Collaborate Disseminate
It may seem a bit obvious to say so, but when a munition of just about any kind is designed, little thought is typically given to how to dispose of …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid of a Nuclear Bomb
As the narrator in this official instructional video from Valve reminds the viewer several times, the gaming company would really rather you not open up your brand new Steam Deck and …read more Continue reading Valve Reluctantly Shows How To Mod the Steam Deck
[0xricksanchez] participated in a software reverse-engineering challenge and recently wrote up the solution, and in so doing also documented the process used to discover it. The challenge was called Devil’s Swapper, and consisted of a small binary blob that …read more
Continue reading Software Challenge’s Solution Shows Reverse Engineering in Action
I just realised that there exists "reverseenginnering.SE. nowadays.
Therefore moving there question below: https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/q/26196/3934
Is there alternative to
https://www.zynamics.com/bindiff.html
that w… Continue reading Alternative to BinDiff that works on Linux x86_64 binaries (and preferably does not require IDA Pro)
We don’t know what normal people argue about, but we know we spend a lot of time arguing about the best microcontroller, which editor is the best, and what language or compiler does the best job. The problem with all those compilers is getting them loaded and digging into the …read more
Continue reading Peek Into The Compiler’s Code — Lots Of Compilers
If you’re a fan of DOS games from the 1990s, you’ve almost certainly used DOSBox to replay them on a modern computer. It allows you to run software in a virtual environment that replicates an era-appropriate computer. That’s great for historical accuracy, but doesn’t do you much good if you’re …read more
Continue reading Hail To The King, Baby: Reverse Engineering Duke
Opening up things, see how they work, and make them do what you want are just the basic needs of the average hacker. In some cases, a screwdriver and multimeter will do the job, but in other cases a binary blob of random software is all we have to work with. Trying to understand an unknown binary executable is an exciting way to discover a system’s internal functionality.
While the basic principles of software reverse engineering are universal across most platforms, the details can naturally vary for different architectures. In the case of the x86 architecture, [Leo Tindall] felt that …read more
What do you do when a ten-year-old video game has a bug in it? If you are [ExileLord] you fix it, even if you don’t have the source code. Want to know how? Luckily, he produced a video showing all the details of how he tracked the bug down and fixed it. You can see the video below. You may or may not care about Guitar Hero, but the exercise of reverse engineering and patching the game is a great example of the tools and logic required to reverse engineer any binary software, especially a Windows binary.
The tool of …read more
If you’ve got a SEGA Dreamcast kicking around in a closet somewhere, and you still have the underutilized add-on Visual Memory Unit (VMU), you’re in for a treat today. If not, but you enjoy incredibly detailed hacks into the depths of slightly aged silicon, you’ll be even more excited. Because [Dmitry Grinberg] has a VMU hack that will awe you with its completeness. With all the bits in place, the hacking tally is a new MAME emulator, an IDA plugin, a never-before ROM dump, and an emulator for an ARM chip that doesn’t exist, running Flappy Bird. All in a …read more
Continue reading Completely Owning the Dreamcast Add-on You Never Had
Have you ever considered sourcing an off-brand phone from the China markets? Why, or what stopped you? The answer is data and identity. You are trusting both when you decide to use a smartphone. Let’s face it, smartphones are a personality prosthesis in our society. They know your physical location, what your interests are, the people you hang out with, and how you spend your money. The keys to the castle are shared with these devices and you shouldn’t grant that kind of trust without knowing your phone is worthy of it.
But… what if that phone has amazing features …read more
Continue reading Seeking Treachery in a Questionably Sourced Phone
