Operator Handbook: Red Team + OSINT + Blue Team Reference
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Terrible Copy
There is a white line down the middle of every page in this so-called "copy". Useless book. Returned immediately
The best field manual out there.
This book is IMO the best field manual out there. I have the RTFM, BTFM, and almost every other Red Team and Pen Testing book out there. I didn't realize how much I didn't know until I started looking through the OSINT and Cloud sections. As a matter of fact, I had been looking for a childhood friend for a long time who is essentially a ghost in regards to being online and actually found him and his brother. Crazy! If you do anything in Cyber Security or want to, I recommend this book. I have an entire library of books that go down all kinds of rabbit holes....this is the book I actually keep at my desk.
All My Best Web Searches, Bound
It’s free so why not and my first take was “wait this is just an abbreviated version of the docs!” and then my realization hit me, and I was enlightened. At times it feels like my career is summarized in the subtitle of this book. My value is my ability to quickly find an answer, and, apply it. After doing that for...decades, I appreciate the result that “just gives me the damn answer” in clear, simple terms, so I can decide if I’m getting hotter or colder. This is a compilation of things I searched for and applied successfully in one situation or another. It is also a type of “refresher” in that some things are so succinct that what you are trying to do becomes extremely clear just by the way this book is laid out. Also, so many things are just based on terminal usage that it’s wonderful to see how simple things are (again) vs the over-thought UI/UX we see so often these days (hint: less is more!). Having said that, I strongly do not recommend you go and run all of these commands as is in “production” - you’re gonna have a bad time. But, if you know what most of these commands do already, having them in a single place for quick reference Is totally Convenient and fun. Even if the “sell by” date expires, this collection will still probably help you find the current version of the solution you’re after. Well done.
Lots of basic information
There is a huge amount of information in this book but it is hard to find specific things. Once you use it and possibly put in sticky flags it should be better. It does include a lot of tables of things like IP network sizes (v4 and v6) and Window Event IDs Some of the commands are really beginner level and would need a *lot* more detail. For example the linux section for searching filesystems has the entry "find file"...
comprehensive!
I've been working professionally in infosec for many years, everything from threat intelligence to reversing hardware and malware to OSCP certification... and this book covers EVERYTHING... the best reference manual/resource I've ever come across. I found it thanks to an Amazon "you might like" suggestion and decided to grab the paperback version to give it a look, having seen the RTFM, BTFM, and the like I expected a small book, when this thing showed up I was very confused... then I opened it up and started flipping through it. This book will absolutely live on my desk, in my backpack, and will also been within arms reach during work and CTF comps. 10/10, do recommend.
BTFM & RTFM has absolutely nothing compared to this
If you're a security professional, this is the most comprehensive, no fluff, no BS book that an analyst can get their hands on. This should cost double the price for all the content provided.
Great value, tons of real world up to date information
I’m an operator on a Federal red team, that does operations cross country. For a long time I’ve been meaning to put my notes together for easy reference, but haven’t had the time. Well, now I don’t have to, because this book has everything I had, and then some. It’s concise, easily to follow/reference, and has more information than any single/series field manual to date. In fact, this book easily replaced 4 reference manuals I had to cart around each op. Can not recommend enough.
Excellent book to have for practicals
This is an absolutely amazing book, this is well organized, most commands are extremely well explained. The Author absolutely knows how to get the information across in a suitable fashion. If you are on any team, this is an awesome resource. I would say, if your studying for oscp, or any practical exams, this book is absolutely what you need.
Good IT Reference Book
Pro - If all you want is a four hundred page general reference, this cover it in tables. And there is a lot of good commands in here. No formatting issues on my book. Con - I don't have a problem with using images for what ever the authors need are (e.g. pg132), but if you are going to use an image it should at least be legible. These images are fuzzy with micro print that can hardly be viewed with a magnifying glass. Giant error code tables, no thx. The networking section is basic info only, e.g. only mentioning Linux for firewalls. There is one small area on the cover that looks like some type of adhesive was there. Overall: This book will compute.
Handy Desk Reference
I mostly use this book for the OSINT and Mac OS sections, but the entire book is a goldmine of information for all types of operators. I really like the list of commands for Regex, the section on Linux structure, and the list of OSINT tools. The book is organized alphabetically, and I like the font. I've been carrying it back and forth between my home office and my remote work location -- I probably should just get it on Kindle to make it easier.
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