IDAPython provides wrappers for a big chunk of IDA SDK. Still, there are some APIs that are not wrapped because of SWIG limitations or just because we didn’t get to them yet. Recently, I needed to test the get_loader_name() API which is not available in IDAPython but I didn’t want to write a full plugin […]
Read MoreOne of the new features that will be available in the next version of IDA is a trace re-player. This pseudo-debugger allows to re-play execution traces of programs debugged in IDA. The replayer debugger allows replaying traces recorded with any of the currently supported debuggers, ranging from local Linux or win32 debuggers to remote GDB targets. Currently […]
Read MoreIn this post I’ll present some new things in IDA 6.2. There’s a new control, the code viewer, some additions to forms and the introduction of timers to discuss. All these new features have been exposed to the SDK, so that our users can benefit from them too. 😉
Read MoreLast week we released IDA 6.2 and Hex-Rays Decompiler 1.6. Many of the new IDA features have been described in previous posts, but there have been notable additions in the decompiler as well. They will let you make the decompilation cleaner and closer to the original source. However, it might be not very obvious how […]
Read MoreSoon we are going to start testing the next IDA version. There will be many improvements. Some of them we have mentioned previously: Proximity view PE+ support for Bochs (64-bit PE files) UI shortcut editor Read More
Two of the new UI highlights in the upcoming IDA release are filtering capability for choosers and shortcut management. I’ll be discussing them in this post, although seeing them live in action is much nicer. 😉 Filters Filters make it possible to either show, hide or highlight one or more categories of items. But enough talk, let’s […]
Read MoreThe new IDA Pro 6.2 release will be featuring a new view called the “proximity browser” (only available in the Qt version). The proximity view
Read MoreA few weeks ago we received an electronic copy of the “IDA Pro Book, 2nd Edition”. In the second edition of his 26 chapters book, Chris Eagle did a good job updating the book and covering the latest changes in IDA Pro 6.1: the IDA Qt graphical interface is illustrated in […]
Read MoreLast month I visited the Recon conference and had a great time again. I gave a talk on C++ decompilation and how to handle it in IDA and Hex-Rays decompiler. You can get the slides here, and download the recorded talk here. Edit: for some reason the streaming version does […]
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