Black Hat Python: Second Edition

by Justin Seitz & Tom Arnold

The second edition of Black Hat Python updates the original for Python 3 and modern security tooling. Justin Seitz and Tim Arnold rewrite all code examples for Python 3, add new chapters on using the GitHub API for C2 communication and building web application attack tools, and update existing content to reflect current libraries and techniques. The book covers network programming with raw sockets, building SSH command-and-control tools, creating proxy tools for traffic manipulation, developing Burp Suite extensions in Python, and automating web application attacks. New material addresses modern defensive controls and how to work around them. The hands-on approach remains the book's strength, with each chapter producing a working tool that demonstrates both the Python programming and the security concept.