What is Reverse Engineering?
Figuring out how systems work in order to duplicate, modify, or learn from them.
Reverse Engineering is applicable in the fields of:
- Computer Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Systems Biology
- Design
Reverse Engineers on YouTube
Recissim
RECESSIM is Latin for “moving backwards” which is what we do when we Reverse Engineer. Videos on Electrical Smart Meter Reverse Engineering / Hacking Attempts.
https://wiki.recessim.com/view/Main_Page
https://www.youtube.com/@RECESSIM/videos
BigClive
The trashiest electronic teardown and reverse engineering channel on YouTube. How to teardown, modify (and sometimes destroy) random electronic stuff with a twist of British humor.
https://www.bigclive.com/makendo.htm
https://www.youtube.com/@bigclivedotcom/
EEVBlog
“Don’t turn it on, Tear it apart!” Dave Jones is a Sydney Australian Electronics Engineer and Video Blogger with plenty of tutorial videos and a growing community.
https://www.eevblog.com/
https://www.eevblog.com/wiki/index.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L.Jones(video_blogger)
https://www.youtube.com/@EEVblog/
Zack Freedman
Zack Freedman is a Denver (formerly New York) Video Blogger covering topics that include 3D Printing, Electronics, System Design, Prototyping, and more.
https://www.voidstarlab.com/
https://hackaday.com/tag/voidstar-lab/
https://www.youtube.com/@ZackFreedman/
Ben Eater
Ben Eater is a San Francisco Bay area Systems Engineer offering tutorial-style videos about electronics, computer architecture, networking, and various other technical subjects.
https://www.eater.net/
https://www.youtube.com/@BenEater/
Reverse Engineering “Tools”
Ghidra – NSA Tool
https://ghidra-sre.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghidra
Free and Open Source Reverse Engineering tool developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.
IDA – Disassembler / Decompiler
https://hex-rays.com/ida-pro/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Disassembler
The Interactive Disassembler (IDA) is a disassembler / decompiler
Kali Linux
is the most advanced Penetration Testing Linux Distribution
“the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear”
https://www.kali.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Linux
Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering.
Kali Linux on the Microsoft Store
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PKR34TNCV07
The Kali for Windows application allows one to install and run the Kali Linux open-source penetration testing distribution natively, from the Windows 10 OS.
Notepad++
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Tabbed Notepad replacement that knows Code.
Wireshark
https://www.wireshark.org/
Packet and Protocol Capture and Analyze.