Cool Software and Tools
- Ghidra – Open-source reverse engineering suite developed by the NSA. Feature-rich and solid alternative to IDA Pro.
- IDA Pro – My default for binary analysis, but pricey unless you "find" it elsewhere.
- x64dbg – Open-source debugger for Windows, great for cracking and patching executables.
- Radare2 – Powerful CLI reverse engineering framework, but takes some time to master.
- Cutter – GUI frontend for Radare2, making it more user-friendly.
- Inno Setup Unpacker – Extracts Inno Setup installers so you can mess with their contents.
- lolz – Insane compression tool by ProFrager, often used for extreme binary shrinking and data shrinking.
- mini-compressor - Toolset for most repacking games. It has included with Masked Compression v3.0 now. Which mean you can compress any games what you want.
- UPX – The classic executable packer/unpacker.
- ReClass.NET – .NET decompiler and debugger, great for modifying C# applications.
- Frida – Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for messing with running applications.