Intro to Reversing

Danger

This page is still under development

Tools

The tools you will use often depend heavily on the challenge.

• Reverse-engineering suites for x86/ARM programs:

  • Ghidra - recommended
  • radare2 and its GUI Cutter

• Reverse-engineering tools for Java or Android

  • https://github.com/skylot/jadx (Java / Android decompiler)
  • https://github.com/leibnitz27/cfr (yet another Java decompiler)
  • .. there are many more

• Tools for dynamic (runtime) analysis

  • https://frida.re/ - Frida is a multi-purpose, multi-platform tool which allows you to inspect and interact with applications at runtime. It supports Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux, iOS, Android, and more. It comes with a powerful scripting API.
  • GDB - gdb is a popular debugger, usually used for native linux applications. More information. It is useful for setting breakpoints, stepping through parts of a program, and you can even modify a program’s behavior at runtime.