Reverse engineering : Hooking(Message Hooking, API Hooking)

Reverse engineering : Hooking(Message Hooking, API Hooking)

• Reverse engineering

 - Opposition to "Forward Engineering"

 - Techniques to Backtrack about the deployed system
- part of the software maintenance process

• purpose

- to understand the structure and operation principle of the program(using the disassembler / debugger )

- to fix bugs or improve functionality

- freely manipulating executable files and process memory

• uses

- Debugging and patching (Hotfix)

- Modify an application without code

- hacking

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