Where to start? Where to go? The right reversing path (?)

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Originally Posted by 0xDA7B01

(Admittedly my experience is not a lot yet, I'm new to this, but this is what I've learned so far)

I'd say that it depends on what you want to do. Why do you want to reverse in the first place? Are you doing this to learn? For fun? Something else?

If I were you I'd forgo the courses and start simple, from the fundamentals. Assuming you know how to program, the various asm variants (e.g. x86 asm) you can learn as you go by writing simple programs in e.g. C, and tools like Godbolt (godbolt.org) will display you the resulting assembly, and helpfully mark which parts of the assembly map to a given line of code.

It could also be helpful to start with reversing some older programs that interest you (e.g. retro games) using a tool like Ghidra (or IDA if you prefer). Older programs tend to be a bit easier to understand when disassembled IMHO, though that's not always the case. As you start to get a feel for the patterns and calling convention (e.g. how a function is set up in x86 asm on Windows) you can "graduate" to more advanced programs like malware, that use more advanced techniques.

Hope I helped, and most of all, have fun!

. I want to know how to bypass protections, things that I never done before. I know about reversing basic programs with GHIDRA, but I dont know entirely x64. I want to rock and have fun with ASM, and use it in the field of Binary Explotation. Since I like hardware too, I think asm will be the door to discovering hardware , and lowlevel OS internals.

Im now reading @blue_devil 's recomende book in "learning x32-64 with ubuntu", and its going quite well. I have too many courses and materials but I need to start applying to learn to them. mmmm I read The Rootkit Arsenal in the week (79 pages by now) and its very interesting has very, good references and history. Learning a lot and trying to eat more that I can.