Hi guys, So in this article i'll tell you about best books to learn if you're willing to enter into hacking world.

As you know Ethical hacking services provide a solution to safeguard business and government networks from such attacks and provide high data security. We can prevent data from being stolen or misused through ethical hacking, identify vulnerabilities or weak points, implement secure networks, and protect the data. There are five main types of ethical hacking, and most of us know most of them.

1.Web application hacking 

2.Web server hacking 

3.System hacking 

4.Wireless network hacking 

5.Social engineering


So now let's see the best books for hacking

1. Hands-on Ethical Hacking and Network Defense



This is a solid foundational book for beginners and best books learn hacking including freshers who have no idea about networking, security, hacking, etc. The author uses simple and effective language and gives thorough explanations of the various concepts. It is mostly a theory book and doesn’t have much implementation or techniques explained. It is a good book to overview all the high-level hacking concepts like security testing, various tools, penetration testing techniques, mobile security, and ways to protect networks.

 

2. The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing - Patrick Engebretson



If you plan to be a penetration tester (pen-tester), this will be a good first book for you. The book covers a wide range of tools like Backtrack and Kall Linux, Nmap, Social-Engineer Toolkit, Netcat, and many more. The book is well-structured and covers each topic step-by-step for thorough understanding. The author’s tone is quite entertaining and engaging. It is a complete ethical hacking training material for beginners.

 

3. The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws


This is one of the highly popular and commercially successful books for hacking. It follows an efficient approach. The book is thorough on website security and good for reference as well. The author doesn’t spoon-feed you with facts; he tries to make you think at every point. The book has loads of real-world best practices and scenarios. The book is well-organized, with the first few chapters discussing major web components and potential vulnerabilities, the next few focus on hack steps for sessions, databases, etc.

4. Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters

                                                    

This book is great for those who have some programming experience (not necessarily Python) but no Hacking experience. As Python is easy to learn, you can learn it side by side through this book. For more information, you can refer to online materials once in a while. The book uses Python 2 and mostly focuses on how to write effective hacking tools using Python. The book is thorough with the techniques and challenges you at various levels. You can use it as reference material as well as for learning from scratch.