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Vulnerability fix for bTree engine

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ilfak Guilfanov

Just a quick note for all IDA users. We published a fix for potential vulnerability in IDA. Please check out https://www.hex-rays.com/vulnfix.shtml. It does not seem to be exploitable but we prefer to be on the safe side. Feel free to … Continue reading →

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Installing PIP packages, and using them from IDA on a 64-bit machine

Posted on April 30, 2013 by arnaud

Recently, one of our customers came to us asking how he should proceed to be able to install python packages, using PIP, and use those from IDA. The issue he was facing is that his system is a 64-bit Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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Recon 2012: Compiler Internals

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Igor Skochinsky

This year I again was lucky to present at Recon in Montreal. There were many great talks as usual. I combined the topic of my last year’s talk on C++ reversing and my OpenRCE article on Visual C++ internals. New … Continue reading →

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The trace replayer

Posted on January 24, 2012 by joxean

One of the new features that will be available in the next version of IDA is a trace re-player. This pseudo-debugger allows to re-play execution traces of programs debugged in IDA. The replayer debugger allows replaying traces recorded with any of … Continue reading →

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Recon 2011: Practical C++ Decompilation

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Igor Skochinsky

Last month I visited the Recon conference and had a great time again. I gave a talk on C++ decompilation and how to handle it in IDA and Hex-Rays decompiler. You can get the slides here, and download the recorded … Continue reading →

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Challenging job for software developers

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ilfak Guilfanov

We should permanently and prominently publish this ad on our site We are looking for strong software engineers to join our team and participate in the development of unique software security tools. The candidates must know low-level details of modern … Continue reading →

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IDA Pro 5.5 and Hex-Rays 1.1 have been released!

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Ilfak Guilfanov

IDA Pro 5.5 We are happy to announce a new version of IDA Pro! The major news is the new docking user interface. There are many other improvements: processor modules, file formats, analysis tweaks, well, the usual stuff. There is … Continue reading →

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Decompilation gets real

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ilfak Guilfanov

Analyzing binary executables can be a very boring activity, especially when you get used to the regular patterns. You see the same things again and again. A tool to automate the analysis or diminish the amount of text to browse … Continue reading →

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Stealth plugin

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Ilfak Guilfanov

The last time I showed you a simple trick with conditional breakpoints. Today I will present you a plugin which automates these breakpoints – to the extent that a protected malware like the Zotob worm can be unpacked.

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Welcome!

Posted on October 13, 2005 by Ilfak Guilfanov

This is the first entry in the blog.

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