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James Forshaw's cybersecurity books

2 books by James Forshaw reviewed in our catalog, newest first. Honest takes, who each book is for, and what to read alongside.

  1. 01 · 2024

    Windows Security Internals

    A Deep Dive into Windows Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing

    Forshaw takes apart the Windows security model from the SRM and access tokens up through Kerberos, with live PowerShell you can run against your own machine. The most authoritative single source on how Windows actually decides who can do what.

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    5/5· Windows Internals· Offensive· Vulnerability Research
  2. 02 · 2017

    Attacking Network Protocols

    A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation

    James Forshaw, Project Zero veteran, on how to capture, parse, and break protocols from the wire up to the application layer, with a strong focus on building reusable analysis tooling.

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    5/5· Networking· Protocol Analysis· Offensive