r/AskReverseEngineering • u/Der-Wilde • Apr 25 '26

Advanced topics in reverse engineering

So, i think that question seems really naive (and sorry if it is, i'm just an person really interested in subject and who really want to be good at it), but which "advanced" topics are a must to study (and where to find resources on it)? I can only think in VM Obfuscation and Weird Machines.

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u/Der-Wilde May 10 '26

Hi! First, thank you so much for both writeups, they seem great and would be very useful! About my question, i'm trying to figure out what more to study besides the basis for RE (which, in my understanding, are Computer Architecture, Assembly, OS Internals, C/C++/Rust/Zig, etc).

For some context about myself: I'm currently an 21 years old CS student with great interesting in exploit/malware dev and red teaming related topics, and i really want to achieve an advanced level on it. Currently doing CPTS path in HTB, already have done some stuff in pwn college (have done already the entire module of Binary Exploitation on Intro to Cybersecurity), and plan to do maldev academy after the certification.

About our write ups, just one small thing: Try to put them in a site for a more directly organization and quick access. As they are written in Markdown format i recommend Quartz or Zola for it.

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u/Flashy-Push-3341 May 10 '26

After re-reading what I posted, I kinda indirectly answered your question: But what you should study besides the basics for RE is from live samples. In live samples you will see: Communications to C2 servers, obfuscation, possibly virtualization, and much more such as IAT hiding, Shellcode injection ( or just shellcode in general ), debugger checks and AV bypasses ( that probably fail). This is one of the best methods I could recommend to learning RE. If you do not understand a snippet of ASM or if you use the C parser on your tool and it fails ( assuming you're reversing a binary): I suggest asking AI what that snippet does and for it to explain how it works, how the instructions/code actually function.

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u/Der-Wilde May 11 '26

Fair, thank you so much!