Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

Author	Eldad Eilam
Subject	Reverse engineering
Publisher	Wiley Publishing
Publication date	2005
Publication place	United States, Canada
Pages	595
ISBN	0764574817

Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering is a textbook on the subject of reverse engineering software, specifically within a Microsoft Windows environment. It covers the use of debuggers and other low-level tools for working with binaries. Of particular interest is that it uses OllyDbg in examples, and is therefore one of the few practical, modern books on the subject that uses popular, real-world tools to facilitate learning. The book is designed for independent study and does not contain problem sets, but it is also used as a course book in some university classes.

Chapter Outline

• 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.

Editions

• Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering, English, 2005. 595pp. ISBN 0764574817
• Reversing: 逆向工程揭密, Simplified Chinese, 2007. 598pp. ISBN 9787121049958