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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
Hacking isn’t about flashy tools or magic scripts—it’s about understanding what makes a computer tick, and then gently or not-so-gently poking at its weak spots. Jon Erickson’s “Hacking: The Art of Exploitation” throws you into the deep end of that world, with code, assembly, and raw memory manipulation as your swim gear. It’s a hands-on tour through the guts of software vulnerabilities, where knowing the ‘why’ beats just copying the ‘how.’
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