Description:

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

 

Table of Contents:

Foreword.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Reversing 101.

Chapter 1: Foundations.

Chapter 2: Low-Level Software.

Chapter 3: Windows Fundamentals.

Chapter 4: Reversing Tools.

Part II: Applied Reversing.

Chapter 5: Beyond the Documentation.

Chapter 6: Deciphering File Formats.

Chapter 7: Auditing Program Binaries.

Chapter 8: Reversing Malware.

Part III: Cracking.

Chapter 9: Piracy and Copy Protection.

Chapter 10: Antireversing Techniques.

Chapter 11: Breaking Protections.

Part IV: Beyond Disassembly.

Chapter 12: Reversing .NET.

Chapter 13: Decompilation.

Appendix A: Deciphering Code Structures.

Appendix B: Understanding Compiled Arithmetic.

Appendix C: Deciphering Program Data.

Index.