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Best cybersecurity books from 2026
6 cybersecurity books published in 2026, ranked by rating. Each entry is an opinionated review with who the book is for.
01 · 2026
Dissecting the Dark Web
Reverse Engineering the Tools of the Underground Economy
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 Kaye02 · 2026
Hacking et Cyberdéfense
Auditer son environnement Windows
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 Morelle03 · 2026
Le Security Operations Center au cœur de la cybersécurité
La nécessaire constante évolution du SOC
Thomas Le Bourlot, nine years into operationalizing SOCs, delivers a systemic approach to the Security Operations Center that combines technology and governance, from supervision fundamentals through cloud, AI, and SOC-as-a-service models.
Intermediate4/5Thomas Le Bourlot04 · 2026
Maîtriser la cryptographie d'aujourd'hui et de demain
Des bases mathématiques aux standards post-quantiques
A cryptography engineer specializing in information-system security mechanisms, who also teaches the subject, builds from cryptography's mathematical foundations up to today's post-quantum standards.
Intermediate4/5Mbaye Ngom05 · 2026
Practical AI Security
A Hands-on Guide to Attacking, Defending, and Securing Modern AI Systems
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 Farlow06 · 2026
The Spacecraft Hacker's Handbook
Exploiting Ground Stations, Flight Software, and Satellite Terminals
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 Starcik