Review of The Hacker's Underground Handbook by David Melnichuk

The Hacker's Underground Handbook by David Melnichuk
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Disclosure:
I got this book in a purchase from Amazon, since most of people said to me that it was useful for learning to be a hacker, but the fact was somehow elementary. I have an eBook of the same version above.

Overview:
The book is a technical result of all the past hacking attacks, first they tell you that by reading this book you may have a job a white hacker or as a security protector, But I don't see such a thing. as the message goes, you may find chapters speaking of Linux and Ubuntu as the main operation systems to start the hacking process, and after you will begin to have an idea about password hacking and so on and so forth. so each operation of hacking is divided to a certain chapter, that's how things works.

Positive and Negative Aspects:
The main positive aspects would be go as the following, first the book gave me a notion on how Hackers did their malicious deeds, besides it tells to never trust any message that contains request of bank codes or account information, however, I had a knowledge on how to protect myself during a sudden attack of some virus against my operating system but anyway I have never implement any sort of techniques used in the book. I just stick on my knowledge to this sort of new science.
Speaking of Negatives, I would say that it is a shame to deceive the reader for the ability to have a job offer as a white hacker, because this offend me so often, I read the book with enthusiasm but I didn't get the pay off that they promise in the introduction.

My Personal Reaction:
I admit having no prior knowledge of how the hacking goes but due the help that the book gave me, I was feeling somehow like a professional for being so. I enjoy the techniques used in the book, the sort of the explanations and the images that goes as proofs for showing the reader what to do, In fact the book consider the reader as a complete beginner so the steps of knowledge goes smoothly and coherent.

Recommendations:
To those who want to improve their knowledge, I recommend this book to all the folks who want to know how hacking goes, and to those who want to improve their security systems, In addition I would recommend this book to people who want to help and protect not people who want to destroy and be so negative.

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