-thethingy- | Ida Pro Advanced Edition

Do you have your own "-thethingy-" horror story? Drop a comment below. What’s the strangest binary you’ve ever dropped into IDA?

Let’s talk about the elephant in the hex dump. The $3,000+ gorilla. The piece of software that has made grown malware analysts weep into their coffee and sent exploit developers on spiritual journeys through x86 hell. IDA PRO ADVANCED EDITION -thethingy-

Inside the Abyss: Why IDA Pro Advanced Edition is Still “TheThingy” That Haunts and Heals Reverse Engineers Do you have your own "-thethingy-" horror story

Ghidra is free and getting better every day. Radare2 is for the terminal wizards. But IDA Pro Advanced is the craft . It is the leather-bound, gold-leafed, slightly terrifying grimoire that sits on the desk of every senior malware analyst at every three-letter agency and every Fortune 500 security team. Let’s talk about the elephant in the hex dump

So next time someone hands you a USB stick and says, “Hey, can you look at -thethingy- ?”, you know what to do.