a lot of these things at the cost of reduced performance。 This is a minor thing though， because the principles should work as well。 Third， and most importantly， the book is pretty hard to read because of the technical details。 I had prior knowledge about C++ and a rough understanding about assembly， but the level of detail was too much to wrap my head around easily， so I ended up skimming a lot of sections。As a consequence， this book is definitely not for beginners。 I would probably come back to this book if I wanted to learn specifically about low-level exploits in combination with C and Assembler， but I would definitely not recommend this book for just getting a basic understanding of hacking or knowledge of basic tools。 。。。more

Woflmao ，

[This is a review of the German translation of the second edition。]Jon Erickson's Hacking is a precious resource for anyone wishing to develop a comprehensive understanding of IT security。 It covers the development of exploits on the lowest level， that is， with a detailed analysis of the memory layouts of programs， how their stacks and heaps work， up to some tinkering with TCP/IP data on the level of individual bytes。 What is not covered by this book are higher level attacks such as cross site s [This is a review of the German translation of the second edition。]Jon Erickson's Hacking is a precious resource for anyone wishing to develop a comprehensive understanding of IT security。 It covers the development of exploits on the lowest level， that is， with a detailed analysis of the memory layouts of programs， how their stacks and heaps work， up to some tinkering with TCP/IP data on the level of individual bytes。 What is not covered by this book are higher level attacks such as cross site scripting， SQL injections， or the use of exploit frameworks such as Metasploit。 In fact， this book is rather about the art of creating attack scripts or shellcodes that could later be employed by such a higher level framework。To make the best use of this book， the reader should bring some decent knowledge of C， at least a little knowledge of assembly language and some basic understanding of the TCP/IP protocol suite。 Even though the second chapter of the book is considered an introduction to C， debugging and a little bit of assembly， it is rather a fast-tracked revision of stuff you better already know。 （Make sure to take a good look at the example programs in this part， as they will be used repeatedly later on！）The third chapter builds directly on the second and introduces the memory layout of x86 programs， and how to cause mischief with some simple buffer overflows。 This is a challenging topic when you meet it for first time， but the presentation here breaks it down into elementary steps with detailed debugger analyses， so with some patience it becomes quite palatable。 Particularly surprising to me where the attacks made possible by improper uses of C's printf function， mainly because I was not even aware of the huge flexibility this function offers （there are hardly any resources to read this up）。 Indeed， you can learn quite a bit in this chapter on how the Linux operation system works that will not be easily found somewhere else， if you had even thought about looking it up in the first place。One confusing thing about this chapter is that shellcodes are used without any explanation of what they are， or even a remark that they will be introduced later in Chapter 5。 It is ok to accept them as black box code at this point。Then the text diverts into a concise but suprisingly readable introduction refresher of network protocols and their Linux programming interface。 Again， the text is challenging here， as not all details are explained in the book， but rather left to the reader to deduce from the context or research him/herself。 With the fundamentals established， we see how a network sniffing， denial-of-service and man-in-the-middle attacks， and port scanning are done using hand-crafted network packets。In Chapter 5， shellcodes are introduced， and the knowledge gained in the previous parts of the book is gathered to create reverse shells。 This is what lies at the heart of most hacking endeavours with the aim to get control over a remote computer！ In many introductions to hacking or penetration testing， shellcodes will be merely presented as a black box tool to be generated by some high-level framework; therefore this chapter is particularly valuable。 For simplicity， the shellcodes are only developed for Linux， which is a bit unfortunate， as it is much harder to self-learn this under Windows。This subject is continued in the sixth chapter， where countermeasures against exploits are discussed， and also counter-countermeasures that help the shellcode avoid detection。 Here， it actually shows that the book is already a bit dated， as several modern countermeasures are only discussed cursorily here， and also many of the exploits developed before in the book would not work on modern operating systems。 At the time of this writing （early 2021）， I am not aware of any book or even web resource that gives a comprehensive introduction on how to reliably beat modern exploit countermeasures， though。 However， it would be missing the point to demand from this book to be always up to date and provide a solution for everything。 Its purpose is to provide a throrough understanding of the principles underlying program execution and what can give rise to vulnerabilities， and it does this very well。The seventh and last chapter on cryptography is completely independent on the others and not strictly necessary to make the book complete。 It gives a very brief introduction to the underlying mathematics， unfortunately with quite few typos in the equations （both in the English original and the German translation）。 I recommend reading up the mathematical foundations elsewhere and then come back to this chapter。 As cryptography is probably the strongest pillar in the foundation of cyber security， there are only few possible attacks， and many of of them are only discussed briefly here due to the high effort of actually implementing them。 The focus is then on brute-force attacks on password， which can have a moderate chance of success。 The author presents a password cracking attack developed by himself， which is very complicated and interesting， but of little practical value。 The chapter concludes with a discussion of how to crack the by now obsolete WEP encryption for WiFi。In summary， this book， though a demanding read， is quite unique in its approach to teaching hacking， and as such very valuable。 It is a little bit dated， but that does not devalue any of its content， but rather asks for an update at some point。For the German edition， there is a companion website， which ironically is only reachable as HTTP （not HTTPS）。 。。。more

Vic ，

It starts from the bottom and builds up to pretty advanced concepts in a well-tought and funny way。 The book is very old for the field but what it teaches ages strangely well。

Imp ，

Excellent and fun way to learn about software exploitation， successfully hacking the exploit-riddled flavor of Linux that comes with the book is sure to earn you several dopamine rushes。Understanding some of the code might strain your neurons depending on your understanding of C， and especially ugly bit-level hacking in C。Purely of practice， learning or historical interest， as the techniques learned here are for exploiting bugs that are long patched on an even minimally recent and secure system， Excellent and fun way to learn about software exploitation， successfully hacking the exploit-riddled flavor of Linux that comes with the book is sure to earn you several dopamine rushes。Understanding some of the code might strain your neurons depending on your understanding of C， and especially ugly bit-level hacking in C。Purely of practice， learning or historical interest， as the techniques learned here are for exploiting bugs that are long patched on an even minimally recent and secure system， but a good introduction into the type of work and thinking hackers have to do。 。。。more

TΞΞL❍CK Mith！lesh ，

The rules of engagement have been irreversibly changed by the internet。 This book sums up the urgent significance of the modern hacking threat。 Erickson shows how computer manipulation can be a useful defensive mechanism， but one with an unavoidable vulnerability。 The flaws of standard internet coding can be maliciously manipulated to infiltrate a target’s privacy。 Vital information can be instantaneously stolen， and individuals can be discretely monitored without an iota of their awareness。

Stefanos Bekiaris ，

Holly crap this book is a must read for anyone looking to learn more about hacking。 Although it is an older book， this does not mean that its information has no value or its outdated。 Yes， many of the exploits presented are indeed outdated， but what is important is the logic behind them。 It only took 2 chapters and 1 buffer overflow exploit to get me hooked。

Faith ，

Those with knowledge of C and Assembly would benefit most。 For the rest， I'd recommend it more as a reference than a book one can follow along from start to finish。 Those with knowledge of C and Assembly would benefit most。 For the rest， I'd recommend it more as a reference than a book one can follow along from start to finish。 。。。more

1HunTRl ，

the site is really good thanks

Mustufa Kerawala ，

Mostly about learning how to use C for overflow exploits。 Not bad， although the content is outdated which is a shame

Abu Iyas ，

Thank you "Jon Erickson" For your contribution 。。 Thank you "Jon Erickson" For your contribution 。。 。。。more

Chris ，

I must admit when I found this in Barnes and Noble， I suspected this book to be of sketchy quality。 How very wrong I was！Erickson's book is simply a masterpiece - a very cleanly written book yet comprehensive which introduces many concepts of hacking to the reader in an effective manner。 It will likely be quite a challenging read for the inexperienced reader but well worth the effort for those attempting to get into cybersecurity。 I also highly recommend this to many C and C++ programmers who ar I must admit when I found this in Barnes and Noble， I suspected this book to be of sketchy quality。 How very wrong I was！Erickson's book is simply a masterpiece - a very cleanly written book yet comprehensive which introduces many concepts of hacking to the reader in an effective manner。 It will likely be quite a challenging read for the inexperienced reader but well worth the effort for those attempting to get into cybersecurity。 I also highly recommend this to many C and C++ programmers who are inexperienced with binary-exploitation attacks。Do note; however， that this book is very system-exploit-based （pwn） so there isn't much coverage on subjects such as webapp exploitation， reverse-engineering， and forensics。 。。。more

Utkarsh ，

Best book in the world

Vjk ，

Mindboggling

Andreas Ellison ，

I read this book because I wanted to understand how hacking actually works。 I could never imagine how one can "hack" a program and access valuable information through it。 This book is an excellent introduction into some basic methods of exploiting some vulnerabilities in programs or networks。 It explains how the methods work in detail so that you can implement it yourself and teaches you any necessary knowledge to understand the concepts。 No prior knowledge is needed for this book and it teaches I read this book because I wanted to understand how hacking actually works。 I could never imagine how one can "hack" a program and access valuable information through it。 This book is an excellent introduction into some basic methods of exploiting some vulnerabilities in programs or networks。 It explains how the methods work in detail so that you can implement it yourself and teaches you any necessary knowledge to understand the concepts。 No prior knowledge is needed for this book and it teaches you a lot and quickly。 The author also succeeds in conveying the hacker spirit and explaining what kind of people hackers really are！ 。。。more

Golu ，

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Paul ，

Whenever I begin to think that I'm maybe sort of intelligent， I read a book like this and am pleasantly reminded that I'm an incompetent moron when it comes to most topics， lol。 Also， this is actually pretty basic stuff for hacking， apparently （？！）。 Whenever I begin to think that I'm maybe sort of intelligent， I read a book like this and am pleasantly reminded that I'm an incompetent moron when it comes to most topics， lol。 Also， this is actually pretty basic stuff for hacking， apparently （？！）。 。。。more

Mike Polsky ，

Essential。

Roger Pelayo ，

Great read Highly educational and practical。

KISH DAVE ，

The art

Olasunkanmi ，

want to know more about cyber security

Elwin Kline ，

Not a beginner level book。 It starts off gentle， doing the typical street analogy with avenues， streets， cars， houses， and homeowners。。。 but then it quickly picks up pace to a point where I feel that unless you have some experience in programming （preferably C） than you will get lost quick。 I was actually stuck in an Airport on a layover for something like 10 hours and I had this book in my bag。 I was able to really dive into it in that time and it really kept me busy all the way even on the fli Not a beginner level book。 It starts off gentle， doing the typical street analogy with avenues， streets， cars， houses， and homeowners。。。 but then it quickly picks up pace to a point where I feel that unless you have some experience in programming （preferably C） than you will get lost quick。 I was actually stuck in an Airport on a layover for something like 10 hours and I had this book in my bag。 I was able to really dive into it in that time and it really kept me busy all the way even on the flight。 I read it slowly， highlighting things I thought were valuable。 I also found myself reading the same page more than once。This is a pretty deep technical dive， to say the least。I did very much enjoy it though and it was absolutely one of the best "hacking" books I've ever read。 I would only recommend this book if you are beyond "beginner" status， and even better if you have experience in C。 。。。more

Bhanupratap ，

No。1 book for hacking

Trim ，

Excellent book！ It gives a very clear explanation on the fundamental concepts of exploitation。

Brett Vandyke ，

The real deal。 Teaches C exploits that have been around since the beginning。

Josefk ，

For those contemplating a career in cybersecurity， information technology， programming， or just generally computer science， this book is a MUST。 I believe it's best discovered during university in perhaps 3rd year。 Jon does an incredible job compiling the knowledge necessary to understand the mechanisms， causes of， and flaws inherent in various programming languages， and how those flaws are exploited。 He does this with wonderful prose， elegant examples， and provides all of the background knowled For those contemplating a career in cybersecurity， information technology， programming， or just generally computer science， this book is a MUST。 I believe it's best discovered during university in perhaps 3rd year。 Jon does an incredible job compiling the knowledge necessary to understand the mechanisms， causes of， and flaws inherent in various programming languages， and how those flaws are exploited。 He does this with wonderful prose， elegant examples， and provides all of the background knowledge necessary for the reader。 It's a wonderful book and no matter how junior or advanced I believe there is always something to learn。 I've read through twice and I'm sure I'll come back again。 。。。more

Pratham ，

Really good book

Jason Judd ，

I've read maybe a dozen manuals on systems security， and this one is the last you should read。 It's on top。 I've read maybe a dozen manuals on systems security， and this one is the last you should read。 It's on top。 。。。more

F ，

This book primarily focuses on teaching buffer overflow exploits under Linux。the techniques shown in the book will not work on most modern Linux distributions without crippling the security features that are baked into them （ASLR， stack canaries， DEP， etc）the book focuses on teaching you the concepts without having you worry about turning off security features on Linux。 While most of these techniques are outdatedThe book does not cover Windows exploitation at allafter all i enjoyed reading it an This book primarily focuses on teaching buffer overflow exploits under Linux。the techniques shown in the book will not work on most modern Linux distributions without crippling the security features that are baked into them （ASLR， stack canaries， DEP， etc）the book focuses on teaching you the concepts without having you worry about turning off security features on Linux。 While most of these techniques are outdatedThe book does not cover Windows exploitation at allafter all i enjoyed reading it and wish i had read it long time ago。 。。。more

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