Category Archives: IDA Pro

Loading your own modules from your IDAPython scripts with idaapi.require()

Posted on May 6, 2013 by arnaud

TL;DR If you were using import to import your own “currently-in-development” modules from your IDAPython scripts, you may want to use idaapi.require(), starting with IDA 6.5. Rationale When using IDAPython scripts, users were sometimes facing the following issue Specifically: User … 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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Calling IDA APIs from IDAPython with ctypes

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Igor Skochinsky

IDAPython provides wrappers for a big chunk of IDA SDK. Still, there are some APIs that are not wrapped because of SWIG limitations or just because we didn’t get to them yet. Recently, I needed to test the get_loader_name() API … Continue reading →

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Code viewer, forms & timers

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Daniel Pistelli

In this post I’ll present some new things in IDA 6.2. There’s a new control, the code viewer, some additions to forms and the introduction of timers to discuss. All these new features have been exposed to the SDK, so … Continue reading →

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IDA Pro 6.2 beta

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Igor Skochinsky

Soon we are going to start testing the next IDA version. There will be many improvements. Some of them we have mentioned previously: Proximity view PE+ support for Bochs (64-bit PE files) UI shortcut editor Filters in choosers Database snapshots … Continue reading →

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Filters & Shortcuts

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Daniel Pistelli

Two of the new UI highlights in the upcoming IDA release are filtering capability for choosers and shortcut management. I’ll be discussing them in this post, although seeing them live in action is much nicer. Filters Filters make it possible … Continue reading →

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New feature in IDA 6.2: The proximity browser

Posted on August 8, 2011 by joxean

The new IDA Pro 6.2 release will be featuring a new view called the “proximity browser” (only available in the Qt version).

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Book review: IDA Pro Book, 2nd Edition

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Elias Bachaalany

A few weeks ago we received an electronic copy of the “IDA Pro Book, 2nd Edition”. In the second edition of his 26 chapters book, Chris Eagle did a good job updating the book and covering the latest changes in … 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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IDA Pro 6.2 with database snapshots support

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Elias Bachaalany

The most frequently asked question we get during the IDA Pro trainings, on the support forum or via support emails is: “When will IDA Pro support the undo feature?” or “How can I undo an operation in IDA Pro”. Our … Continue reading →

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