Allen Harper - Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hackers Handbook, Sixth Edition

Praise for Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hackers Handbook, Sixth Edition

Offensive security covers such a broad array of topics that it can be extremely difficult to find reference material that provides even surface-level coverage of it. Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hackers Handbook, Sixth Edition manages to cover a surprisingly large subset of specialist areas within the field, all while diving deep enough to shine a light on some of the more interesting and challenging nuances of those areas. Its a worthy addition to the hackers bookshelf.

OJ Reeves
Director, Beyond Binary

This book has been a staple of the development and careers of many, and its sixth edition delivers on expectations with fresh material and content to help push people to the next level. Its a phenomenal contribution to anyones skill set and written by true experts; Stephen Sims and the other authors are people that I respect and routinely read whatever they put out. Readers will find this to be a practical resource worthy of any bookshelf of any practitioner in our field.

Robert M. Lee
Senior SANS Instructor and CEO/Co-Founder of Dragos, Inc.

The chapters on Hyper-V in Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hackers Handbook, Sixth Edition are the most complete public resources I have seen to date. Not only do they provide a general overview of the architecture, they also provide in-depth scripts that can be used to understand the internals very well. Im very impressed with all of the resources attached to these chapters. If you are interested in hypervisors and/or Hyper-V in any form, give this book a shot.

Matt Suiche
Founder, Comae

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In Memory of Shon Harris

Each time we write a new edition, all of my memories of Shon come to the surface. As you know from previous editions, we lost Shon on October 8, 2014. She was a great friend, pioneer in the field, and beloved subject matter expert of cybersecurity. She brought me into the first Gray Hat Hacking project. We were actually working toward creating another book at the time, but it did not pan out, so the Gray Hat Hacking book was born. I owe much of what I have accomplished in the field to the great start she so generously gave me, back in 2002 when I first met her at a CISSP bootcamp. I had no clue who Shon was when I signed up for the bootcamp, but that chance encounter changed my life. Her passion for the field and her work ethic were contagious and inspired me to be the best I could be, as I tried to live up to her high standard. I will always remember her and how much I learned from her. Please join me and the other authors as we continue to honor her memory and her desire to improve the world through cybersecurity. We dedicate this book to her memory.

Allen Harper
Lead author and friend of Shon Harris

To my brothers and sisters in Christ, keep running the race. Let your light shine for Him, that others may be drawn to Him through you.

Allen Harper

To my wife, thank you for your constant encouragement and faith, and for pushing me to push myself.

Ryan Linn

To my lovely wife Leanne and my daughter Audrey, thank you for your ongoing support!

Stephen Sims

To my daughter Tiernan, thank you for your support and continuous reminders to enjoy life and learning each and every day. I look forward to seeing the wonderful woman you will become.

Michael Baucom

To my beautiful wife Zoe and our children Alexander and Axel, thank you for your continuous love and support, and for always trusting in me and encouraging all my crazy new ideas.

Huscar Tejeda

To my beautiful wife Vanesa and my family for their support and their patience every time I come up with a new project.