Binary reverse engineering is a critical skill in the infosec world, from verifying crypto algorithms to finding and analyzing vulnerabilities and writing exploits. This often requires a balance of experience and intuition that only comes from practice. Our workshop will delve into the dark art of disassembly and provide participants with the tools and techniques required to practice it and develop the percieved ""sixth sense"" that accompanies expert reverse engineers.
All examples in the workshop will be implemented in 32-bit x86 assembly, and some experience programming in a high-level language is assumed (preferably C/C++). Examples will be performed on the Linux operating system, although many techniques will convey to any platform. It is also assumed that participants understand the legal risks associated with reverse engineering.
Ben Demick is a Senior Lead Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton with over 6 years of experience reversing embedded systems and doing embedded development. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Clarkson University, an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and has been an instructor with Booz Allen's internal software reverse engineering program for the last 3 years.