Software Reverse Engineering

Catalog description

Credits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 2 Lab Hours. Overview of the compilation mechanism to generate executable files and raw binary codes from source codes; executable file formats for an operating system to run the binary code; disassembly algorithms and control graph analysis; static and dynamic analyses; case studies on code obfuscation, codebreaking, malware analysis. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CSCE 313 or approval of instructor.