Reverse engineering – an overview of tools and their role in cyber security

19 July 2024 2 minutes Author: Cyber Witcher

Reverse engineering tools play a key role in many fields, such as software development, information security, malware analysis, and research and education. The article is devoted to an overview of modern reverse engineering tools used for software analysis, debugging, and development. We provide detailed descriptions of various popular tools, both proprietary and open source, for various operating systems such as Windows, GNU/Linux, and macOS.

Reverse engineering tools

Interactive Disassembler

Proprietary multiprocessor disassembler and debugger for Windows, GNU/Linux or macOS; also has a free version IDA Free.

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rVMI

A debugger on steroids; checking userspace processes, kernel drivers, and preboot environments in one tool.

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Binwalk

A fast and easy-to-use tool for analyzing, reverse engineering and extracting firmware images.

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Radare2

A cross-platform open source reverse engineering framework.

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X64dbg

An open source x64/x32 debugger for Windows.

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Capstone

A lightweight multi-platform disassembly framework with multiple architectures.

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PyREBox

Python Reverse Engineering Script Sandbox from Cisco-Talos.

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Medusa

A cross-platform interactive open source interactive disassembler.

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OllyDbg

An x86 debugger for Windows binaries that focuses on binary code analysis.

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Frida

A dynamic toolkit for developers, reverse engineers and security researchers.

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Voltron

An extensible debugger UI toolkit written in Python.

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Plasma

Disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. Generates indented pseudocode with color coded syntax.

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Peda

Help with Python Exploit development for GDB.

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Evan’s debugger

An OllyDbg-like debugger for GNU/Linux.

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WDK/WinDbg

A set of Windows and WinDbg drivers.

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