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Ghidra Concepts and Basic Functionality
At the core of every reverse engineers toolkit is a tool that disassembles or decompiles machine code. This course will teach you everything you need to know to get started with Ghidra, a free and open source suite of reverse engineering tools.
What you'll learn
To become effective at reverse engineering, you have to know how to utilize tools designed to disassemble and decompile code. In this course, Ghidra Concepts and Basic Functionality, you’ll learn the basics of Ghidra’s suite of software reverse engineering tools. First, you’ll explore Ghidra’s core functionality and common use cases by security professionals. Next, you’ll discover what Ghidra can, and can’t do. Finally, you’ll get hands-on with Ghidra and explore its primary features and essential navigation. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Ghidra needed to start learning this essential tool.
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About the author
Dr. Josh Stroschein is an Assistant Professor at Dakota State University where he teaches malware analysis, software exploitation, reverse engineering, and penetration testing. Josh also works as a malware analyst for Bromium, an end-point security company and is the Director of Training for the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF).