Book Reviews

Book Review: In A Sunburned Country by Bill Brysoon
**** Recommend itHighly recommend if you are a Bill Bryson fan. Highly recommend if you are considering a trip to Australia. Recommend if you are interested in Australia. I have read a ...

Book Review: The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Tim Madigan
I hate the the KKK. I know, saying that out loud is not that brave. How can anybody disagree with the notion that, according to the Equal Justice Initiative, this American domestic ...

Book Review: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
**** Recommend itWhen it first came out in 2013, this book took a lot of heat from religious scholars that did not agree with Reza Aslan’s point of view. I think there ...

Book Review – Cybersecurity Blue Team Toolkit
In the world of cyber, there are many different teams and roles to play. The Blue Team generally doesn’t get the spotlight but are vital to the defense of an organization. In ...

Book Review – Linux Basics for Hackers
With countless job openings and growth with no end in sight, InfoSec is the place to be. Many pose the question, “Where do I start?” Over his years of training hackers and ...

Book Review: Hacking for Dummies 6th Edition
Hacking for Dummies by Kevin Beaver is an information security professional’s introduction to ethical hacking. It is 22 chapters of information ranging from definitions (kept to a minimum) to reporting findings and ...

Book Review: Malware Data Science
“Malware Data Science: Attack Detection and Attribution” (MDS) is a book every information security professional should consider reading due to the rapid growth and variation of malware and the increasing reliance upon ...

Book Review: "How Great Science Fiction Works,” by Gary K. Wolfe, Course Review by Rick Howard
I very much enjoyed Dr. Wolfe’s Great Courses lecture. I have always considered myself to be a science fiction fan, but after listening to these lectures, I learned that there are numerous ...

Book Review: Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking
In his new book, “Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking, 2nd Edition,” Chris Hadnagy really hits the mark by providing a great overview of social engineering techniques, explaining how and why ...

Book Review: Investigating Cryptocurrencies
As the saying goes, “Follow the money.” Regardless of one’s philosophical argument on the merits of a decentralized currency controlled by the masses and not a single government entity, criminals are utilizing ...