Writing my own virtualized loader is something I’ve been wanting to do since I first read Microsoft’s deep dive on FinFisher’s multi-layered VM obfuscation back in 2018. FinFisher didn’t just use one ...

This repo is no longer active. The latest version of this test suite, which accompanies the Writing a C Compiler book, is available here. This is a set of C test programs to help you write your own ...

If 'Java' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file, you need to take a closer look at the variable paths. Usually, it's the missing Bin directory that ...

In this article, we will explore two ways of handling command-line arguments in C++: using the traditional argc and argv approach, and using the modern cxxopts library. We will show examples of both ...

TinyGo is a Go compiler intended for use in small places such as microcontrollers, WebAssembly (wasm/wasi), and command-line tools. It reuses libraries used by the Go language tools alongside LLVM to ...

Available as both an IDA plugin and a Python script, Nimfilt helps to reverse engineer binaries compiled with the Nim programming language compiler by demangling package and function names, and ...

In the previous installment in this series we looked at how to set up an Ada development environment, and how to compile and run a simple Ada application. Building upon this foundation, we will now ...

A Java compiler is a program that takes the text file work of a developer and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file. Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), ...

Linux is a versatile operating system with a vibrant community, and there are plenty of fun and quirky things you can do with it. Linux provides a lot of room for creativity and customization. In this ...

The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program. The ...

Netwide Assembler (NASM) is an assembler and dissembler for the Intel x86 architecture and is commonly used to create 16-bit, 32-bit (IA-32), and 64-bit (x86-64) programs.

Bertel is a lifelong tech enthusiast with over a decade of experience writing thousands of articles about Android devices, Linux, and more. Bertel graduated from the College of William and Mary in ...