Python for Secret Agents
Analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using Python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents
Published on 8. July 2025
216 pages
978-1-78398-043-7 (ISBN)
Description
Analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using Python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents
Key Features
Build a toolbox of Python gadgets for password recovery, currency conversion, and civic data hacking
Use steganography to hide secret messages in images
Get to grips with geocoding to find villains' secret lairs
Book DescriptionIf you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.What you will learn
Quickly get to grips with using Python to create tools and solve problems
Manipulate image files and learn how to encode messages into an image using steganography
Gather a file's hidden secrets, such as EXIF data and ZIP archive contents
Build applications that access, filter, and analyze live data from the Web
Design Python modules, libraries, and applications
Customize your Python environment with specialized packages
Extract data using HTTP and FTP internetworking protocols
Who this book is forIf you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.
Key Features
Build a toolbox of Python gadgets for password recovery, currency conversion, and civic data hacking
Use steganography to hide secret messages in images
Get to grips with geocoding to find villains' secret lairs
Book DescriptionIf you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.What you will learn
Quickly get to grips with using Python to create tools and solve problems
Manipulate image files and learn how to encode messages into an image using steganography
Gather a file's hidden secrets, such as EXIF data and ZIP archive contents
Build applications that access, filter, and analyze live data from the Web
Design Python modules, libraries, and applications
Customize your Python environment with specialized packages
Extract data using HTTP and FTP internetworking protocols
Who this book is forIf you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,69 MB
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978-1-78398-043-7 (9781783980437)
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Steven F. Lott
Python for Secret Agents
Analyze, encrypt, and uncover intelligence data using Python, the essential tool for all aspiring secret agents
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08/2014
Packt Publishing
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Lott Steven F. :
Steven Lott has been programming since computers were large, expensive, and rare. Working for decades in high tech has given him exposure to a lot of ideas and techniques, some bad, but most are helpful to others. Since the 1990s, Steven has been engaged with Python, crafting an array of indispensable tools and applications. His profound expertise has led him to contribute significantly to Packt Publishing, penning notable titles like "Mastering Object-Oriented," "The Modern Python Cookbook," and "Functional Python Programming." A self-proclaimed technomad, Steven's unconventional lifestyle sees him residing on a boat, often anchored along the vibrant east coast of the US. He tries to live by the words "Don't come home until you have a story."
Steven Lott has been programming since computers were large, expensive, and rare. Working for decades in high tech has given him exposure to a lot of ideas and techniques, some bad, but most are helpful to others. Since the 1990s, Steven has been engaged with Python, crafting an array of indispensable tools and applications. His profound expertise has led him to contribute significantly to Packt Publishing, penning notable titles like "Mastering Object-Oriented," "The Modern Python Cookbook," and "Functional Python Programming." A self-proclaimed technomad, Steven's unconventional lifestyle sees him residing on a boat, often anchored along the vibrant east coast of the US. He tries to live by the words "Don't come home until you have a story."
Content
Table of Contents
The Espionage Toolkit
Acquiring Intelligence Data
Encoding Secret Messages with Steganography
Drops, Hideouts, Meetups and Lairs
More Sensitive Spymaster Analyses
The Espionage Toolkit
Acquiring Intelligence Data
Encoding Secret Messages with Steganography
Drops, Hideouts, Meetups and Lairs
More Sensitive Spymaster Analyses
