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Alternatives to Evading EDR
Books in our catalog with overlapping topics and a similar reading level to Evading EDR. If Evading EDR is the wrong fit at advanced level, start here.
01 · 2025
The Art of Mac Malware, Volume 2
The detection-focused sequel to Volume 1, Wardle turns from analyzing Mac malware to building the heuristics and tooling that catch it, using macOS's security frameworks and real-world malware samples throughout.
Advanced4/5Patrick Wardle02 · 2018
Malware Data Science
Saxe and Sanders apply machine-learning techniques (classification, clustering, deep learning) to malware detection and attribution, with working Python code and real corpora.
Intermediate4/5Joshua Saxe, Hillary Sanders03 · 2024
Windows Security Internals
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.
Advanced5/5James Forshaw04 · 2017
Attacking Network Protocols
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.
Advanced5/5James Forshaw05 · 2014
The Art of Memory Forensics
Ligh, Case, Levy, and Walters' canonical reference on memory analysis with Volatility — the technique, the tooling, and the operating-system internals it depends on, across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Advanced5/5Michael Hale Ligh, Andrew Case, Jamie Levy, AAron Walters06 · 2026
Dissecting the Dark Web
HUMAN Security's VP of Threat Intelligence tears down real malware-as-a-service offerings sold on dark web forums, chapter by chapter, from stealers and loaders to ransomware and living-off-the-land post-exploitation kits.
Advanced4/5Lindsay Kaye07 · 2026
Hacking et Cyberdéfense
Two working pentesters who also teach the material walk through the full Active Directory kill chain, offense and defense both, in an expert-level French-language audit manual.
Advanced4/5Jacques Beirnaert-Huvelle, Guillaume Morelle08 · 2026
Practical AI Security
The founder of an AI-security firm, with a PhD in adversarial machine learning, walks from how models fail to how they're exploited to how they're defended and audited, with over 30 hands-on Python demos.
Advanced4/5Harriet Farlow09 · 2026
The Spacecraft Hacker's Handbook
A hands-on tour of the full attack surface of a modern space system, from the ground stations that send commands to the flight software on the spacecraft and the satellite terminals that consume the signal.
Advanced4/5Andrzej Olchawa, Milenko Starcik10 · 2025
Cybersécurité et Malwares
Now in its 5th edition, the French-language reference for malware analysis by Sébastien Larinier and Paul Rascagnères, a well-known APT threat researcher, running from identification to Threat Intelligence across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.
Advanced4/5Sébastien Larinier, Paul Rascagnères