Certified Reverse Engineer (CRE) – Best Cyber Security Institute in Kolkata

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The Certified Reverse Engineer (CRE) certification is a professional qualification designed for cybersecurity professionals, malware analysts, forensic investigators, and software engineers who specialize in dissecting and analyzing software, binaries, and malware to understand their behavior, functionality, and vulnerabilities. Reverse engineering involves deconstructing a program or application to uncover its design, logic, and source code—critical skills for uncovering hidden threats, debugging, or enhancing software security.

Course Content

Introduction to Reverse Engineering

Fundamentals of reverse engineering and its applications.
Overview of software and hardware architecture.

Setting Up the Reverse Engineering Environment

Assembly Language and Machine Code

Static Analysis Techniques

Dynamic Analysis Techniques

Malware Analysis

Anti-Reversing Techniques and Bypassing

Vulnerability Research and Binary Exploitation

Reverse Engineering Mobile Applications and IoT Firmware

Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Advanced Reverse Engineering Techniques

Reporting and Documentation

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Course Content

Introduction to Reverse Engineering

Fundamentals of reverse engineering and its applications.

Overview of software and hardware architecture.

Setting Up the Reverse Engineering Environment

Installing and configuring tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, and x64dbg.

Setting up isolated environments using virtual machines and sandboxes.

Assembly Language and Machine Code

Basics of assembly language for x86 and x64 architectures.

Understanding machine instructions, registers, and memory addressing.

Static Analysis Techniques

Decompiling and disassembling binaries.

Reading and interpreting control flow graphs (CFGs).

Analyzing executable file formats like PE (Windows) and ELF (Linux).

Dynamic Analysis Techniques

Using debuggers to trace code execution.

Observing runtime behavior and system calls.

Analyzing memory and identifying runtime vulnerabilities.

Malware Analysis

Identifying malware behavior using reverse engineering.

Unpacking and decrypting packed or obfuscated malware.

Analyzing command-and-control (C2) mechanisms and persistence techniques.

Anti-Reversing Techniques and Bypassing

Anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques used by software.

Methods to bypass protections like VM detection, code obfuscation, and anti-dumping.

Vulnerability Research and Binary Exploitation

Discovering vulnerabilities in software binaries.

Exploiting vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflows, heap overflows).

Writing custom exploits and crafting payloads.

Reverse Engineering Mobile Applications and IoT Firmware

Analyzing Android APKs and iOS binaries for vulnerabilities.

Extracting and analyzing IoT firmware for security issues.

Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Recovering deleted files and analyzing memory dumps.

Investigating malicious binaries and identifying rootkits.

Advanced Reverse Engineering Techniques

Code deobfuscation and unpacking advanced packers.

Reverse engineering complex algorithms and encryption methods.

Reporting and Documentation

Preparing detailed analysis reports for reverse engineering findings.

Providing actionable recommendations for remediation or improvement.

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