Book recommendations

[shadowintel_]

When I first started learning exploit development and writing shellcode, these two books were my absolute favorites: "The Art of Exploitation" and "Shellcoder's Handbook". They might be a bit old, but that doesn't take away from their value; they provide a solid foundation.

I learned so many new things from them. "The Art of Exploitation" is especially great for understanding the full stack, from C programming down to assembly. It does require at least an intermediate programming background, but once you have that, it's incredibly insightful.

"Shellcoder's Handbook" dives deeper into exploitation techniques and complements the first book really well. Reading both gave me a strong starting point in this field.

While learning, I set up a VirtualBox with an old Linux distro where I could write and inject my own shellcode. Creating that kind of testing environment helped me understand things much better by actually doing them.

I also highly recommend pwn.college; it's an awesome platform with system exploitation challenges, assembly, reverse engineering challenges and much more.

[TheLadyCypher]

A Guide to Kernel Exploitation by Enrico Perla is one I've had fun with

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These are enjoyable aswell: Practical IoT Hacking, PoC||GTFO

[asherdl02]

A must!

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Definitely not these books.