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Long-form writing on reverse engineering, malware, and the underground economy.

Cover: Dissecting the Dark Web
PreorderNo Starch Press · May 2026 · 400 pp.

Dissecting the Dark Web

Reverse Engineering the Tools of the Underground Economy

This book walks through malware-as-a-service (MaaS). It looks at who sells what on the dark web, what their ads look like, and how to tear down real samples. Chapters cover stealers, loaders, botnets, ransomware, post-exploitation kits, packers, and living-off-the-land techniques, with exercises along the way. The exercises use Ghidra and x64dbg on Windows.

ISBN 9781718504608