python is still the dominant language in the world of information securityeven if the conversation about your language of choice sometimes looks more like religious war python-based tools include all manner of fuzzersproxiesand even the occasional exploit exploit frameworks like canvas are written in python as are more obscure tools like pyemu or sulley just about every fuzzer or exploit have written has been in python in factthe automotive hacking research that chris valasek and recently performed contained library to inject can messages onto your automotive network using pythonif you are interested in tinkering with information security taskspython is great language to learn because of the large number of reverse engineering and exploitation libraries available for your use now if only the metasploit developers would come to their senses and switch from ruby to pythonour community would be united in this new bookjustin covers large range of topics that an enterprising young hacker would need to get off the ground he includes walkthroughs of how to read and write network packetshow to sniff the networkas well as anything you might need for web application auditing and attacking he then spends significant time diving into how to write code to address specifics with attacking windows systems in generalblack hat python is fun readand while it might not turn you into super stunt hacker like myselfit can certainly get you started down the path rememberthe difference between script kiddies and professionals is the difference between merely using other people' tools and writing your own charlie miller st louismissouri september