Gray Hat Python: Python
Programming for Hackers and
Reverse Engineers by Justin Seitz
Not For The Faint Of Heart
Python is fast becoming the programming language of choice for hackers,
reverse engineers, and software testers because its easy to write quickly,
and it has the low-level support and libraries that make hackers happy. But
until now, there has been no real manual on how to use Python for a
variety of hacking tasks. You had to dig through forum posts and man
pages, endlessly tweaking your own code to get everything working. Not
anymore.
Gray Hat Python explains the concepts behind hacking tools and
techniques like debuggers, trojans, fuzzers, and emulators. But author
Justin Seitz goes beyond theory, showing you how to harness existing
Python-based security tools - and how to build your own when the pre-built
ones wont cut it.

Youll learn how to:
Automate tedious reversing and security tasks Design and program
your own debugger Learn how to fuzz Windows drivers and create
powerful fuzzers from scratch Have fun with code and library injection, soft
and hard hooking techniques, and other software trickery Sniff secure
traffic out of an encrypted web browser session Use PyDBG, Immunity
Debugger, Sulley, IDAPython, PyEMU, and more The worlds best
hackers are using Python to do their handiwork. Shouldnt you?
Personal Review: Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for
Hackers and Reverse Engineers by Justin Seitz
The book dives right into ctypes and dynamic libraries, from then on end
your up for an interesting ride.
The debugger chapters are clearly the nitty gritty of this book. It was worth
reading for the sheer amount of knowledge in those 3 or 4 chapters, even
though the first time I skimmed the book I thought those were the chapters
I was going to skip. Glad I didn't.
Personally I found the chapter on Fuzzing and Sulley to be immensely
useful, regardless of both being very brief and the subject could very well
be a book itself.
It's not a beginners book even though the author mentions that if you are
new to python you should read the book front to back, I seriously doubt
anyone new to python would get much out of this book. If you are looking
for a book with a few recipes for quick deployment and use, this is not it.
This book is much more about sharing knowledge than it is about giving
you pre-fabricated code.
I would certainly love to see at least one or two network chapters in a book
like this. There is just so much you need to automate during an
enumeration or assessment phase and python is a wonderful tool for that.
The first reviewer wanted a few chapters on static analysis, which I
understand because when you pick a title like "gray hat python" we all
have our own expectations, no doubt based on our previous use of python
in a security scenario.
So bottom line: for sheer compact knowledge and finding out what is under
the hood I would certainly recommend this book, but I'd make it clear it's all
about software vulnerabilities. :)
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