This book is a no-nonsense, hands-on guide to getting to the bottom of how real software works from the inside out, with an AI assistant there to help you at every step. All of this is done across eleven projects, where you take apart a mystery binary, recover a hidden algorithm, open an undocumented file format, map mobile and web backends, defeat obfuscation and anti-analysis, reverse a live network protocol, and rebuild a feature lawfully through clean-room practice.
The theme of this book is that every chapter is like a total reversal experiment, and you can see the results for all of them. Whether it's a working parser, a reproduced request, a client that speaks the protocol, or a reimplementation that's been validated, it's all there for you to test out. The book teaches you to drive Ghidra, IDA Pro, JADX and Frida through Claude, turning raw machine code into readable logic, and to always verify the assistant's output against ground truth rather than trusting it blindly.
Key Learnings
Set up AI-assisted reversing lab with Ghidra, Claude, and MCP bridge.
Turn stripped machine code into readable logic.
Recover hidden algorithms and reimplement in Python.
Map mobile and web backends, recovering endpoints, authentication, and signing logic.
Defeat packing, anti-debugging, and string encryption to reach protected code.
Reverse live network protocols dynamically using Frida hooking and traffic capture.
Rebuild features through clean-room specification, validation, and provenance records.
Drive Ghidra, IDA Pro, JADX, and Frida through Claude confidently.
Automate and scale reverse engineering across binaries with Claude Code.
Table of Content
Getting Started with 1st Reverse
Recovering Hidden Algorithm
Cracking Open Proprietary File Format
DIssecting Trial and Licensing Workflow
Reversing Managed Application
Mapping Backend of a Mobile App
Reconstructing Private API of a Web App
Defeating Obfuscation and Anti-Analysis
Reversing Live Protocol with Dynamic Analysis
From Understanding to Clean-Room Rebuild
Reversing at Scale with Claude Code
