Linux Basics for Hackers: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali

This book is great for beginners and is really easy to follow. I recommend to any one that is learning Linux.

What this book is: A great introduction to the Linux CLI. If you’re aspiring to be a “hacker” or a pen tester, this is a great first book to pick up. The author(s) cover essential commands you’ll need to properly utilize Linux, and specifically Kali. What this book is not: This is not a how-to-hack book. You’ll still need to learn exploits on your own, which isn’t hard, but all the exploits in the world will be worthless unless you understand basic commands. Will you be able to pick this up and hack into your jerk neighbors Wi-Fi? No. I’d put myself as intermediate as far as using Kali and Linux in general, and this is still useful to help fill in the gaps and have a reference available. If I had a few more years under my belt, I wouldn’t find this to be useful, and would likely just buy the Linux pocket guide as a reference.

This should be your first book when it comes to CyberSecurity and Ethical hacking.

If you have little to no experience with being a white hat hacker, or even Linux, this is a great book to get. Youll have an awesome jumping off point that not only explains the core commands (the ones people tend to use the most), but youll also see them from the frame of a hacker. If youre getting started in Linux, and you have already read introductory books, still consider this one as youll see them from a different frame. Ill use myself as an example. Ive been using Linux as my primary OS for about a year and a half. I recently passed the LPI Linux Essentials exam, which generally means I have enough in my head to be a power user. One might assume this book is too basic . . . but its not. I got a chance to see some of what I already knew in action in a different frame. Actually, I kind of wish I had read this before I took the exam as there were aspects that probably would have been easier or more understandable. Youll also get an introduction to Kali hacking tools like aircrack-ng. You wont do anything too crazy, but youll get a starting point. Thats the key. From here, youll be armed with enough knowledge to know what youre looking at as you continue to gather resources to expand your knowledge of white hat hacking and the Linux environment in general. This book specifically focuses on Kali Linux, which is a Debian derivative. Coming from Ubuntu (which is also a Debian derivative), its relatively easy to get comfortable with Kali.

I know that there are many good reviews for this book already and that I will be lost in the shuffle. However, I would like to give you my opinion. The book is not three inches thick. I dont have time to read a three-inch book. The book moves along at a great pace with just the right level of detail. If I want more detail on a subject, Ive got the internet at my disposal. The book is not a tutorial. You can turn to any chapter and get instant value. Ive been coding for 37 years. I hate tutorial books. I dont want to follow some tedious example for two-thirds of a book. I want the flexibility to learn at my own pace and learn subjects in the sequence I choose. The book says hackers and Kali but it is not. I wanted to learn enough Linux quickly in order to find my way around and be productive on that operating system. This book gave me that. I use Ubuntu desktop and server.

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Indeed one of the best books I have bought for Linux starters.

This book was well written, easy to follow, and relatively concise. I think it creates a decent base of learning some of the general functionality of linux, but I would absolutely not recommend beginning your linux journey with this book. While Kali is a great tool (note the use of the word tool,) it is designed to be run from root, uses a modified kernal, and you will likely need to install loads of software in order to make it a daily driver OS (since it isnt one). Its sort of like if you wanted to learn how to drive, and found a concise, well written drivers instruction course for driving a forklift on the interstate. I hate to penalize the score because it truly is a well written guide, just not the guide I would recommend using. Keep Kali on a bootable USB or VM, but maybe try Mint or Ubuntu first.

My copy of this (Linux Basics for Hackers) book just arrived. I was going to wait for my bedtime to start reading; but knowing it was written by OTW, I knew it would be an awesome book so I started reading right away. As far as I can remember, I dont recall having ever written a review for any Amazon-purchased product. I am almost at the end of the first chapter and had to stop to review this book now. As I was reading the first chapter, I stopped and quickly scanned the rest of the book because right from chapter one, he starts teaching you the basics of Linux while simultaneously making you practice those newly-learned skills specifically for hacking. I started noticing that pattern in the first chapter and scanned the rest of the book. I noticed that the teach and immediately practice hacking format is repeated all throughout the book. I am loving this book so far and highly recommend it to any aspiring Cybersecurity Specialist/ hacker. I believe that this is a must-read!!!

The author writes well and its easy to understand, even if he does come off a little pompous sometimes. The problem is that for every really cool thing he teaches you, theres something equally as cool that just blatantly doesnt work the way he says it does, if at all. Also, after learning a little more from other sources, Im finding that he does things the hard way a lot of the time. I dont know if thats intentional or not, but when I learned the easy ways it left me scratching my head. All in all its not bad, but take it with a grain of salt and dont expect to become some gazing hacker from it.