Day 20 - Peeking Under the Hood: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering
What's up, fellow cyber adventurers! It's Day 20 of our 30-day challenge, and after an intense couple of weeks with CTFs, crypto, and hacking fundamentals, it's time to venture into a topic that sounds like it's straight out of a spy movie: Reverse Engineering . Honestly, the name itself is pretty cool, right? It makes you think of taking apart some high-tech gadget to see how it works. And you know what? That's not far from the truth, except we'll be doing it with software. So, What Exactly is Reverse Engineering? In the simplest terms, reverse engineering (often abbreviated as 'RE') is the process of taking something apart to see how it works. In the world of cybersecurity, we're usually talking about deconstructing a piece of software or a digital file when we don't have the source code. Think of it like being given a slice of a secret-recipe cake and trying to figure out all the ingredients and the baking instructions just by examinin...
