Just a quick post to share the joy of having more expressiveness and freedom in IDA Pro. A few days ago we implemented a JavaScript plugin. This means that there is yet one more languauge to write scripts in IDA, and a very powerful one. All usual methods of accessing the language work: you may execute […]
Read MoreHalvar and Dennis Elser recently blogged about a serious vulnerability in the ATL libraries. A few days ago, Microsoft released an emergency “out-of-band” patch. Yes, the bug was that nasty, and since it is in a library, many MS Windows components were affected. Everyone who used the library should review their code and […]
Read MoreIDA Pro already has a function call graph facility, nonetheless it employs WinGraph32.
Read MoreIDA Pro 5.5 We are happy to announce a new version of IDA Pro! The major news is the new docking user interface. There are many other improvements: processor modules, file formats, analysis tweaks, well, the usual stuff. There is a new MS Windows Crash Dump Loader and improved Bochs debugger. The complete list of new features and bug fixes […]
Read MoreAfter many months of work, IDA Pro 5.5 is now in alpha stage and this week the beta will be out for testing.
Read MoreJust a quick note for interested parties: we prepared the new demo version of IDA Pro. The new demo includes the bochs debugger. The debugger is fully functional with just one limitation: it will become inactive after a number of commands. I prefer to tell you this in advance rather than this limitation to be […]
Read MoreWe have already published short tutorial on Windows kernel debugging with IDA and VMWare on our site, but the debugging experience can still be improved. VMWare’s GDB stub is very basic, it doesn’t know anything about processes or threads (for Windows guests), so for anything high-level we’ll need to do some extra work. We will show […]
Read MoreSince the number of debugger modules in IDA surpassed the magical number seven plus or minus two, we created a small table describing what is available and what is not: http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/debugger/index.htm Direct links to tutorials are available here: http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/idasupport.htm I know, I know – we need to add 64-bit support for all platforms, port the Bochs […]
Read MoreWhen IDA introduced debugging facilities years ago, the task of analyzing hostile code became more enriched: no more looking at static code and figuring out what it does, instead just run the malware in a virtual machine and debug it remotely, even debug just a small code […]
Read MoreI’m happy to inform you that we are entering the beta stage of IDA v5.4! In addition to numerous small and not that small improvements, the new version will have three debugger modules: bochs, gdb, and windbg, selectable on the fly (the active debugger session will be closed, though ;)) With the bochs debugger, we offer […]
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