In the 8 nights this course will run, students will walk through the basic theory and practice of Reverse Engineering. We’ll look at OS Design, assembly, object file formats, and program analysis techniques. Students will use a variety of tools including volatility, pwntools, and Ghidra

Lectures & Labs:

OS Design

Overview of Reverse Engineering
The Computing Landscape
Targets
OS Design
Device Drivers
The Kernel Interface
Filesystems
Process Management
Memory Management
Applications
Networking

x86 Assembly Code

History of x86
Development in x86 Assembly Language
Basic x86 Assembly Language
X86 Control Flow Instructions
Conditions in x86
Iteration in x86
x86 Stack Instructions
Functions in x86
Linux x86 and x64 System Calls
Shellcoding
x86 Linux Shellcoding
x64 Shellcoding

Object File Formats

Introduction to Object File Formats
Introduction to ELF
Manipulating ELF Executables
The GOT and PLT
ASLR and Position Independent Executables
ELF Code Injection
Introduction to PE