Book - Hands on Hacking by Matthew Hickey and Jennifer Arcuri

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The 2026 book "Hands on Hacking - Become an expert at next gen penetration testing and purple teaming" by Matthew Hickey and Jennifer Arcuri is one of the top ten books recommended by many experienced ethical hackers/hacking instructors to learn hacking. The book is said to be something that explains hacking from the perspective of an adversary. According to its authors, the book is suitable for both readers who are new to learning ethical hacking and also for information security professionals who want to enhance their understanding about security. Readers will be guided through lab exercises as and when needed through the course of the book.

The book contains the following sections:
- Hacking a Business Case
- Hacking Ethically and Legally
- Building Your Hack Box
- Open Source Intelligence Gathering
- The Domain Name System
- Electronic Mail
- The World Wide Web of Vulnerabilities
- Virtual Private Networks
- Files and File Sharing
- UNIX
- Databases
- Web Applications
- Microsoft Windows
- Passwords
- Writing Reports

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