The Ghidra Book: The Definitive Guide

Wonderful book, featuring loads of helpful tips, a comprehensive general overview of reverse engineering, and a thorough breakdown of every Ghidra tool one could possibly hope for.Note that while the Ghidra/RE advice is universal, the examples assume x86 architecture. This wasn’t an issue for me, but RE work involving another architecture may benefit from supplementary material.

I found this book great for getting started on an effort to reverse engineer embedded camera firmware. The authors go over the basics of Ghidra in good detail, and provide many examples from which to learn. Having had no experience with any (or other) SRE tools, I really leaned on the author's expertise in the early days. Several hundred pages in, however, the book does peter out just as it gets to the really interesting stuff. In particular, the versioning tools and use of Java-based "scripts" to develop new capabilities is covered at a very cursory level. In any case, these topics would likely require a book of their own -- possibly as a volume 2 companion to this worthy tome.

I’m really surprised at how good this book is. Real nice step by step walkthrow. It describes all the different features available and it does a very nice job of explaining how the disassembler and decompiler work. Has been very useful. I have some assembly background so the explanations make it very clear in my mind. Im enjoying this book.

Great information

Very well written and useful info that one would miss initially.

Chris Eagle and Kara Nonce's new book on Ghidra, an open source NSA made reverse engineering tool, is the definitive guide for reverse engineering and Ghidra. After reading this book, you will understand the love-hate relationship with the tool. Once again, NoStarch, Eagle, and Nance deliver an extremely readable, high-quality, and authoritative text.After its release in the Spring of 2019, Ghidra became an integral part of my malware analysis toolset. In exchange for overlooking Ghidra's origins from the US National Security Agency, you get free, vendor-drama-free licensing, and one of the best decompilers available (IDA is still better).Ghidra was developed back when Java was still a good idea, so it suffers from common pitfalls: it's slow and the UI requires patience and tolerance. The development environment is strange, especially for someone who has avoided Java like the plague.The Ghidra Book adeptly walks you through the byzantine maze of non-sensical usage of the tool. It explains the underlying mechanics of what you're doing and why you are doing it. The pro-tips from a Master Reverse Engineer can help any level of experience, from pro to aspiring. The second half of the book provides the real meat if you are coming with experience.Part I and II are a gentle introduction to reverse engineering using Ghidra, written for noob. Part III is where the magic happens, from setting up a ghidra server, to nuances with the Ghidra scripting and plugin framework. Part IV goes into the guts of how Ghidra works, thankfully enabled by open source code. Part V is my favorite, as a connosieur of malware obfuscation techniques.This book is worth the money.

This is the definitive reference for Ghidra at any skill level. Checkout the table of contents to get an idea of all the things this book unlocks for you!

Nice book contents, but too bad the cover of this book creaked and then literally came off when I opened it the first time.“No Starch Press” needs to be renamed to “No Glue Press” based on my sad experience with this Ghidra book.My hopes were crushed on the naked shores of coverless literature. I am returning it immediately for an exchange, or refund.