Richard Azu

Experienced in the deployment of voice and data over the 3 media; radio, copper and fibre, Richard – a system support technician with First National Bank Ghana Limited is still looking for ways to derive benefit from the WDM technology in Optics. Using Kali as a springboard, he has developed an interest in digital forensics and penetration testing.
Richard Azu

Articles from Richard Azu

Reverse engineering

Stacks and Heap

March 1, 2021

Memory is a crucial resource for any system when conducting reverse engineering. Malware analysts must understand the way memory is assigned to a program.

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Reverse engineering

Arrays, Structs and Linked Lists

January 4, 2021

Reverse engineering is the practice of analyzing a software system, either in whole or in part, to extract design and implementation information 1. This arti

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How to use Radare2 for reverse engineering

July 31, 2020

This article defines reverse-engineering as it is used in the analysis of software. We will explain in detail how to use radare2 for reverse engineering.

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Windows Internals for Malware Analysis

April 21, 2020

Introduction This article defines Windows internals and illustrates tools which can be used to explore Windows internal systems. We’ll be defining malware a

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Logical instructions in x86

March 31, 2020

This article defines logical instructions as executed by x86 processors. It goes on to describe four key classifications of logical instructions in brief.

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Networking Basics for Reverse Engineers

March 31, 2020

Introduction This article will define network reverse engineering, list tools used by reverse engineers for reverse engineering and then highlight the networ

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How to configure VPN in Windows 10

March 30, 2020

This article defines Virtual Private Network (VPN) and the three basic connection types of VPN: remote user, third-party to mask source IP and user activitie

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Arithmetic Instructions

March 26, 2020

Introduction This article defines arithmetic instructions as executed by x86 processors. It goes on to describe in brief, four key classifications of arithme

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Secure coding

Instructions in x86 assembly

March 3, 2020

Introduction This article will define three main categories of instructions in the x86 architecture. It will give examples in each of these categories and t

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Secure coding

Registers in x86 assembly

September 19, 2019

Introduction This article will define three key types of registers in the x86 architecture and then go on to show simulations of registers’ contents after s

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Operands in x86 assembly

September 19, 2019

Introduction This article defines an operand as it is used in x86 assembly instructions. It goes on to explain in detail, using simulations, three modes by

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Assembly Basics

August 15, 2019

Introduction This article gives details about assembly programming for the Intel 8086 microprocessor. It also presents very clear details by providing exampl

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