x86 Software Reverse-Engineering, Cracking, and Counter-Measures
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x86 Software Reverse-Engineering, Cracking, and Counter-Measures

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x86 Software Reverse-Engineering, Cracking, and Counter-Measures

About this book

A crystal-clear and practical blueprint to software disassembly

x86 Software Reverse-Engineering, Cracking, and Counter-Measures is centered around the world of disassembling software. It will start with the basics of the x86 assembly language, and progress to how that knowledge empowers you to reverse-engineer and circumvent software protections. No knowledge of assembly, reverse engineering, or software cracking is required.

The book begins with a bootcamp on x86, learning how to read, write, and build in the assembly that powers a massive amount of the world's computers. Then the book will shift to reverse engineering applications using a handful of industry favorites such as IDA, Ghidra, Olly, and more. Next, we move to cracking with techniques such as patching and key generation, all harnessing the power of assembly and reverse engineering. Lastly, we'll examine cracking from a defensive perspective. Providing learners with techniques to be a better defender of their own software, or knowledge to crack these techniques more effectively.

  • Assembly: computer Architecture, x86, system calls, building and linking, ASCII, condition codes, GDB, control flow, stack, calling conventions
  • Reverse Engineering: reconnaissance, strings, RE strategy, stripping, linking, optimizations, compilers, industry tools
  • Cracking: patching, key checkers, key generators, resource hacking, dependency walking
  • Defense: anti-debugging, anti-tamper, packing, cryptors/decryptors, whitelist, blacklist, RASP, code signing, obfuscation

A practical and hands-on resource for security professionals to hobbyists, this book is for anyone who wants to learn to take apart, understand, and modify black-box software. x86 Software Reverse-Engineering, Cracking, and Counter-Measures is a vital resource for security researchers, reverse engineers and defenders who analyze, research, crack or defend software applications.

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Yes, you can access x86 Software Reverse-Engineering, Cracking, and Counter-Measures by Stephanie Domas,Christopher Domas in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Computer Science & Cryptography. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781394199884
eBook ISBN
9781394199891

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Decompilation and Architecture
  6. Chapter 2: x86 Assembly: Data, Modes, Registers, and Memory Access
  7. Chapter 3: x86 Assembly: Instructions
  8. Chapter 4: Building and Running Assembly Programs
  9. Chapter 5: Understanding Condition Codes
  10. Chapter 6: Analyzing and Debugging Assembly Code
  11. Chapter 7: Functions and Control Flow
  12. Chapter 8: Compilers and Optimizers
  13. Chapter 9: Reverse Engineering: Tools and Strategies
  14. Chapter 10: Cracking: Tools and Strategies
  15. Chapter 11: Patching and Advanced Tooling
  16. Chapter 12: Defense
  17. Chapter 13: Advanced Defensive Techniques
  18. Chapter 14: Detection and Prevention
  19. Chapter 15: Legal
  20. Chapter 16: Advanced Techniques
  21. Chapter 17: Bonus Topics
  22. Conclusion
  23. Index
  24. Copyright
  25. About the Authors
  26. About the Technical Writer
  27. About the Technical Editor
  28. End User License Agreement