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Best Linux books
4 books in our catalog cover Linux, ranked by rating. Each entry is an opinionated review with who the book is for and who should skip it.
01 · 2025
Linux Basics for Hackers
Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali
OccupyTheWeb's introduction to Linux from the angle that hackers and pentesters actually need it: shells, networking, scripting, and Kali tooling.
Beginner4/5OccupyTheWeb02 · 2024
Black Hat Bash
Creative Scripting for Hackers and Pentesters
Nick Aleks and Dolev Farhi on getting offensive work done with the shell: privilege escalation tooling, lateral movement, and pipelining bash with the rest of the toolkit.
Intermediate4/5Nick Aleks, Dolev Farhi03 · 2021
Practical Linux Forensics
A Guide for Digital Investigators
Bruce Nikkel's reference for forensic analysts working post-mortem on Linux images: filesystems, journaling, logs, persistence locations, and the chain of custody discipline around them.
Intermediate4/5Bruce Nikkel04 · 2007
Linux Firewalls
Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort
Michael Rash, author of psad and fwsnort, on building and operating Linux-native packet filtering and intrusion-response tooling. Pre-nftables in detail but conceptually durable.
Intermediate4/5Michael Rash