# tanc7/hacking-books

Repository: https://github.com/tanc7/hacking-books
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hacking-books
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-09-20T18:03:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3237, "days_push": 1078, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2285, forks 575 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:34.044910+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of well-known cybersecurity and hacking books, including titles on penetration testing, exploitation, malware analysis, and cryptography. It serves as a reading list pointing to resources like Black Hat Python, The Art of Exploitation, and Practical Malware Analysis.

## Use cases
- find books to learn penetration testing
- recommended reading list for learning ethical hacking
- resources for learning malware analysis
- books on reverse engineering and exploitation
- learn cryptography and network security from books
- study materials for aspiring security researchers

## When to choose
- you want a curated starting point for cybersecurity reading
- you prefer learning from books over courses or videos
- you need a broad overview of hacking topics from exploitation to forensics

## When to avoid
- you need hands-on tools or code rather than book references
- you want interactive tutorials or structured courses
- you need up-to-date coverage of the latest vulnerabilities beyond the listed editions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: hacking, books, curated-list, reading-list, cybersecurity, exploitation, malware-analysis, cryptography

## Member repositories
- tanc7/hacking-books (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.044910+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:41:05.091179+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tanc7/hacking-books (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.044910+00:00, sha 583cb9bdff8b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.