The Ghidra Book: The Definitive Guide

  • 9h 11m
  • Chris Eagle, Dr. Kara Nance
  • No Starch Press
  • 2020

A guide to using the Ghidra software reverse engineering tool suite.

The result of more than a decade of research and development within the NSA, the Ghidra platform was developed to address some of the agency's most challenging reverse-engineering problems. With the open-source release of this formerly restricted tool suite, one of the world's most capable disassemblers and intuitive decompilers is now in the hands of cybersecurity defenders everywhere -- and The Ghidra Book is the one and only guide you need to master it.

In addition to discussing RE techniques useful in analyzing software and malware of all kinds, the book thoroughly introduces Ghidra's components, features, and unique capacity for group collaboration. You'll learn how to:

  • Navigate a disassembly
  • Use Ghidra's built-in decompiler to expedite analysis
  • Analyze obfuscated binaries
  • Extend Ghidra to recognize new data types
  • Build new Ghidra analyzers and loaders
  • Add support for new processors and instruction sets
  • Script Ghidra tasks to automate workflows
  • Set up and use a collaborative reverse engineering environment

Designed for beginner and advanced users alike, The Ghidra Book will effectively prepare you to meet the needs and challenges of RE, so you can analyze files like a pro.

About the Authors

Chris Eagle has been reverse engineering software for 40 years. He is the author of The IDA Pro Book (No Starch Press) and is a highly sought-after provider of reverse engineering training. He has published numerous reverse engineering tools and given numerous talks at conferences such as Blackhat, Defcon, and Shmoocon.

Dr. Kara Nance is a private security consultant. She has been a professor of computer science for many years. She has served on the Honeynet Project Board of Directors and has given numerous talks at conferences around the world. She enjoys building Ghidra extensions and regularly provides Ghidra training

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Disassembly
  • Reversing and Disassembly Tools
  • Meet Ghidra
  • Getting Started with Ghidra
  • Ghidra Data Displays
  • Making Sense of a Ghidra Disassembly
  • Disassembly Manipulation
  • Data Types and Data Structures
  • Cross-References
  • Graphs
  • Collaborative SRE
  • Customizing Ghidra
  • Extending Ghidra’s Worldview
  • Basic Ghidra Scripting
  • Eclipse and Ghidradev
  • Ghidra in Headless Mode
  • Ghidra Loaders
  • Ghidra Processors
  • The Ghidra Decompiler
  • Compiler Variations
  • Obfuscated Code Analysis
  • Patching Binaries
  • Binary Differencing and Version Tracking
  • Ghidra for IDA Users
  • Resources
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