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Visual Malware Reversing - Offensive Computing

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Complexities of Reverse Engineering<br />

• Most malware is compiled Intel x86 Assembly<br />

Compiler<br />

• Machine code is more<br />

complex<br />

• Optimizations make<br />

analysis more difficult<br />

• Total code size is 1,200<br />

instructions<br />

• 118 Relevant assembly<br />

instructions<br />

• Much of machine code is<br />

compiler boiler plate<br />

Reverse Engineering<br />

C Code – 45 lines Relevant Assembly Code

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