Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

Beginning with a basic primer on reverse engineering-including computer internals, operating systems, and assembly language-and then discussing the various applications of reverse engineering, this book provides readers with practical, in-depth techniques for software reverse engineering. The book is broken into two parts, the first deals with security-related reverse engineering and the second explores the more practical aspects of reverse engineering. In addition, the author explains how to reverse engineer a third-party software library to improve interfacing and how to reverse engineer a competitor's software to build a better product.

* The first popular book to show how software reverse engineering can help defend against security threats, speed up development, and unlock the secrets of competitive products
* Helps developers plug security holes by demonstrating how hackers exploit reverse engineering techniques to crack copy-protection schemes and identify software targets for viruses and other malware
* Offers a primer on advanced reverse-engineering, delving into "disassembly"-code-level reverse engineering-and explaining how to decipher assembly language

CONTENTS

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Reversing
Chapter 1 Foundations
Chapter 2 Low-Level Software
Chapter 3 Windows Fundamentals
Chapter 4 Reversing Tools
Chapter 5 Beyond the Documentation
Chapter 6 Deciphering File Formats
Chapter 7 Auditing Program Binaries
Chapter 8 Reversing Malware
Chapter 9 Piracy and Copy Protection
Chapter 10 Antireversing Techniques
Chapter 11 Breaking Protections
Chapter 12 Reversing .NET
Chapter 13 Decompilation
Appendix A Deciphering Code Structures
Appendix B Understanding Compiled Arithmetic
Appendix C Deciphering Program Data

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