Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

If you have always wanted to learn how software protection works and how to use x64dbg to unpack them, then this is the course for you.

This course is an introduction to Software Protection for anyone who wants to get started in this field. It is suitable for software developers who want to learn how to protect their software and also for reverse engineers who want to fix bugs where the source code is not available. You will learn how to use x64dbg to unpack Crackmes protected with packing and anti-debugging. A CrackMe is a small program designed to test a programmer's reverse engineering skills.

By the end of the course, you will be able to protect your software x64dbg debugger.

What You Will Learn

  • How to set hardware breakpoints and analyze the unpacking header stub
  • Dumping unpacked executable from memory
  • Fixing Import Address Tables (IAT) after dumping memory.
  • Modify program behaviour
  • Patching programs
  • Creating loaders for process patching
  • Learn what to do if the program cannot be unpacked
  • 3 techniques to unpack multiple protections

Program Curriculum

  • Introduction
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council

  • Introduction to Software Protection
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Downloading CrackMe 11

  • Examining the Packer Protection
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Unpacking the Packed Program

  • Patching the Dumped File

  • Introduction to Loaders
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Creating a Loader

  • Chapter 9 Quiz

  • Downloading CrackMe 12

  • Patching Anti-Debugging API Calls

  • Installing the ScyllaHide Plugin for Anti-anti-debugging

  • Using ScyllaHide to Hide the Debugger

  • Introduction to Multiple Software Protection
  • Chapter 14 Quiz

  • 3 ways to Reverse Engineer Multiple Protections

  • Technique #1: Hiding Debugger and using Loader for Process Patching

  • Technique #2: Hiding Debugger, Unpack then Patch

  • Technique #3: Hiding Debugger, then do Serial Phishing
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Instructor

Paul Chin

Paul Chin is a semi-retired college lecturer with more than 20 years’ experience in teaching computing and information technology. His interests range from reversing, coding to graphics design, apps, games development, music, health, spirituality, and well-being. In his spare time, he also plays the piano and keyboard. He enjoys teaching face-to-face and online and also loves educating and inspiring others to succeed and live the life of their dreams.

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