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Best cybersecurity books from 2005
3 cybersecurity books published in 2005, ranked by rating. Each entry is an opinionated review with who the book is for.
01 · 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.
Advanced5/5Michal Zalewski02 · 2005
The Art of Intrusion
The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers
Mitnick and Simon's follow-up to The Art of Deception: third-party stories from working hackers — casino slot exploits, prison-network breaches, post-9/11 intelligence ops — reconstructed and annotated by Mitnick.
Beginner4/5Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon03 · 2005
The Database Hacker's Handbook
Defending Database Servers
Litchfield, Anley, Heasman, and Grindlay's exhaustive 2005 reference on attacking and defending Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, and Informix — the era when the database engine itself was the soft target.
Advanced3/5David Litchfield, Chris Anley, John Heasman, Bill Grindlay