Reverse Engineering: IDA For Beginners

Learn to use IDA Pro Free to do Reverse Engineering on Linux and Windows

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15,600 students

Created by Paul Chin

Last updated 11/2022

English

What you'll learn

1. Reverse Engineering
2. Assembly Language
3. Remnux Linux IDA
4. Windows IDA
5. File, Strings and Hexeditor Analysis
6. Converting Data, Renaming Labels and Variables
7. Inserting Comments
8. Creating Data Structures
9. Decompiling Binary to C code
10. Debugging using IDA
11. Patching Files
12. Register and Memory Analysis
13. Python Scripting For Reversing Algorithms
14. Creating Keygens
15. Cracking Windows Crackmes
16. Reversing Jumps
17. Using NOPs to disable instructions
18. Extending Trial Period beyond 30 days
19. Intermodular Call Method
20. Dynamic Analysis to Confirm Algorithms
21. Linux and Windows API
22. Algorithm Analysis and Testing
23. Creating Keygens
24. Setting breakpoints and stepping through code

and more

Requirements

• Basic Assembly Language , C Programming and Python would be useful
• Windows PC
• Familiar with basic Linux commands

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Description

If you are a beginner to Reverse Engineering and want to learn how to use IDA Pro to reverse engineer and analyze Linux and Windows programs, then this is the course for you. In this course, you will a CTF (Capture The Flag) game -for Linux whilst learning reverse engineering. This makes learning fun and exciting.This will teach you all the basic skills for reversing on IDA, eg, how to rename labels, insert comments, convert data, create functions and analyze assembly code. We will use the Free version of IDA so that anyone can follow along without spending money to buy the Pro version. After that we will move to Windows and Reverse Engineer five Windows Crackme's.

IDA Pro is one of the most widely used Disassembler for Reverse Engineering, Malware Analysis and Exploits analysis. In this course we will learn IDA by solving  Linux  and  windows CrackMe.  A CrackMe is a small program designed to test a programmer's reverse engineering skills. This course is an introduction to Reverse Engineering for anyone who wants to get started in this field. It is suitable for software developers who want to learn how software works internally. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skill to use IDA in addition to whatever other tools you might already be familiar with. It is also suitable for absolute beginners with no knowledge of reversing, as I will take you from zero to basics.

I will start off with showing you how to install Oracle Virtual Box. Then, installing Remnux Linux in the Virtual Box followed by IDA for Linux. Then, we will reverse engineer Linux executable files. In a later section, we will move to installing IDA on Windows and continue learning how to reverse engineer windows files using IDA.

By the end of this course, you will have the basic skills to start reversing and analyzing Linux and Windows binaries using IDA.

What you will learn:

How to disassemble programs into assembly code

How to decompile programs to C code

Static Analysis

Dynamic Analysis using IDA's Debugger

Patch files using IDA

Understand Linux and Windows API's

Identify entry points and functions

Using NOPs and Reversing Jumps

Reverse Crackmes and Patch them

Learn to Assemble Instructions and Patch Bytes

Algorithm Analysis and Testing

Using Python to create solutions and keygens to crackmes

and more

Suitable for:

Anyone interested to learn to use IDA for Reverse Engineering Linux  and Windows executable files.

Students thinking of getting into Reverse Engineering or Malware Analysis as a Career Path

Prerequisite:

Assembly Language, C Programming and Python would be helpful

Windows PC

Basic Linux Commands

Who this course is for:

• Anyone interested to learn to use IDA for Reverse Engineering Linux & Windows executables
• Students thinking of getting into Reverse Engineering or Malware Analysis as a Carreer Path

Course content

14 sections • 29 lectures • 3h 26m total length

Instructor : Paul Chin

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