Hacking with Python by Miles Price

Hacking with Python

Python-powered penetration testing unleashed

Written byMiles Price
Narrated byMatyas J.
Length1h27m
Release dateJanuary 12, 2018
LanguageEnglish
★★★★★ 3.0 (105 ratings)

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AuthorMiles Price
NarratorMatyas J.
Runtime1h27m
PublishedJanuary 12, 2018
Rating★★★★★ 3.0 / 5 (105 ratings)
CategoriesComputers & Technology, Security & Encryption
FormatAudiobook (Digital)
PlatformAudible

About This Audiobook

Miles Price’s *Hacking with Python* strips ethical hacking down to its most practical, Pythonic core—no jargon bingo, no academic fluff, just a concise crash course in turning Python into your own security Swiss Army knife. Whether you're auditing your home network or diving into bug bounty hunting, this audiobook treats automation like a first-class citizen, showing how to script reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and even post-exploitation tasks with surgical precision. Price avoids the trap of making hacking sound glamorous; instead, he frames it as what it really is: tedious detective work with a few explosive payoffs. The pacing assumes you already know basic Python but don’t need a cybersecurity degree to follow along. Narrator Matyas J. delivers a no-frills, machine-gun delivery that mirrors the book’s focused energy—no over-the-top suspense or faux-mystery intonations, just clear, relentless exposition that keeps you glued to the headphones like a sysadmin chasing logs at 3am. What sets this apart is its refusal to coddle: Price’s examples are short, functional, and immediately runnable, making it a genuine toolkit rather than a theoretical manifesto. If you’ve ever wanted to automate your way past manual security drudgery, this is the audiobook that’ll get your fingers flying across the keyboard—whether or not you’re wearing a ‘white hat.’

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Editor's Review ★★★★★

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I approached *Hacking with Python* with the wary optimism of someone who’s survived too many tech audiobooks that drone on about ‘the threat landscape’ before delivering a single line of code I could actually use. Matyas J.’s narration saved me from that fate: his delivery is crisp and unadorned, devoid of the over-enunciated gravitas some narrators slap onto cybersecurity titles. He reads like someone explaining a recipe over a Zoom call—direct, unpretentious, and thankfully free of the faux-dramatic pauses that plague similar books. That said, his pacing occasionally stumbles when Price dives into dense script walkthroughs; without visual code references, I found myself rewinding twice to catch variable names in a 12-line snippet. The real meat of this audiobook lies in its automation focus, and here Price delivers. His chapter on building a brute-force tool with Python’s `requests` library was the highlight—a genuine ‘aha’ moment that felt like watching a magic trick you can actually perform yourself. My biggest critique? The book’s brevity occasionally undercuts its depth; advanced listeners will crave more meat on the bones of topics like network pivoting or evasion techniques. Still, for the price and runtime, this is a lean, mean educational listen that respects your time—and your keyboard’s Enter key.

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