10 Best Books to Know Basics of Ethical Hacking.

Many people think  that  hacking and stuffs like are very easy  and one can learn it by visiting forums and hacking into email accounts etc......lol...but what I feel is that  a hacker is a multifaceted  personality he needs to be a good programmer, a voracious reader and also should have a practical expertise along with it should have a logical frame of mind in order to get success in what he does.
Today in my post I have come up with the best ethical hacking books which are quite essential in developing hacking skills.......

1.Hacking Exposed 6: This is one of the best international selling books on computer security as it covers all the spheres of hacking and security like system hacking, network hacking, software hacking, windows hacks,countermeasures to prevent the exploitation on Unix systems, new web hacking tools, updated footprinting.The most effective part of this book is its case studies.
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2.The Hacker's Underground Handbook: This is one of the best books I will recommend for the noobs. It covers all the feature and fields of hacking in a well explained and explicit manner with examples. This book can inspire a person to pursue a career in ethical hacking. This book will make a person familiar with the hackers frame of mind and the way he/she thinks.
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3.Spunkins Viruses Revealed: This is a very nice book which covers A-Z of virus and malware. After reading this book a person will get a fundamental and practical idea about malware(a must read one).
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4.Networking Bible: It covers A-Z  one may need to maintain and setup networks.It has a step-by-step guide to networking , different architectures and hardware to security, diagnostics, Web services, and much more

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5.The Art of Deception:In this book Kevin Mitnik(hacker turned security consultant) has depicted how a person and companies are vulnerable to social engineering. Here in this book, he has elaborated the concepts with few real-life examples so,one will find this book very interesting.
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6.Secrets of super hacker:This is one of the finest book on hacking available online.It contains detail illustration of the techniques used by hackers like data stealing,guessing password,Social engineering,Reverse Social engineering,Virus,worms,fake emails....etc.
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7.Counter Hack Reloaded: This book is of great help to ensure network security and take valid and effective countermeasures against attack.By reading this book one can understand how to respond to different forms of web attack  in both Unix/Linux and  Windows environment.
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8.Byte of Python:Python is a very easy to learn language if someone has little bit know how about programming.This book is written in a very easy to learn manner by Mr.Swaroop.This book is being used as an instructional material in various educational institution like Havard,Boston, California University etc.It is even used in NASA in their Jet Propultion Laboratory.

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9.Linux Newbie Administrator Guide:This book covers the basic essentials of linux and its intallation explained in an easy step wise manner.It also explains why we need linux? how it is differerent from windows? and how linux ensures security of our PC.


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10.HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference (Osborne):This is one of the best book on HTML & XHTML.By reading this book one can learn step by step procedure on how to construct  webpage,learn standard markups,improve layouts with CSS etc...

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I  feel the above-mentioned books are the best ethical hacking books for beginners to learn the basics and fundamentals of hacking and computer security. Whatever we learn  or how much we learn  about hacking it is still a vast ocean, there are chances that we may miss a trick so,keep reading as much books as you can and the most important thing is to implement it practically by practical I mean in an ethical way....because "Compufreaks" condemns  Black Hat.

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