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A Bug Hunter's Diary--New from No Starch Press
Unique Book Follows a Bug Hunter as He Tracks Down and Exploits Software
Vulnerabilities
San Francisco, CA, October 13, 2011--In the high-stakes game of security
research, a vulnerability in the wrong hands can be a nightmare. For a bug
hunter, though, finding flaws is all in a day's work. But bug hunting can be a
black art--one that's difficult to learn without a mentor.
In "A Bug Hunter's Diary" (No Starch Press, November 2011, 208 pp., $39.95,
ISBN 9781593273859), readers are offered the rare opportunity to observe a
professional bug hunter in action. As they read the diary of security expert
Tobias Klein, they're taken inside the bug hunting process, as if they're
Klein's apprentice and he their mentor. Readers peer over Klein's shoulder as
he explains how he tracks down and exploits bugs in software that's used daily
by millions of people--like Apple's iOS, the VLC media player, web browsers,
and even the Mac OS X kernel. Entries focus on real bugs, detailing the steps
Klein takes to find and exploit them, as well as vendors' responses to his
disclosing the bugs he finds.
According to No Starch Press Founder Bill Pollock, "used in this way, the diary
format is a brilliant and groundbreaking approach to teaching. So much of the
learning in the computer security field happens at the feet of masters, but so
few have that privileged access. 'A Bug Hunter's Diary' brings that access to
anyone willing to take the time to dig into its compelling pages. And most
important, the book teaches readers to think like a bug hunter."
In this book, readers learn how to:
- Use field-tested techniques to find bugs, such as identifying and tracing
user input data and reverse engineering
- Exploit vulnerabilities like NULL pointer dereferences, buffer overflows, and
type conversion flaws
- Develop proof-of-concept code to verify security flaws
- Report bugs to vendors or third-party brokers
"A Bug Hunter's Diary" is already exciting the security community because it's
the first book to take readers inside the bug hunting process. At last,
aspiring bug hunters have that mentor they've been looking for.
For more information or to request a review copy of A Bug Hunter's Diary,
contact Travis Peterson at No Starch Press (nostarc...@oreilly.com,
+1.415.863.9900, x108), or visit www.nostarch.com.
About the Author
Tobias Klein is a security researcher and founder of NESO Security Labs, an
information security consulting and research company based in Heilbronn,
Germany. He is the author of two information security books published in German
by dpunkt.verlag of Heidelberg, Germany.
Additional Resources
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Detailed Table of Contents (PDF):
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Index (PDF):
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A Bug Hunter's Diary
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November 2011, 208 pp.
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