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hackarcana.com ← check out my courses and CTF challenges
Better ZIP, Wired CSV, Back to the BASICs
--- Links:
hackarcana.com ← my courses, articles, and CTF challenges
discord.gg/hackarcana ← hackArcana discord
https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/discord ← my / Paged Out! discord
https://pagedout.institute/ ← my Paged Out! magazine
https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/ ← my blog
https://bsky.app/profile/gynvael.bsky.social ← my Bluesky
--- Music in intro/outro:
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soundcloud.com/nervous_testpilot
nervoustestpilot.bandcamp.com
Stellardrone - Between the Rings
stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-rings
soundcloud.com/stellardrone/between-the-rings
youtube.com/@StellardroneMusic
--- Team:
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![Gynvaels [EN] Talk: Practical RE tips (Ranchoddas Series 2)
*** Full title:
Data, data, data! I cant make bricks without clay. A few practical notes on reverse-engineering.
The talk was done as part of Garage4Hackers Ranchoddas Series.
http://www.garage4hackers.com/
*** Slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1g50LuOfLRmOhgJHzNuia1rBVOmrrjUg3FePzav9zbko/edit
*** Sources, scripts, etc:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5y5AGVPzpIOb0V6M1NONlRwMEk&usp=sharing
*** Timestamps (credit: Impuls)
0:00 Intro, sponsors
3:45 Data, data, data! I cant make bricks without clay
4:28 And you are...?
6:18 Whats this all about?
7:30 TIP1 If asm is weird/hard, try translating to C
11:40 TIP2 Trace things
11:50 JMP spaghetti crackme
17:02 RarVM and CTFs
20:40 TIP3 Unknown arch? - Annotate instructions
24:35 TIP4 Dont rely on tools. Make your own
25:48 Disassembly engines and when to use them
28:40 Quick explanation whats ROP
30:32 Why make your own ROP gadget finder. Mixer CTF task
33:40 32/64 mode switching CTF task
37:12 Windows debug API
40:56 CPU specific (x86) debug features
43:55 TIP5 x86 runs on x86 (windows ↔ linux) + demo
53:30 GDB is your friend even if you date Olly
56:55 GDB scripting in Python
57:55 OCAML crackme GDB script
1:02:01 TIP6 Insider technique - attach when unpacked
1:05:30 Insider technique demo
1:06:49 TIP7 Paimei Stalker - locating funcs by elimination
1:14:17 TIP8 Monitor the environment (ltrace, strace, PM)
1:17:29 TIP9 GNU/Linux gotchas
1:18:32 RuCTF mixer task, dealing with linker
1:27:40 TIP10 Just be lazy. Treat a function as a blackbox
1:35:50 Know your own tools
1:36:45 Reversing takes time
1:37:27 Entropy is a good recon tool
1:39:12 Symbols and signatures speed up reversing
1:40:40 The end Gynvaels [EN] Talk: Practical RE tips (Ranchoddas Series 2)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jk5Yad598vs/mqdefault.jpg)
