Software (De)-Obfuscation

What do games developer, financial institutions and malware authors have in common? They want to make their software more difficult to analyze; they want it to be more resilient to reverse engineering.

Code obfuscation describes a set of techniques which aim to impede reverse engineering. Contrary, code deobfuscation techniques transform the obfuscated code into a simpler representation which is easier to understand.

In this training, we will get to know state-of-the-art code obfuscation techniques and have a look at how these complicate reverse engineering. Afterwards, we will gradually become familiar with different deobfuscation techniques and use them to break the obfuscation schemes in hands-on sessions. Thereby, participants will deepen their knowledge in program analysis and learn when and how (not) to use different techniques.