I am a mechanical engineer by education, software engineer by profession. I had developed an interest in reversing, crackmes, packers, unpackers, crypters, protectors, shellcoding, binary analysis, malware analysis, binary exploitation, computer viruses, assembly language, C and C++ languages, obfuscation, encryption, steganography, and many more — a beautiful world of reverse engineering. I used…
Every craft has its mentors, and in reverse engineering many of mine live on personal blogs rather than in classrooms. These are some of the bookmarks I keep coming back to — the writers whose work pushes me to learn more, dig deeper, and stay curious. If you are starting your own journey, I hope they inspire you the way they inspire me. dr4k0nia dr4k0nia is a developer and reverse engineer with a…
How did it get started? During my university days 15 years ago while I was studying mechanical engineering, I got introduced to a CTF contest. It was a beginner-level CTF, and as a part of the preparation kit, they handed over a bunch of resources. Among them, one was Lena’s Reversing for Newbies tutorials. Even though I was not able to complete all 40 lessons, I gained some insights on what…
I’m a mechanical engineer from NITK and a former Microsoft engineer, now working as a frontend solutions architect. I have a need to do things that are considered difficult. And I’m living a happy life alongside Bipolar Disorder and OCD.