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Mastering Reverse Engineering

You're reading from   Mastering Reverse Engineering Re-engineer your ethical hacking skills

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838849
Length 436 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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 Wong Wong
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Preparing to Reverse FREE CHAPTER 2. Identification and Extraction of Hidden Components 3. The Low-Level Language 4. Static and Dynamic Reversing 5. Tools of the Trade 6. RE in Linux Platforms 7. RE for Windows Platforms 8. Sandboxing - Virtualization as a Component for RE 9. Binary Obfuscation Techniques 10. Packing and Encryption 11. Anti-analysis Tricks 12. Practical Reverse Engineering of a Windows Executable 13. Reversing Various File Types 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

Reversing a software takes time and patience. It may take days to analyze just one piece of software. But with practice and experience, the time it takes to analyze a file improves.

In this chapter, we dealt with a file that can be reversed using the tools we learned. With the help of a debugger, a disassembler, and tools such as CFF Explorer and TriD, we were able to extract file information and behaviors. In addition, we also learned to use FakeNet to mimic the network and the internet, which became very useful for us when generating network information for the socket functions.

There are a lot of obstacles, including anti-debugging tricks. However, familiarity with these tricks enabled us to skip these codes.

One of the most important tips when reversing is to keep on making snapshots just in case we encounter obstacles. We can experiment on every piece of data...

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