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Awesome Data Format Reverse Engineering

A curated list of awesome reverse engineering resources to make you better!

Managed by Reversing.ID for the reversing community.

Introduction

Data Format Reverse Engineering focus on representation and interpretation of structured data in stored or transmitted form.

In some cases, format reversing is done in conjunction with software which generate the data.

Table of Contents

• Resources
• Tools
  • Hex Editors
  • Format Identifier
  • Structure Parser
  • Binary Visualization
  • String Search
  • Pattern Search
  • Bundle Extractor

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Hex Editors

Hex editor lets you view/edit the binary data of a file.

Multi/cross platform

• 010 Editor
• Kaitai Struct
• wxHexEditor

Windows

• HxD
• Hex Workshop
• Hexinator

Mac OS X

• HexFiend

Format Identifier

• Binwalk

Structure Parser

• 010 Editor
• ImHex
• Kaitai Struct

Binary Visualization

• Veles
• ..cantor.dust..
• binglide

String Search

• bingrep - grep through binaries

Pattern Search

• YARA

Bundle Extractor

Game Assets

• UABE - Unity Assets Bundle Extractor
• DevXUnityUnpacker
• MultiEx Commander - multiple game resources archive.