This hands-on guide teaches you how to tackle the topics of binary analysis and instrumentation with the aim of becoming proficient in an area typically only mastered by a small group of expert hackers. Dennis Andriesse presents advanced binary analysis topics, such as binary instrumentation, dynamic taint analysis, and symbolic execution, in an accessible way. It will take you from basic concepts to state-of-the-art methods as you dig into topics like code injection, disassembly, dynamic taint analysis, and binary instrumentation.

Author: Dennis Andriesse
Publisher: No Starch Press
Date: December 2018
Pages: 456
ISBN: 978-1593279127
Print: 1593279124
Kindle: B07BPKWJVT
Audience: Security engineers, hackers, and those with a basic working knowledge of C/C++ and x86-64.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Category: Security

Contents include:

• Parse ELF and PE binaries and build a binary loader with libbfd
• Use data-flow analysis techniques like program tracing, slicing, and reaching definitions analysis to reason about runtime flow of your programs
• Modify ELF binaries with techniques like parasitic code injection and hex editing
• Build custom disassembly tools with Capstone
• Use binary instrumentation to circumvent anti-analysis tricks commonly used by malware
• Apply taint analysis to detect control hijacking and data leak attacks
• Use symbolic execution to build automatic exploitation tools

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