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Best cybersecurity books from 2016
4 cybersecurity books published in 2016, ranked by rating. Each entry is an opinionated review with who the book is for.
01 · 2016
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
Fred Kaplan's policy-side history of US cyber capability, from Reagan-era panic about WarGames to the institutional buildup of NSA's offensive arm and the political fights over its use.
Beginner4/5Fred Kaplan02 · 2016
The Car Hacker's Handbook
A Guide for the Penetration Tester
Craig Smith's guide to automotive bus systems (CAN, LIN, FlexRay), ECUs, infotainment surfaces, and how to fuzz, trace and exploit modern vehicles.
Intermediate4/5Craig Smith03 · 2016
iOS Application Security
The Definitive Guide for Hackers and Developers
David Thiel on attacking and defending iOS apps: the platform sandbox, IPC surfaces, keychain semantics, transport security, and the patterns that introduce real bugs.
Intermediate3/5David Thiel04 · 2016
The Cyber Effect
A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behavior Changes Online
Mary Aiken's popular-science argument that online environments alter human behavior in measurable ways — escalation, disinhibition, time distortion — and that the security community underestimates the social-engineering surface this opens.
Beginner3/5Mary Aiken