Στη διάσκεψη ασφάλειας RSA, η Εθνική Υπηρεσία Ασφάλειας (National Security Agency ή NSA), κυκλοφόρησε το Ghidra, ένα δωρεάν εργαλείο αντίστροφης μηχανικής (reverse engineering tool) which the organization has been using internally for over a decade.
The tool is ideal for software engineers, but it will be especially useful for malware analysts.
The NSA plan was to release Ghidra so that security researchers can get used to working with him before applying for positions to the NSA or other government intelligence agencies with which NSA has previously handed Ghidra.
Ghidra is for now available για λήψη μόνο μέσω της επίσημης ιστοσελίδας του, αλλά η NSA σχεδιάζει επίσης να κυκλοφορήσει σύντομα και τον πηγαίο κώδικα υπό την άδεια open code to GitHub.
The NSA notified it launching the tool for the first time at the beginning of the year, and many were waiting for it. The reason is that Ghidra is a free alternative to IDA Pro, a similar reverse engineering tool that costs thousands of dollars a year.
With the free NSA application, most expect that Guidera will take a large part of the market share of reverse engineering tools within a few weeks, as the first reviews by users are very positive.
In terms of its technical features, Ghidra is coded in Java, has a graphical user interface (GUI) and works in Windows, Mac and Linux.
According to Rob Joyce, a senior adviser at the National Security Agency and the NSA official who announced the tool's release yesterday at congress of RSA, Ghidra can analyze binaries written for a wide variety of architectures and can easily be extended with even more.
The installation of the application is very simple and the only requirement is a version of the Java Development Kit 11 or a newer version needed to run the application's GUI.
In addition to an installation guide, the app's manual also features beginner, intermediate, and advanced tutorials to help users get used to the graphical interface of the tool, which is very different from any other similar tool.
Already a user of IDA Pro? There is no problem, there is a guide for this too.
Do you need a cheatsheet keyboard shortcuts? There is no problem, there is one that is hosted online, here.
Do not you like the bright GUI? no problem, there is a dark theme that can be changed by the settings.
More information and downloading the app
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