2. Static Code Analysis (Disassembly) Using IDA

Hex-Rays IDA Pro is the most powerful and popular commercial disassembler/debugger (https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/index.shtml); it is used by reverse engineers, malware analysts, and vulnerability researchers. IDA can run on various platforms (Windows, Linux, and macOS) and supports analysis of various file formats, including the PE/ELF/Macho-O formats. Apart from the commercial version, IDA is distributed in two other versions: IDA demo version (evaluation version) and IDA Freeware version; both these versions have certain limitations. You can download the freeware version of IDA for non-commercial use from https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/download_freeware.shtml. At the time of writing this book, the distributed freeware version is IDA 7.0; it lets you disassemble both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows binary...