Reverse Engineering

Tools

• Ghidra - Software Reverse Engineering Framework
• CyberChef - There are 463 operations in CyberChef [at the time I copied this text: August 2025] allowing you to carry out simple and complex tasks easily. Here are some examples:
  • Decode a Base64-encoded string
  • Convert a date and time to a different time zone
  • Parse a Teredo IPv6 address
  • Convert data from a hexdump, then decompress
  • Decrypt and disassemble shellcode
  • Display multiple timestamps as full dates
  • Carry out different operations on data of different types
  • Use parts of the input as arguments to operations
• Decompilers
  • IDA
    • IDA User Guide - Explore our in-depth guides, crafted to help you navigate through IDA features and master its advanced capabilities.
    • Hex-Rays docs
    • installers: ida-free-pc_91_armmac.app.zip // ida-free-pc_91_x64linux.run (v9.1) - available from the Hex-Rays website (requires sign-up)
  • JADX - Dex to Java decompiler: Command line and GUI tools for producing Java source code from Android Dex and Apk files
  • LaurieWired/Malimite - iOS and macOS Decompiler
• Code Instrumentation
  • Frida || Frida Docs || Frida GitHub Organisation - Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse-engineers, and security researchers
• iOS RE Reference

Resources 📚

• everything is open source if you can reverse engineer (try it RIGHT NOW!)

Articles

• Scalpers Reverse-Engineer Ticketmaster’s ‘Non-Transferrable’ Tickets
• Reverse Engineering TicketMaster’s Rotating Barcodes (SafeTix)
• “Unmasking the Godfather - Reverse Engineering the Latest Android Banking Trojan” by Laurie Kirk - YouTube

Related / See Also

• Cryptography and Cybersecurity