Reversing software code is often perceived as a shady activity or straight-up hacking. But in fact, you can use reverse engineering ethically to research commercially available products, enhance ...
When most people think of reverse engineering, they probably have thoughts of disassembling some high-tech component or software code and learning what makes it tick, and then creating knockoffs for ...
Most organizations track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to stay aligned with strategic goals—but what if we’ve been using them backward? Instead of treating KPIs as static metrics or top-down ...
WHEN MOST PEOPLE think of reverse engineering, they probably have thoughts of disassembling some high-tech component or software code and learning what makes it tick, and then creating knock-offs for ...
Opening up things, see how they work, and make them do what you want are just the basic needs of the average hacker. In some cases, a screwdriver and multimeter will do the job, but in other cases a ...
Often, when there’s talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money. There’s the unending debate, for example, ...
Recently a client asked me for advice on setting up a reverse engineering project. The company had just hired a senior engineer from a competitor that had pulled ahead of them the year before with the ...
The National Security Agency (NSA), the same agency that brought you blockbuster malware Stuxnet, has now released Ghidra, an open-source reverse engineering framework, to grow the number of reverse ...
Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...