# Introduction to Binary Exploitation

### What is Binary Exploitation? <a href="#what-is-binary-exploitation" id="what-is-binary-exploitation"></a>

Binary exploitation is the process of subverting a binary in a way that causes unintended behavior which is advantageous to the attacker.

### What do I need to know before I learn this? <a href="#what-do-i-need-to-know-before-i-learn-this" id="what-do-i-need-to-know-before-i-learn-this"></a>

The only prerequisites to reading this book are:

* A working understanding of the C language
* Not being afraid of a Linux terminal or a debugger
* The ability to learn what you don’t already know

There will be many samples of C code scattered throughout this book and it is vital to know how they work. They will be explained where necessary, but if you do not understand a particular snippet I would suggest running the code yourself or looking up the function calls that you aren’t familiar with.