I would like to make some considerations on the tools that we use or will use in the Malware Analysis forum.
Reverse Engineering simply means analyzing a device or software, to learn how it's done in order to reproduce it, modify it and study it.
Reverse Engineering is not considered illegal, but it becomes illegal when, for example, we were to modify the application code to work around the system protections and unlock features.
In Malware Analysis it is possible to obtain the listing of a malware code using a disassembler or a debugger. The difference is that the disassembler prints the code of the program without executing it. The debugger instead hook Itself to the running program, allowing you to pause or resume the execution in live-mode code, view and modify registers.
In short, Debuggers, Disassemblers, hex editors and other tools are used to analyze and study the malware code with the ONLY purpose of research and information.
Any other use in this forum is absolutely forbidden according to our rules.
As always, the problem is not the tool but Its use.
Thanks.
Reverse Engineering simply means analyzing a device or software, to learn how it's done in order to reproduce it, modify it and study it.
Reverse Engineering is not considered illegal, but it becomes illegal when, for example, we were to modify the application code to work around the system protections and unlock features.
In Malware Analysis it is possible to obtain the listing of a malware code using a disassembler or a debugger. The difference is that the disassembler prints the code of the program without executing it. The debugger instead hook Itself to the running program, allowing you to pause or resume the execution in live-mode code, view and modify registers.
In short, Debuggers, Disassemblers, hex editors and other tools are used to analyze and study the malware code with the ONLY purpose of research and information.
Any other use in this forum is absolutely forbidden according to our rules.
As always, the problem is not the tool but Its use.
Thanks.
