Reverse Engineering

Course guarantor:

Josef Kokeš

Lecturer:

Josef Kokeš

Tutor:

Josef Kokeš

Supervisor:

Department of Information Security

Synopsis:

Students will learn fundamentals of reverse engineering of computer software (methods of executing and initializing programs, organization of executable files, work with third-party libraries). Special attention will be paid to C ++. Students will also become familiar with the principles of debugging tools, disassemblers and obfuscation methods. Finally, the course will focus on code compression and decompression and executable file reconstruction.

Requirements:

Very good knowledge of C, C++. Basic knowledge of programming in assembler/machine code.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to reverse engineering

2. Analysis of a program's flow

3. Analysis of C++ classes

4. Disassembling and obfuscation

5. Compiler recognition

6. Debugging and anti-debugging

7. Malware

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction to debuggers and assembler

2. Basic function analysis, stack frame

3. Reverse engineering tools

4. PE file structure, Import Address Table

5. Type information analysis

6. Analysis of obfuscated programs

7. Advanced obfuscation techniques

8. Reconstruction of packed files

9. Antidebugging

10. Code injection

11. Reverse analysis of high level languages

Study Objective:

After he/she had completed the course, the student will be able to independently perform reverse analyses of binary executable files on the MS Windows platform, including analyzing obfuscated files (i.e. malware).

Study materials:

[1] Eilam, E.: Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering. Wiley. 2005. 987-0-7645-7481-8.

[2] Eagle, C.: The IDA Pro Book: The unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler. No Starch Press. 2011. 987-1-59327-289-0.

[3] Seacord, R. C.: Secure Coding in C and C++. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2013. 987-0-321-82213-0.

[4] Russinovich M. - Solomon D. A. - Ionescu A.: Windows Internals Part 1. Microsoft Press. 2012. 987-0-7356-4873-9.

[5] Russinovich M. - Solomon D. A. - Ionescu A.: Windows Internals Part 2. Microsoft Press. 2012. 987-0-7356-6587-3.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
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Tue	roomT9:345 Kokeš J. 16:15–17:45 ODD WEEK (lecture parallel1) Dejvice roomT9:345 Kokeš J. 18:00–19:30 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice
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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Master specialization Software Engineering, in English, 2021 (elective course)
• Master specialization Computer Security, in English, 2021 (PS)
• Master specialization Computer Systems and Networks, in English, 2021 (elective course)
• Master specialization Design and Programming of Embedded Systems, in English, 2021 (elective course)
• Master specialization Computer Science, in English, 2021 (VO)
• Master specialization Computer Science, in English, 2024 (VO)