Heavy Wizardry 101
Shellcodes, Backdoors, Droppers and Worms
$84.66
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2026
Summary
Aspiring hackers will learn foundational programming in C and assembly languages from a veteran hacker and develop the skills to create their own hacking tools.
Your spellbook for code close to the metal.
In hacker circles, heavy wizardry means code that trades on intimate knowledge of a system—the kind that speaks its private dialects and bends its rules. Heavy Wizardry 101 teaches you to write it. You’ll build shellcode, backdoors, droppers, and worms from scratch, working a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781718504424 |
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| ISBN-10: | 171850442X |
| Author: | David Martinez Oliveira |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press,US |
| Imprint: | No Starch Press,US |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 185mm |
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Critics Review
“Heavy Wizardry 101 is a well-organized and accessible introduction to low-level programming in assembly for Linux, crafting multi-stage shellcode loaders, network and binary tools, and ELF binaries using only standard, open-source GNU command-line tools.”
—Sergi Àlvarez i Capilla (aka pancake), Author of radare2
About The Author
David Martinez Oliveira
David Martinez Oliveira, aka Pico, has been writing code close to the metal since the 1990s, building software for computer vision, communications systems, laboratory equipment, and AR/VR/MR applications. A longtime GNU/Linux user, he explores security and low-level system internals both professionally and for fun.
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