Skip to Content
Ghidra Software Reverse Engineering for Beginners
book

Ghidra Software Reverse Engineering for Beginners

by David Álvarez Pérez
January 2021
Beginner to intermediate
322 pages
6h 9m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Ghidra Software Reverse Engineering for Beginners

Chapter 4: Using Ghidra Extensions

In this chapter, we will introduce Ghidra extensions or modules. By using Ghidra extensions, you will be able to incorporate new functionalities into Ghidra according to your needs.

Extensions are optional components that can extend Ghidra's functionality with experimental or user-contributed Ghidra plugins or analyzers. By using extensions, you can, for instance, integrate other tools into Ghidra, such as Eclipse or IDA Pro.

We will continue using the Eclipse IDE for development but we will also need to install Gradle in order to compile Ghidra extensions. Both the Ghidra program and its extensions are prepared to be built using Gradle.

By developing extensions or modules (formerly known as contribs), you ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Beginning x64 Assembly Programming: From Novice to AVX Professional

Beginning x64 Assembly Programming: From Novice to AVX Professional

Jo Van Hoey
C++ Software Design

C++ Software Design

Klaus Iglberger

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781800207974