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Michal Zalewski's cybersecurity books

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

  1. 01 · 2011

    The Tangled Web

    A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications

    The deepest book ever written on the strange, accreted security model of the web browser.

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    5/5· Web Security· Browser Internals· AppSec
  2. 02 · 2005

    Silence on the Wire

    A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks

    Michal Zalewski's classic on the indirect attack surface: timing channels, protocol-stack fingerprinting, and the often-overlooked side data leaked by every layer of a stack.

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    5/5· Networking· Reconnaissance· Foundations