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Data Recovery Tips & Solutions: Windows, Linux, and BSD

3 reviews
Kris Kaspersky

A-List Publishing, 2006

Incomplete ideas thoughout book
This book is full of incomplete ideas. Ideas are being ruined with sentence structure so poor it is impossible to make sense of it. The second is that the author is obviously associated with the sale of the PC-3000 and Data Extractor system by Ace Labs in Russia. This is a fine product but full comprehension of the author hinges on purchasing this $10,000 gizmo as 50 % of the links are for ...

CD Cracking Uncovered: Protection Against Unsanctioned CD Copying (Uncovered series)
Kris Kaspersky

A-List Publishing, 2004

A manual on protecting CDs against illegal copying, this book shows how crackers copy CDs using various access methods. The methods covered include the CDFS driver, cooked mode, SPTI, ASPI, the SCSI port, and the MSCDEX driver. Explained is how to prevent cracker break-ins using protections based on nonstandard CD formats such as the CD driver and weak CD sectors. Information on CD functioning fundamentals and tips related to CD protection in a ...

Code Optimization: Effective Memory Usage

3 reviews
Kris Kaspersky

A-List Publishing, 2003

Groundbreaking, Holistic
I have never seen any book take such a holistic approach to the art of optimization. Sure there are plenty of books out there that talk about loop unrolling, cache alignment and instruction scheduling, but there are none like this one. You'd better hold on tight though this book is not for the faint of heart. Kris takes you on a detailed tour of the memory architecture of contemporary (PIII, ...

Hacker Debugging Uncovered (Uncovered series)

4 reviews
Kris Kaspersky

A-List Publishing, 2005

For the desperate
As other have pointed out, this book offers some useful and advanced knowledge - but that's not enough to make it good. Erratic editing and frequent biased ego trips by the author make it somewhat difficult to read, and leave you wondering if there are better books on that topic. The answer is yes - sadly.

Shellcoder's Programming Uncovered (Uncovered series)

1 review
Kris Kaspersky

A-List Publishing, 2005

Highly unticipated, easily forgotten
After waiting for this book for many months I was excited to see a package from Amazon earlier today. I knew right away it was this book. Not waisting any time I opened the package and rushed to the table of contents not exactly knowing what to expect, but knowing it's going to be good because it's Kris Kaspersky after all, the man who wrote "Hacker Disasssembling Uncovered". It was very ...

Hacker Disassembling Uncovered (Uncovered series)

18 reviews
Kris Kaspersky

A-List Publishing, 2007

Excellent book, highly recommended!
This book is fantastic- one of a kind, by far :) Provided you've covered the basics, x86 assembly language- and C++, this book will teach you some of the absolute essential skills required in reversing commercial-level software. This book isn't a toy- it's the real thing, for serious programmers, researchers and experts in the field. It has a step by step introduction- and builds firmly ...