A long time ago there existed a time and space where the 6502 processor was everywhere. There was no internet, there was no cell phone and the personal computer was that of a creation of pure majesty which had a target market of a few enthusiasts.
On November 20, 1985, Microsoft introduced the Windows operating environment which was nothing more than a graphical operating shell for MS-DOS.
I will spare you the rest of the history as we know how this game played out. Today, Windows is the most used desktop and laptop OS having a 76% share followed by Apple’s macOS at 16% and the remaining
ChromeOS and other Linux variants.
Like it or not Windows is the major player and throughout the years I have focused on teaching Reverse Engineering in the Linux environment so that we could focus on a more thinner and efficient development and communication with the processor.
Today we begin our journey into the Win32API. This book will take you step-by-step writing very simple Win32API’s in both x86 and x64 platforms in C and then reversing them both very carefully using the
world’s most popular Hey Rays IDA Free tool which is a stripped down version of the IDA Pro tool used in more professional Reverse Engineering environments.
