Ida-Pro on P01NT

RE Toolkit: Disassemblers & Debuggers

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0300

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Having completed the basic analysis (Basic Analysis), we proceed to the advanced analysis (Advanced Analysis). In this article, we examine the principal disassembler and debugger tools employed to analyze binaries, providing a concise and rapid overview. During hands-on application, these tools will be explored in greater depth and detail.

Disassemblers

These tools are used to read a program without executing it (Static Analysis), analogous to reading a map to identify directions and terrain before commencing a journey.

Static Lab

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0300

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In this article, we will solve a simple lab challenge that relies entirely on static analysis (Static Analysis). The objective here is to apply the concepts learned previously to decrypt the flag hidden within the program.

Lab environment setup: You may download the executable for this lab from the following link 5t4t1c_cr4ckm3 in the course repository. The archive password is: p01nt

To open this file you must open it inside a VM. Although I am the one who designed this file, never trust the cyber community. We will run the file with the following command

Flare-On 2015: Solving Challenge 1

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0300

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In this article, we are going to solve the first challenge of Flare-On (2015). As usual, we will rely on the Learning-by-Doing methodology and the Just-in-Time Learning approach.

1. Downloading and Running the Challenge

First, we download the challenge from the official website: flare-on.com

Archive password: flare.

Let’s start by running the file we have in front of us:

Figure (1): Running the file for the first time