Summary

This foundational course introduces you to IDA Pro, equipping you with essential skills in binary code analysis and reverse engineering

Duration

Self-paced

Delivery mode

On-demand

Level

Beginner

Availability

Coming Spring 2026

Session 1: IDA Overview and Navigation

Approx. 1.5h
  • IDA overview using 8 or 9 series
  • Loading files into IDA
    • File format loader
    • Target processor
    • Auto analyzer
  • Main user interface
    • Main menu
    • Navigation bar
    • Status indicator
    • Analysis indicator
    • Output window
    • Command line interpreter
    • Desktop configuration
    • Command palette
    • View synchronization
  • Disassembly View
    • Text mode
    • Graph mode
    • Proximity mode
    • Navigation
    • Bookmarks
    • Hints
    • Address details window
  • Functions view
  • Pseudocode view
  • Hex view
  • Names view
  • Strings view
  • Imports view
  • Exports view
  • Segments view

Session 2: "I" in IDA is for Interactive

Approx. 2h
  • Editing data
    • Converting bytes to data
    • Builtin data types
    • Data representation
    • Strings
    • Offsets
    • Arrays
    • Patching
  • Editing code
    • Disassembler options
    • Converting bytes to code
    • Creating functions
    • Editing functions
  • Editing pseudocode
    • Renaming
    • Setting and editing builtin data types
    • Mapping and splitting variables
    • Casts
  • Undo / Redo
  • Snapshots
  • Commenting

Session 3: The IDA Type System

Approx. 1.5h
  • Creating and Editing Types
    • Standard Structures and Enums
    • Creating Structures
    • Editing Structures
    • Unions
    • Creating Enums
    • Editing Enums
    • Type libraries
    • Importing/exporting types
  • Applying Types
    • Applying types to data
    • Applying types to code
    • Applying types to pseudocode

Session 4: Various Useful IDA Tricks

Approx. 1h
  • IDA file system hierarchy
  • Using plugins
  • Decompiler tricks
    • Decompile as call
    • Skippable instructions
    • Intrinsics
    • Force decompilation
  • Working with more than one analysis target
  • Function recognition
  • Function identification
    • Signatures
    • Lumina
  • Architecture-specific tricks
  • String pools
  • Memory segments
  • Searching
    • Byte patterns
    • Wildcards
    • Regular expressions

Prerequisites

Knowledge requirements
Computer Requirements

Basics in Computer Architecture, Operating Systems and Programming (basic C and Python programming)

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