I was asked for good references on pre-operation phases of hacking. I recommended Matt Monte’s “network attacks and exploitation: a framework”,

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I was asked for good references on pre-operation phases of hacking. I recommended Matt Monte’s “network attacks and exploitation: a framework”, and Bill McRaven’s “Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice”. The Monte book is the best book on cyber written so far. It covers a lot of theory and practice and first principles that few people really know or consider. McRaven’s book is the best explanation of how successful hacker attacks achieve success.

The concepts that McRaven puts forward: relative superiority, and the six key factors of operations, are basically the core of good hacking:

Simplicity: A simple plan without a lot of complicated moving parts or dependencies on loads of other things all lining up just right at the right time. The recipe for success starts with a simple plan.

Repetition: the actions to take during the op should be routine, like muscle memory. By the time actions are done live, they should be routine and practiced. This reduces the chance for delays and errors.

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