- "Hacking, the Art of Exploitation - 2nd Edition" by Jon Erickson, no starch press
- "Gray Hat Python - Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers" by Justin Seitz, no starch press
- "Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation" by Bruce Dang, Alexandre Gazet, Elias Bachaalany, Sebastien Josse, Wiley
- "Practical Malware Analysis" by Michael Sikorski and Andrew Honig, no starch press
- "Hacking For Dummies, 5th Edition" by Wiley
- Complete Penetration Testing Tutorials by OWASP
- IT Security Training & Resources by InfoSec Institute
- Pentester Lab