Download Stealing the Network's "The Final Chapter" for free until May 6
If you read my review of Stealing the Network: The Complete Series Collector’s Edition, then you’d know that the only real additional content in the new edition is a new chapter by Ryan Russell: “The...
View ArticleMisleading description of the Stealing the Network compilation
This is just a quick note to serve as a warning to anyone who might be considering buying “Stealing the Network: The Complete Series Collector’s Edition” after reading the description on the Elsevier...
View ArticleBook Review: The Rootkit Arsenal
Bill Blunden’s book, The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System, is one of the hidden gems in computer security books, and I hope that I can convince you to give it a...
View ArticleBook Review: Dissecting the Hack – The F0rb1dd3n Network
Edit: I have added an amendment to this review in this post, when it became obvious to me that the majority of the material in the STAR portion of this book is plagiarized. Jayson E. Street and Kent...
View ArticleAmending my F0rb1dd3n Network Review
Jayson called me regarding this post, and I promised to let him tell his side of the story, right here, at the top of the post, so here it is: I am more stunned than anyone on finding this out. When...
View ArticleSyngress Response to Plagiarism in Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network
Laura Colantoni of Syngress posted the following statement, regarding the recent discovery that a large portion of Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network is plagiarized. My commentary follows the...
View ArticleBook Review: Revised Edition of Dissecting the Hack – The F0rb1dd3n Network
Last year, I reviewed Jayson Street’s Dissecting The Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network, uncovering a massive amount of plagiarism that resulted in the book getting pulled, pending a revision. Here are the...
View Article(More) (Massive) Plagiarism in Security Books
A while back, I was intrigued by the then-impending release of Gregory Evans’ book, How To Become the World’s No. 1 Hacker. I realized that, even as a self-published book, it would get a lot of...
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Book Review: BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing
I’ve put off doing this review for too long. I was sent this book close to its release date, and made quick work of reading through it and making notes for the review. As you’ll see in this post, I...
View ArticleNew Design and Upcoming Book Reviews
Today, while updating this VPS, I took the opportunity to change the style/design of mcgrewsecurity.com. I’m especially proud of the new logo. It’s a combination of several out-of-copyright book scans,...
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