Reversing software code is often perceived as a shady activity or straight-up hacking. But in fact, you can use reverse engineering ethically to research commercially available products, enhance ...

Understanding how hardware and firmware/software work together to perform desired functions or tasks is an important enabler to unlocking the value of intellectual properties in the systems (including ...

Researchers with a DARPA-led team are looking into new ways to combat reverse engineering by using obfuscation to tidy up shoddy commercial and government security. Researchers with a DARPA-led team ...

Google has announced the release of security software BinDiff for free. In a blog post on Monday, Google software engineer Christian Blichmann said the software, a creation of zynamics-- which was ...

I am the founder and CEO of Apriorit, a software development company that provides engineering services globally to tech companies. As the leader of a software engineering company, I know how a ...

Breaking down the true cost of software tools in the context of reverse engineering and debugging may not be as clear-cut as it appears. When sourcing software for business needs, what criteria should ...

Software reverse engineering, the art of pulling programs apart to figure out how they work, is what makes it possible for sophisticated hackers to scour code for exploitable bugs. It's also what ...

In this excerpt, from Chapter 3 of their new book Exploiting Software, authors Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw explain the concepts and methods of reverse engineering and the tools that can be used to ...

AI in software engineering— a loose, vibes-based approach has given way to a systematic approach to managing how AI systems ...

Demand for programmers has surged since 2008. Programmers rarely have trouble finding a job, and college students are flocking to computer science as a safe route to employment. During a week of ...