I’m quite new here and I already read a lot of really good and valuable content, I really wanted to repay somehow thus creating this post that contains a lot of resources for learning, both for beginners and more advanced people.
Lots of material about information security in general:
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition
A very good starting point for beginners, mainly about low level exploitation, introduces basic C and x86 ASM, exploitation (stack overflow, heap overflow, format string exploitation), a bit of networking, a bit of shellcodes, C and ASM knowledge is recommended before reading but can survive without it.
more about assembly: http://opensecuritytraining.info/IntroX86.html
more about exploits: http://opensecuritytraining.info/Exploits1.html
Offensive Computer Security: Training for manipulating all kinds of things: Learning Exploitation with Offensive Computer Security 2.0
a course mainly about low level exploitation that contains some networking and web stuff as well, C and ASM knowledge is required, teaches basic exploitation, teaches about ASLR DEP, ROP, IDS, WAF, SSL and more.
Books:
Reverse Engineering Books:
Reverse Engineering for Beginners (http://beginners.re/) recently became paid but a pdf still can be found easily
Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation
IDA Pro Book, 2nd Edition
Exploit Development / Kernel Exploitation Books:
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition (already mentioned)
The Shellcoder’s Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes, 2nd Edition
A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core
Malware analysis / Rootkits Related Books:
Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System
Malware Analyst’s Cookbook and DVD: Tools and Techniques for Fighting Malicious Code
The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory
Operating System Books:
Linux:
Linux Kernel Development
The Linux Programming Interface
Understanding The Linux Kernel
Windows:
Windows Internals
Windows System Programming
Windows Kernel Development
Website Security Books:
Web application Hacker’s Handbook, 2nd Edition
SQL Injection Attacks and Defense, Second Edition
The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
Smartphone Security Books:
iOS Hacker’s Handbook
Android Hacker’s Handbook
The Mobile Application Hacker’s Handbook
Networking Books:
TCP/IP Illustrated
Cryptography Books:
Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption
Penetration Testing:
Introduction To Penetration Testing
The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing
The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing
Great content about low level security: http://fuzzysecurity.com/
Great content about shellcoding and reversing in ARM assembly: https://azeria-labs.com/
Note: I didn’t read all of those books, I collected all of those resources by spending hours on google
and did a simple quality check (skimmed through/read a few pages) for each book/article, for a matter of fact I’m still quite a beginner and still in the process of reading books/solving ctf’s on my topics of interest.
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