reverse engineering and exploit development in linux(x64)

computer architecture, file structure, assembly and c programming language, reverse engineering and exploit development

Created by: mohamad gharishvandi
Master of Science in Electronics engineering

What Will I Learn?

• computer architecture
• assembly langauge
• c programming language
• reverse engineering
• exploit development
• memory organization
• file structure
• file structure in linux
• elf files
• segment and section headers in elf files
• the txt, the bmp header files
• headers of images
• executables in linux
• transistors in computer
• nmos vs pmos transistor
• transistor circuits with dc and ac inputs
• creating not gates using nmos and pmos transistors
• creating nand gates using nmos and pmos transistors
• creating memory bit using nand gates
• decoder
• creating ram using nand gates from scratch
• what are multiplexers and why we need them
• the data path in a computer
• control unit of a cpu
• creating an alu from scratch
• turing complete machine
• why computers are fast
• why computers are strong
• system calls in linux
• disassembling the .text section
• creating programs in assembly language
• the comparing of assembly, python and c
• jumps and conditional jumps in assembly
• jz,jnz,je,jne,jc,jnc in assembly language
• functions and procedures in assembly
• format specifiers in c
• variables in c
• pointers in c
• stepping through c programs using gdb
• compiling c programs into their assembly counterpart
• stack layout of programs in c
• memory layout of programs in c
• pointers in memory and stack
• create a function like printf in c
• create a function like strcmp in c
• comparing strings in c
• creating a static library in c
• creating a shared library in c
• static library vs shared library in c
• reverse engineering a malware
• arguments passing and function calling

Requirements

• having kali linux(or another linux) installed
• knowing basic commands of linux(not completely necessary since we explain about everything).

Target audience

• all the beginner and advanced students who want to be real hackers and know the science behind the scenes
• penetration testers wanting to get their skills to an independent level
• programmers interested in security