Recommended Penetration Testing book

Hey everyone. I will be making Pen testing my next career goal. I eventually will also go for my OSCP. Can any recommend a good beginner book on Pen testing?

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MSP-IT

I highly recommend Patrick Engebretson's The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing, Second Edition: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy. It provides a great, albeit short, introduction to the industry.

I bought the first edition in 2012 and it was one of my motivators to get into Pen-Testing and Ethical Hacking.

JoJoCal19

MSP-IT wrote: »

I highly recommend Patrick Engebretson's The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing, Second Edition: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy. It provides a great, albeit short, introduction to the industry.

I bought the first edition in 2012 and it was one of my motivators to get into Pen-Testing and Ethical Hacking.

Seconded! I bought that and read most of it as a pre-CEH primer. I enjoyed it, and I will go back and finish it after I finish the CEH.

xax

Hello. I've bought BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing. It's not arrived yet but seems to be a good reference about tools. I hope to find some useful use cases.

LionelTeo

Recommended
Advanced Penetration Testing: The Ultimate Security Guide
Web Application Hacker Handbook
The Art of Explotation: Basics of Hacking

Your Own Free Time
Violent Python
Shellcoder Handbook
Hackers Playbook

Looks good but haven't tried
Penetration Testing on Kali Linux

wes allen

This book is new, just out a week or two ago.

Penetration Testing | No Starch Press

kanecain

Thanks for the recommendations everyone. I picked up a copy of Advanced Penetration Testing: The Ultimate Security Guide. It came highly recommended by my colleagues and you all.

NovaHax

Right here ==>
http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Security-Testing-Kali-Linux/dp/1494861275

LionelTeo

Just forgot to mention, metasploit: the penetration tester guides written by OSCPs