Software reverse engineering, the art of pulling programs apart to figure out how they work, is what makes it possible for sophisticated hackers to scour code for exploitable bugs. It's also what ...

[0xricksanchez] participated in a software reverse-engineering challenge and recently wrote up the solution, and in so doing also documented the process used to discover it. The challenge was called ...

Modern digital cameras and cell phones containing digital cameras are merely complex microprocessor systems with ever-increasing amounts of functionality. This increased functionality is spread out ...

Companies and inventors often will engage in reverse engineering to analyze an existing product for the purpose of determining how the product works. The ultimate goal is usually to make a competing ...

“Reverse engineering” has something of a negative connotation. People tend to associate it with corporate espionage or creative desperation. In reality, reverse engineering is a useful skill and a ...