Black Hat Bash

”[A] much needed resource for offensive security professionals. Having a book that teaches offensive security practitioners and cyber security professionals alike how to harness the power of the native Bash shell is amazing. Thanks to Dolev Farhi and Nick Aleks for writing this excellent resource!”—Phillip Wylie, offensive security professional and host of The Phillip Wylie Show“Black Hat Bash does a good job of getting the user interested in the soft-white underbelly of the hacking world. This book, from beginning to end, does a good job of walking a fine line between holding the reader’s hand and letting them branch out, explore, and improve on the examples that are given throughout the book.”—Matthew Jerzewski, Cybersecurity Researcher III, Fortra

Dolev Farhi is a security engineer and author of Black Hat GraphQL (No Starch Press, 2023). He is a distinguished security engineer at Palo Alto Networks, where he uses bash daily to automate security tests and sift through network and application artifacts.

Nick Aleks has served as a distinguished security engineer at TD Bank and is the chief hacking officer at ASEC. He has extensive experience using bash scripting on red teams, in penetration tests, and in software development projects. Aleks is also coauthor of Black Hat GraphQL (No Starch Press, 2023).