Ringzer0 - Reverse Engineering with Ghidra

Reverse Engineering with Ghidra

August 2022

## Abstract This is a hands-on course on using Ghidra for reverse engineering and vulnerability research. Exercises include Windows binaries, Linux binaries, and device firmware. Binaries will also be in a variety of architectures, including ARM, PowerPC, MIPS, x86, and x64. After completing this course, students will have the practical skills to use Ghidra in their day-to-day reversing tasks.

Suggested Combo:
Automated Vulnerability Research with Ghidra

## Course Topics #### Introduction * Ghidra overview * Project management * Code navigation, manipulation * Symbols, labels, bookmarks, searching * Disassembler-decompiler interaction * Patching #### Ghidra Expert Tools * Decompiler deep dive * Datatype management * Memory management * P-code * Program flow * Ghidra tools * Plugin groups #### Automation with Ghidra * Java/Jython refresher * The Ghidra FlatAPI * Development with Eclipse and the GhidraDev plugin * Analysis in Ghidra headless mode * Java-Jython interop ## Prerequisites Students are expected to have some experience with static and dynamic analysis, Linux, Windows, command line tools, shell scripting, C, and Python. Students should have the ability to do the following: * Declare an array pointer in C * Write a python script to XOR an encoded string * Perform a function trace using a debugger * Identify dead code using a disassembler ## Software requirements Students are expected to have their own computers which can run a 30GB virtual machine. A recommended hardware configuration is the following: * 50 GB of free hard disk space * 16 GB of RAM * 4 Processor cores * VMWare or Virtual Box to import an ova file

Jeremy Blackthorne

Jeremy Blackthorne [@0xJeremy](https://twitter.com/0xJeremy) is a co-founder and instructor at the Boston Cybernetics Institute (BCI). Before BCI, he was a researcher in the Cyber System Assessments group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He was the co-creator and instructor for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute courses: Modern Binary Exploitation and Malware Analysis. Jeremy has published research at various academic and industry conferences. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps with three tours in Iraq and is an alumnus of RPISEC.