Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering 1st Edition

by Eldad Eilam (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0764574818

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Beginning with a basic primer on reverse engineering-includingcomputer internals, operating systems, and assembly language-andthen discussing the various
applications of reverse engineering, this book provides readerswith practical, in-depth techniques for software reverseengineering. The book is broken into two parts, the first dealswith security-related reverse engineering and the second exploresthe more practical aspects of reverse engineering. In addition, theauthor explains how to reverse engineer a third-party softwarelibrary to improve interfacing and how to reverse engineer acompetitor's software to build a better product.
* The first popular book to show how software reverse engineeringcan help defend against security threats, speed up development, andunlock the secrets of competitive products
* Helps developers plug security holes by demonstrating how hackersexploit reverse engineering techniques to crack copy-protectionschemes and identify software targets for viruses and othermalware
* Offers a primer on advanced reverse-engineering, delving into"disassembly"-code-level reverse engineering-and explaining how todecipher assembly language

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Sometimes, the best way to advance is in reverse

If you want to know how something works, you take it apart very carefully. That's exactly what this book shows you—how to deconstruct software in a way that reveals design and implementation details, sometimes even source code. Why? Because reversing reveals weak spots, so you can target your security efforts. Because you can reverse- engineer malicious code in order to neutralize it. Because understanding what makes a program work lets you build a better one. You'll learn how here.

Learn to read compiler-generated assembly language code for IA-32 compatible processors
Decipher an undocumented file format or network protocol
Understand when reverse engineering is legal, and when —and why—it may not be
See how hackers use reversing to defeat copy protection technology
Find out how to pull the plug on malicious code
Determine how to prevent others from reversing your code, and find out how effective such steps can be
Explore reverse engineering on the .NET platform and its assembly language, MSIL
Observe the dissection of a real-world malicious program and see how the attacker used it to control infected systems

Companion Web site
Visit www.wiley.com/go/eeilam for a complete list of the sample programs in the book and links to valuable papers and products.

About the Author

Eldad Eilam is a consultant in the field of reverse engineering. He assists clients with operating system and in-depth software reverse engineering, and has devoted several years to developing advanced reverse engineering techniques.

Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 15, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764574817
ISBN-13: 978-0764574818
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches
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Chad Wilson

A fantastic book. I really hope Eldad is working on a new release.

September 21, 2016

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Short and simple review: This book is good. I got the book a decade ago, and have yet to find something as good, or better in content. There is an assumption of at least some knowledge of C, asm, OS internals, and user/kernel APIs.

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SchmidtD

Excellent review, great focus

January 27, 2013

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As a preliminary review without having completed the text yet, I have to say that this book is very well focused for the Windows developer. Focus is important because reverse engineering really puts one directly into nearly any possible aspect of the modern computer.

This text will please even the moderately advanced programmer, although the first quarter or so might seem like too much review for the Windows C++ programmer. The .NET programmer will really benefit, though, since the focus through the Windows layers and into machine code will reveal a lot to the high-level person who hasn't yet had a chance to delve into 'internals.'

I think the book serves as a "pro" book for someone with C++/Windows experience by tying things together and moving to its reversing core while at the same time serving as an "intermediate" book, ironically, for the high-level programmer who will read it more for a qualitative comprehension and have to go out and read more 'internals' books (like Jeff Richter's books) if interested in deeper understanding.

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kevin

The book reads very good. Guides you through at a good pace

June 19, 2018

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The book reads very good. Guides you through at a good pace; even for noobs

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Guillermo A. Grilli

Five Stars

December 18, 2016

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Great Book

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Andrew Mackie

A GREAT BOOK FOR HACKERS AND STUDENTS !

November 24, 2013

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Very helpful in understanding technical topics such as copy protection and type of operation for some virii. A comprehensive reference for understanding many of the modern software engineering techniques for the software designer. Comprehensive examples have been provided which may be applied by the reader to "software in the wild !" Highly recommended, up to date, and easy to read.

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Wuping Xin

Good Introductory Reverse Engineering Book

May 5, 2007

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This is a good introductory book on reverse engineering. I would say it best suits somebody that has some years of developing experience in high-level languages such as C/C++ or Delphi/Pascal, while also knows something about Assembly language -- and of course with a strong curiosity for any "secrets" under the hood. From time to time I found myself nodding while reading this book.

My work invloves using some software for modeling transportation systems but most of the time the details of the underlying models that software relies on are not well documented. The information in this book helps me quickly learn how to reverse and get the information I want to know. Besides this book is very well written thus very enjoyable to read. In this regard, I would like to say - as an extra bonus I learned a lot from the author's writing ! (Sure, English is not my native lanuage but I have to write a lot technical reports in English for my daily work)

I love this book. Highly recommended!

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Jordan Grotepas

Well Written Explanations Containing Serious Reversing

November 11, 2012

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This well written gem contains everything needed for a solid foundation in x86 reversing. It will walk you through completing several daunting tasks and does not shy away from getting neck-deep in the nitty gritty details, including pages upon pages of groan-inducing disassembler listings. Be warned that if you just read the book and don't try following the examples on your computer, you will be missing out on a lot and may get the impression that reversing is as easy as the author makes it out to be in this book. There is also plenty of relatively pain-free discussion of high level theory, which comes as a nice relief after going through those previously mentioned pages of disassembler listings.

I picked up this book to get better at exploiting software, and was not disappointed. However, this is not a book about exploit development. If anything, it is a book about software cracking, complete with a 50 page walkthrough of an intermediate level protection scheme. The chapter on finding security vulnerabilities is actually very weak, as is the chapter on malware analysis. Despite this, I was not disappointed because the fundamental reversing skills acquired by working through this book are also invaluable base skills for exploit development.

My main gripe with this book is it's sole focus on the Windows x86 evironment. I would expect a hypothetical second edition to include many pages on reversing x86-64 code, as well as a chapter on Android and iOS reversing.

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Bernardo

Outstanding!

July 22, 2013

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Amazing book on reading native x86 assembly code. I didn't finished reading it yet, but til now exceeded my expectations.
Starts building a solid foundation about how source C code is translated into machine code step-by-step and it goes beyond up to the deep analysis of the data structures used throught the examples.

Without doubt, I recommend this one!

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