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Mastering Reverse Engineering

You're reading from   Mastering Reverse Engineering Re-engineer your ethical hacking skills

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838849
Length 436 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Reginald Wong Reginald Wong
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Preface 1. Preparing to Reverse 2. Identification and Extraction of Hidden Components FREE CHAPTER 3. The Low-Level Language 4. Static and Dynamic Reversing 5. Tools of the Trade 6. RE in Linux Platforms 7. RE for Windows Platforms 8. Sandboxing - Virtualization as a Component for RE 9. Binary Obfuscation Techniques 10. Packing and Encryption 11. Anti-analysis Tricks 12. Practical Reverse Engineering of a Windows Executable 13. Reversing Various File Types 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

RE in Linux Platforms

A lot of our tools work great in Linux. In the previous chapter, we introduced a few Linux command-line tools that are already built-in by default. Linux already has Python scripting installed, as well. In this chapter, we are going to discuss a good setup for analyzing Linux files and hosting Windows sandbox clients.

We are going to learn how to reverse an ELF file by exploring the reversing tools. We will end this chapter by setting up a Windows sandbox client, running a program in it, and monitoring the network traffic coming from the sandbox.

Not all of us are fond of using Linux. Linux is an open source system. It is a technology that will stick with us. As a reverse engineer, no technology should be an obstacle, and it is never too late to learn this technology. The basics of using Linux systems can easily be found on the internet. As much...

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