How To Get Started Reverse Engineering [ Reverse Engineering AMA ]

How do I get started reverse engineering? How did our guests get started, and what are some steps you can take?

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Big thanks to all the reverse engineers who helped us put this together!

Rattle (Jesko)

Jordan (psifertex)

Karsten

Drakonia

C3rb3ru5

Josh

Dodo

Washi

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[spxr]

This has to be the best youtube channel for reverse engineers and the advice given on this video is just so true, I actually started out knowing nothing in terms of assembly but i had one important thing and that is a goal, I wanted to make a server emulator for a game I used to play as a kid and was so determined to do it that i downloaded IDA and x64dbg and just put countless hours debugging through piles of instructions that i had no clue what they meant but just like you guys said in the video simply doing it regardless is the best thing that you could do because I personally learned so many things and my dream has just come true and I made it a reality only because i pushed through it, so yeah that's actually good advice and i recommend everyone to just do it and everything else will naturally come along the way. Good Content Man I LOVE THIS CHANNEL ❤

[MalwareAnalysisForHedgehogs]

It was an awesome evening, thanks a lot for organizing it.
I was a bit overwhelmed and forgot to pay my respects to Rattle and Jordan or simply properly greet them o.O X*

[mytechnotalent]

Simply the best RE content on the web period. Right here! Happy New Years doodz!

[celophi]

It's way easier to get started reversing now. I remember the days when material like this just wasn't available, and you really had to be motivated to learn on your own. No hand holding lol.

[xbitbybit]

So thankful for you channel mate, it's a HUGE help, please keep going!

[petermackinnon]

"Being investible, " great advice!

[james_nt]

thanks man, i pick up some advice from your video, going apply it in my learning path.

[DecentralisedGames]

Lol, the doing it live almost screamed at me as "Good luck", too stoned.

[SuperBotschaft]

I'm a computer science and asked myself the same question how to start {Reverse Engineering }, in short if you already computer science like me so you need to learn assemble if you don't learn before , in order to use what you have learned to understand the instructions in the disassemblers application like x96dbg and other debugger next step you need to practice long time where this field is very time consuming to have a basic experience, the book I recommended for anyone to start with is [Mastering Reverse Engineering Re-engineer your ethical hacking skills by Reginald Wong ], this book will put your foot on the right path.

[Dulge]

Really enjoyed this, love everyone's perspective

[johtodev]

I like this podcast like setup. I listened to this on the way to work.

[joshflugel]

I became an RE kinda by chance, I was looking for my 3rd job as android dev, and I got contacted by a company that was looking for experienced android devs to train and turn them into RE.

[superdepressif]

thank you for this kind of content, RE seems hard to get into

[writecompiler]

i already have the right hair style for RE

[speedymemes]

I would basically just tell people to start with PMA and go from there. Would love to see some other books people suggest too though.

[ProjectBimmers]

How to get started into talking a bunch of bull crap should be what this video is called.

[wermair]

Who the hell wants to be reverse engineer? NO ONE! Everybody wants to be L33t G1g4Ch4D H4ck3rS

[allurbase]

Yeah not Java unless you are comfortable wearing a suit while coding.