The Adversary's Mind

Think like the adversary.

Field manuals and tools for offensive security — from recon-to-red-team fundamentals to breaking and defending AI. Learn the attack. Prove your defense.

From $14 · one-time 4 PDFs · instant download Read on any device

AI Audit

Prove where your AI actually stands.

The AI Audit is a free, browser-based self-assessment. Answer honestly and it returns a readiness score, a prioritized gap list, and a report you can hand to an engineer, an executive, or an auditor. No signup, no email.

  • Classify your app under the EU AI Act — role, reach, risk tier.
  • Score it against all ten OWASP LLM Top 10 controls.
  • Get a gap register and a deadline-anchored remediation plan.

Free · runs entirely in your browser · nothing leaves your device · not legal advice.

Article 50 transparency & GPAI enforcement — live since 2 Aug 2026
—days

until the next EU AI Act deadline — Art. 50(2) marking for systems already on the market, 2 Dec 2026.

2 Aug 2026Transparency (Art. 50) · GPAI enforcement — in force
2 Dec 2026Art. 50(2) marking for existing systems · new Art. 5 prohibition
2 Dec 2027High-risk (Annex III) obligations
The books

Two field manuals. One operator's mindset.

Take one line on its own, or take the whole shelf for less than the two bundles cost separately. Every purchase is one-time, downloads instantly, and includes free updates to its edition.

The Adversary's Mind

The bundle

The original — recon to red team.

$19
one-time · two PDFs · instant
  • Field manual — 14 chapters, 6 parts
  • Lab Workbook — 100+ hands-on labs
  • Appendices A–E + free edition updates
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Breaking AINew

The bundle

Break the machine — LLM & agentic apps.

$19
one-time · two PDFs · instant
  • AI red-team guide — 10 chapters, 4 parts
  • Lab Workbook of gated, hands-on labs
  • Mapped to OWASP LLM Top 10 & MITRE ATLAS
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EverythingBest value

The whole shelf

Both field manuals. Both lab workbooks.

$29
one-time · four PDFs · save $9
  • The Adversary's Mind + Lab Workbook
  • Breaking AI + Lab Workbook
  • 200+ gated, hands-on labs across both lines
  • $38 value — the full shelf
Get everything — $29 Then run the free audit

Take one line, not the shelf: The Adversary's Mind and Breaking AI stand alone at $14. Both open with two free chapters — run recon before you spend a dollar.

Who's behind it

Not a command dump. A way of thinking — the attacker's.

The Adversary's Mind is an independent offensive-security studio. We build field manuals, labs, and tools for people who'd rather understand a system than memorize a tool. The same operator's mindset runs through everything here — the classic recon-to-red-team manual, the AI red-teaming line, and the tools that let you prove your own systems hold up. Everything is written for systems you own or are explicitly authorized in writing to test.