Reverse Engineering with AI

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