Vivek Ramachandran's Exploit Research Megaprimer[1] is a good video series for the basics. Peter van Eeckhoutte's article series[2] also provide a good hands on for getting started. Vivek's doing a training course at 44Con (disclaimer: I'm one of the organisers) that covers some of this[3] and looks quite promising but if London's a bit of a stretch you should be able to find training courses at conferences closer to home.
The Shellcoder's handbook is a good starting point too but is getting a bit long in the tooth. Attacking the core is a good starter on kernel bug dev. Both should be available on Amazon.
It's also worth pointing out that if you have a local Def Con chapter it's worth going at least once or twice to see whether or not you like it. Same if there's a local BSides event - these are free events, wildly variable in quality but run by the community for the community. There's also other cons like 44Con, Brucon, Cansec, Defcon etc. if you really want to get into it but these can be quite expensive.
I'm not sure where you're based, but if you're in or near London the local Def Con chapter DC4420[4] is on tuesday downstairs at the Phoenix, Cavendish square near Oxford Circus. I'll be there and will be more than happy to have a chat with you and introduce you to people.
The Shellcoder's handbook is a good starting point too but is getting a bit long in the tooth. Attacking the core is a good starter on kernel bug dev. Both should be available on Amazon.
It's also worth pointing out that if you have a local Def Con chapter it's worth going at least once or twice to see whether or not you like it. Same if there's a local BSides event - these are free events, wildly variable in quality but run by the community for the community. There's also other cons like 44Con, Brucon, Cansec, Defcon etc. if you really want to get into it but these can be quite expensive.
I'm not sure where you're based, but if you're in or near London the local Def Con chapter DC4420[4] is on tuesday downstairs at the Phoenix, Cavendish square near Oxford Circus. I'll be there and will be more than happy to have a chat with you and introduce you to people.
[1] - http://www.securitytube.net/groups?operation=view&groupI...
[2] - http://www.corelan.be/index.php/articles/
[3] - http://44con.com/training/vivek-ramachandran-hacking-with-py...
[4] - http://dc4420.org/