Fully-updated second edition of this worldwide bestseller with over 100 000 copies sold. When
it comes to creating powerful and effective hacking tools Python is the language of choice for
most security analysts. In Black Hat Python you'll explore the darker side of Python's
capabilities--writing network sniffers manipulating packets infecting virtual machines
creating stealthy trojans and more. The second edition of this bestseller has been updated to
cover Python 3 and the authors have added coverage of new modules and techniques that reflect
current industry best practices. You will find expanded explanations of strategies from
splitting bytes to leveraging computer-vision libraries that you can apply to future hacking
projects. You will see how the hacking techniques work and create your own personal arsenal of
readable and maintainable code using clean coding techniques as you learn how to: • Create a
trojan command-and-control using GitHub • Detect sandboxing and automate common malware tasks
like keylogging and screenshotting • Escalate Windows privileges with creative process control
• Use offensive memory forensics tricks to retrieve password hashes and inject shellcode into a
virtual machine • Extend the popular Burp Suite web-hacking tool • Abuse Windows COM automation
to perform a man-in-the-browser attack • Exfiltrate data from a network most sneakily When it
comes to offensive security your ability to create powerful tools on the fly is indispensable.
Learn how with Black Hat Python. New to this edition: All Python code has been updated to cover
Python 3 and includes updated libraries used in current Python applications. Additionally
there are more in-depth explanations of the code and the programming techniques have been
updated to current common tactics. Examples of new material that readers will learn include
how to sniff network traffic evade anti-virus software brute-force web applications and set
up a command-and-control (C2) system using GitHub.
