The IDA Pro Book 2nd Edition: The Unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler

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No source code? No problem. With IDA Pro the interactive disassembler you live in a source code-optional world. IDA can automatically analyze the millions of opcodes that make up an executable and present you with a disassembly. But at that point your work is just beginning. With The IDA Pro Book youll learn how to turn that mountain of mnemonics into something you can actually use. Hailed by the creator of IDA Pro as "profound comprehensive and accurate " the second edition of The IDA Pro Book covers everything from the very first steps to advanced automation techniques. Youll find complete coverage of IDAs new Qt-based user interface as well as increased coverage of the IDA debugger the Bochs debugger and IDA scripting (especially using IDAPython). But because humans are still smarter than computers youll even learn how to use IDAs latest interactive and scriptable interfaces to your advantage. Save time and effort as you learn to: Navigate comment and modify disassembly Identify known library routines so you can focus your analysis on other areas of the code Use code graphing to quickly make sense of cross references and function calls Extend IDA to support new processors and filetypes using the SDK Explore popular plug-ins that make writing IDA scripts easier allow collaborative reverse engineering and much more Use IDAs built-in debugger to tackle hostile and obfuscated code Whether youre analyzing malware conducting vulnerability research or reverse engineering software a mastery of IDA is crucial to your success. Take your skills to the next level with this 2nd edition of The IDA Pro Book.