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Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation 1st Edition

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Analyzing how hacks are done, so as to stop them in the future

Reverse engineering is the process of analyzing hardware or software and understanding it, without having access to the source code or design documents. Hackers are able to reverse engineer systems and exploit what they find with scary results. Now the good guys can use the same tools to thwart these threats. Practical Reverse Engineering goes under the hood of reverse engineering for security analysts, security engineers, and system programmers, so they can learn how to use these same processes to stop hackers in their tracks.

The book covers x86, x64, and ARM (the first book to cover all three); Windows kernel-mode code rootkits and drivers; virtual machine protection techniques; and much more. Best of all, it offers a systematic approach to the material, with plenty of hands-on exercises and real-world examples.

  • Offers a systematic approach to understanding reverse engineering, with hands-on exercises and real-world examples
  • Covers x86, x64, and advanced RISC machine (ARM) architectures as well as deobfuscation and virtual machine protection techniques
  • Provides special coverage of Windows kernel-mode code (rootkits/drivers), a topic not often covered elsewhere, and explains how to analyze drivers step by step
  • Demystifies topics that have a steep learning curve
  • Includes a bonus chapter on reverse engineering tools

Practical Reverse Engineering: Using x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, and Reversing Tools provides crucial, up-to-date guidance for a broad range of IT professionals.

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LEARN THE SCIENCE AND CRAFT OF REVERSE ENGINEERING TO FIGHT HACKERS AND ROOTKITS

Criminals increasingly are using malicious software (exploits, viruses, rootkits, etc.) for fraud, denial-of-service, intrusions, and espionage operations. Reverse engineering is the only method to thoroughly dissect and understand such software. So it is no surprise that reverse engineering is one of the most important subjects in information security. Unfortunately, it is often perceived as a mysterious and complex black art. Although reverse engineering is a difficult subject, the authors believe there is a scientific approach to it. Practical Reverse Engineering aims to demystify the art and systematize the reverse-engineering process for students and professionals.

  • Discover a unique, systematic approach to reverse engineering that incorporates hands-on analysis with real-world malware
  • Find detailed coverage of the three most popular processor architectures: x86, x64, and ARM
  • Use this concise, structured treatment of the Windows kernel and kernel-mode drivers, featuring walk-throughs and exercises with real-world rootkits
  • Learn sophisticated code-obfuscation techniques, such as those used in virtual machine protections, and how to deobfuscate them using program-analysis techniques
  • Discover advanced debugging techniques to automate and streamline the reverse-engineering process
  • Apply newly learned concepts with complete walk-throughs and exercises using real-world malware

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LEARN THE SCIENCE AND CRAFT OF REVERSE ENGINEERING TO FIGHT HACKERS AND ROOTKITS

Criminals increasingly are using malicious software (exploits, viruses, rootkits, etc.) for fraud, denial-of-service, intrusions, and espionage operations. Reverse engineering is the only method to thoroughly dissect and understand such software. So it is no surprise that reverse engineering is one of the most important subjects in information security. Unfortunately, it is often perceived as a mysterious and complex black art. Although reverse engineering is a difficult subject, the authors believe there is a scientific approach to it. Practical Reverse Engineering aims to demystify the art and systematize the reverse-engineering process for students and professionals.

  • Discover a unique, systematic approach to reverse engineering that incorporates hands-on analysis with real-world malware
  • Find detailed coverage of the three most popular processor architectures: x86, x64, and ARM
  • Use this concise, structured treatment of the Windows kernel and kernel-mode drivers, featuring walk-throughs and exercises with real-world rootkits
  • Learn sophisticated code-obfuscation techniques, such as those used in virtual machine protections, and how to deobfuscate them using program-analysis techniques
  • Discover advanced debugging techniques to automate and streamline the reverse-engineering process
  • Apply newly learned concepts with complete walk-throughs and exercises using real-world malware

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 1st edition (February 17, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1118787315
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1118787311
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.42 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 0.7 x 9.2 inches
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Save your lunch money for this book!!!
This book will teach you alot. Its not like lots of other books that waste space talking about useless information. I would say you would need a basic understanding of some concepts such as memory or how a stack/heaps works, but even if you don't, this book will sort of indirectly, force you to learn the basic concepts(otherwise you won't get past certain pages) I can honestly say I don't understand all of it yet, however,, after flipping throughout the entire book, I anticipate that it will all 'click,' eventually, as figuring out how a human body or car engines functions, after you spend enough time studying it; same thing with this book. If you have an interest in reverse-engjneering, I would give this book 5 stars and definitely recommend it. If certain circumstances did not end up "demotivating" me, I would definitely be reading this. Thank you to the authors!
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Fricsay, Lin
5.0 out of 5 stars Like its title
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014
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Like its title, this book is very 'pratical'.

I do kernel and windbg very often (my daily work) so I started from these two chapters. It's very interesting to understand the kernel and windbg through this way. If you're not familiar with kernel and windbg, I suggest you read Windows Internals along with this book. Windows Internals tell you how the kernel works but without showing the code. With this book, you can actually use windbg to know how it works (dump or live debugging). This is very important for engineers because we need something to play with.

There are a lot of exercises in this book. I suggest the readers should do the exercises. The authors are very responsive and we can also find the answers/discussion on the internet. The authors also answer the questions on reddit. If you have hard time working on the exercises you can always send the mail to the authors.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Save your lunch money for this book!!!
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This book will teach you alot. Its not like lots of other books that waste space talking about useless information. I would say you would need a basic understanding of some concepts such as memory or how a stack/heaps works, but even if you don't, this book will sort of indirectly, force you to learn the basic concepts(otherwise you won't get past certain pages) I can honestly say I don't understand all of it yet, however,, after flipping throughout the entire book, I anticipate that it will all 'click,' eventually, as figuring out how a human body or car engines functions, after you spend enough time studying it; same thing with this book. If you have an interest in reverse-engjneering, I would give this book 5 stars and definitely recommend it. If certain circumstances did not end up "demotivating" me, I would definitely be reading this. Thank you to the authors!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Save your lunch money for this book!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2023
This book will teach you alot. Its not like lots of other books that waste space talking about useless information. I would say you would need a basic understanding of some concepts such as memory or how a stack/heaps works, but even if you don't, this book will sort of indirectly, force you to learn the basic concepts(otherwise you won't get past certain pages) I can honestly say I don't understand all of it yet, however,, after flipping throughout the entire book, I anticipate that it will all 'click,' eventually, as figuring out how a human body or car engines functions, after you spend enough time studying it; same thing with this book. If you have an interest in reverse-engjneering, I would give this book 5 stars and definitely recommend it. If certain circumstances did not end up "demotivating" me, I would definitely be reading this. Thank you to the authors!
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Rationally laid out. Worth a read. Nothing too technical inside, but gives a great assessment of proper approach to the subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply technical and quite dense
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Extremely well written and full of fantastic insight into deep workings of software. I’ve learned more in two pages than reading for weeks about the topics online in Surface depth articles
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good. Dense, but readadable.
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This book does a good job of teaching. It's not just another reference book. A lot of technical books just blast facts at you, and sure you might learn a lot but you don't know how the author learned those things himself. This book takes more of a teaching approach: You learn how the authors learned things.

This book is fairly small for a technical book at only 340 pages, but it is very dense. Every sentence is important.

You need to have used IDA and windbg before you start reading this book.

Very helpful to translate your knowledge from x86 to ARM and explaining how Windows kernel code works. I really like it's line "If the process of reverse engineering Windows drivers could be modeled as a discrete task, 90% would be understanding how Windows works and 10% would be understanding assembly code."
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5.0 out of 5 stars My son lost first copy-so I bought it again
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I may not know Assembly enough to write code in it. But I know it enough to possibly decode it-thanks to this book. Must have.
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5.0 out of 5 stars cybersecurity kung fu.
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a thoughtful author and contributing colleagues provide a well compilation of sound insight as well as years of dedication in a field essential to

to a medium of communication, learning, entertainment and modern day commerce, this book although as admitted by the author is a primer

along side the recommended reading materials to afford one a grasp into an area that affects us all! and the best part, is that this work is easy to

follow like a good thriller, one finds oneself reading it again and again!!!

as soon as the financial enlightenment is realized, the suggest follow up reading material (s) will receive a warm

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Well written, concise explanations and examples. After just the first few pages, this instantly became one of my favorite books to read for both knowledge and leisure. If you're in the office with resources to try the examples and homework, or if you're on the plane jotting down notes, Practical Reverse Engineering is appropriate for just about any setting.

Chapter 3: The Windows Kernel is my favorite chapter so far. If you're trying to learn more about the kernel from a security prospective, this is what you must read. I wasn't looking for a reverse engineering guide on it, instead fundamentals and concepts with a security perspective, but instead I got both. There's nothing else out there like this book.

Highly Recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book!
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If you want to know more about ARM and its architecture you should look into this book. I would suggest getting to know ASM for ARM first though. Good book!
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MONDON A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Livre très intéressant
Reviewed in France on January 10, 2024
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C'était un cadeau pour mon fils et il a vraiment apprécié
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5.0 out of 5 stars 悪くはないと思います。
Reviewed in Japan on November 16, 2023
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この本の日本での唯一のレビューを読んでこの本は今一らしいので買わないでいましたが、外国でのレビューが高評価なのと比較的安価な古本があったので買ってみました。

日本での唯一のレビューを書かれた方は業界のプロの方らしいのでワザととぼけて書いているのかも知れませんが、Windowsの内部というのはカーネルのことでこの手の本の題材として良く取り上げられているものですが、カーネルの中に存在するものをディスアセンブルした例が載っている本はほとんどないのでこの本の書名の題材に関心があれば充分有益な本だと思います。

また知ってのとおり?(Windowsの)カーネルに使えるデバッガというと(正しくはいくらか補足が必要なようですが)WinDbgになってしまうので(他の本で名前だけは見たことがあるSoftICEが遠い過去のものになってしまっているという意味で)WinDdgの存在価値は大きいのではないかと思います。

どうも日本ではr**tk*tについては検閲が存在していて、r**tk*tは存在しないことにされているようなので、日本で唯一のレビューを書かれた方はあのように書かれたのかも知れないとも思ったのですが、reverse engineeringというのはデバッグやmalware解析以外にゲームの解析という目的もあることを思い出したので、もしかしたらそっち方面の方かも知れません。
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for advanced reverse engineering
Reviewed in Italy on May 2, 2017
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A very technical book, which is best suited for people who already have a good background in low level programming (some topics are very advanced). A good starting point to get advanced skills in x86, x86_64 and ARM, especially for people interested in Windows Kernel RE/understanding/exploitation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 9 de diez
Reviewed in Spain on September 13, 2016
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muy conciso va al grano pero hay que tener cierto nivel.los ejemplos tambien los son ,me gustaria que los hubiesen detallado mas
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