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 <section class="slide level1">
 
 <h3 id="strings">Strings</h3>
-<p><img src="./defined-strings-menu.png" alt="Open the Defined Strings Menu" width="50%" height="auto"></p>
+<p><img src="./images/defined-strings-menu.png" alt="Open the Defined Strings Menu" width="50%" height="auto"></p>
 <p>Strings can not only be located in data but also in other code
 segments, sometimes obfuscated</p>
 </section>
@@ -180,6 +244,118 @@ on tryhackme</a></li>
 <li class="fragment">Download firmware of your favorite IoT
 appliances</li>
 </ul>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h2 id="a-word-on-binary-obfuscation">A Word On Binary Obfuscation</h2>
+<p>Software Obfuscation was born in 1984 at the <a
+href="https://ioccc.org/">International Obfuscated C Code
+Contest</a></p>
+<p><img src="./images/donut.gif" alt="A donut as code compiles to a spinning donut by Jim Hague" width="50%" height="auto"></p>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h3 id="what-exactly-might-be-obfuscated-in-your-code">What Exactly
+might be Obfuscated in Your Code?</h3>
+<section>
+<a
+href="https://cybersecurity.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s42400-020-00049-3.pdf">Layered
+obfuscation: a taxonomy of software obfuscation techniques for layered
+security by Hui Xu et. al</a>
+</section>
+<section>
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment">Code Element Layers
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment">Layout</li>
+<li class="fragment">Controls</li>
+<li class="fragment">Data</li>
+<li class="fragment">Methods</li>
+<li class="fragment">Classes</li>
+</ul></li>
+</ul>
+</section>
+<section>
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment">Component
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment">Library Calls</li>
+<li class="fragment">Used Resources</li>
+</ul></li>
+<li class="fragment">Application Layer
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment">DRM System</li>
+<li class="fragment">Neural Networks</li>
+</ul></li>
+</ul>
+</section>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h2 id="techniques-of-obfuscation">Techniques of Obfuscation</h2>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h3 id="splitting-merging-of-strings">Splitting &amp; Merging of
+Strings</h3>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">a</span> = <span class="st">&quot;BABE&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-2"><a href="#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">b</span> = <span class="st">&quot;CAFFEE&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-3"><a href="#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">f</span><span class="st">&quot;{b}{a}&quot;</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/mandiant/flare-floss/">String
+Deobfuscation with FLOSS</a></p>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h2 id="packing">Packing</h2>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>            <span class="ex">ooooo</span>     ooo  ooooooooo.  ooooooo  ooooo</span>
+<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>            <span class="kw">`</span><span class="ex">888</span><span class="st">&#39;     `8&#39;</span>  <span class="kw">`</span>888   <span class="kw">`</span><span class="ex">Y88.</span> <span class="kw">`</span>8888    d8<span class="st">&#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb2-3"><a href="#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">             888       8    888   .d88&#39;</span>   Y888..8P</span>
+<span id="cb2-4"><a href="#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>             <span class="ex">888</span>       8    888ooo88P<span class="st">&#39;     `8888&#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb2-5"><a href="#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>             <span class="ex">888</span>       8    888           .8PY888.</span>
+<span id="cb2-6"><a href="#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>             <span class="kw">`</span><span class="ex">88.</span>    .8<span class="st">&#39;    888          d8&#39;</span>  <span class="kw">`</span>888b</span>
+<span id="cb2-7"><a href="#cb2-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>               <span class="kw">`</span><span class="ex">YbodP</span><span class="st">&#39;     o888o       o888o  o88888o</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p><a href="https://upx.github.io/">UPX Packer/Unpacker</a></p>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h3 id="mangling">Mangling</h3>
+<section>
+<pre><code data-trim data-noescape>
+c++filt
+_ZNSt7__cxx1114collate_bynameIcEC2ERKNS_12basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEm
+std::__cxx11::collate_byname<char>::collate_byname(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char,
+std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, unsigned long)
+</code></pre>
+</section>
+<section>
+<a href="https://demangler.io/" alt="demangler">Online Demangler</a>
+</section>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h3 id="code-elements">Code Elements</h3>
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment">Adding Unnecessary Instructions</li>
+<li class="fragment">Changing Control Flows</li>
+<li class="fragment">Protecting Data</li>
+</ul>
+<p><img src="./images/spaghetti.jpg" alt="Convoluted Code" width="30%" height="30%"></p>
+</section>
+<section class="slide level1">
+
+<h3 id="deobfuscation-tools">Deobfuscation Tools</h3>
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment">DotNet
+<ul>
+<li class="fragment"><a href="https://github.com/de4dot/de4dot">de4dot
+Deobfuscator and Unpacker</a></li>
+<li class="fragment"><a href="https://github.com/dnSpy/dnSpy">dnSpy
+Debugger and Assembly Editor</a></li>
+<li class="fragment"><a
+href="https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy">ILSpy Decompiler instead of
+Ghidra</a></li>
+</ul></li>
+</ul>
 </section>
     </div>
   </div>

introduction-to-reverse-engineering/reverse_engineering.md

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ That's how you get to know the back alleys.
 
 ---
 
-### Conditions & Comparisions 
+### Conditions & Comparisions
 
 <img src="./images/decompiled-code.png" alt="Input is Compared to a Hard Coded String" width="50%" height="auto">
 
@@ -129,3 +129,107 @@ Strings can not only be located in data but also in other code segments, sometim
 * [Find more binaries on hackthebox](https://hackthebox.eu)
 * [Or Find even more on tryhackme](https://tryhackme.com)
 * Download firmware of your favorite IoT appliances
+
+---
+
+## A Word On Binary Obfuscation
+
+Software Obfuscation was born in 1984 at the [International Obfuscated C Code Contest](https://ioccc.org/)
+
+<img src="./images/donut.gif" alt="A donut as code compiles to a spinning donut by Jim Hague" width="50%" height="auto">
+
+---
+
+### What Exactly might be Obfuscated in Your Code?
+
+<section>
+[Layered obfuscation: a taxonomy of software obfuscation techniques for layered security by Hui Xu et. al](https://cybersecurity.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s42400-020-00049-3.pdf)
+</section>
+
+<section>
+
+* Code Element Layers
+    * Layout
+    * Controls
+    * Data
+    * Methods
+    * Classes
+
+</section>
+
+<section>
+* Component
+    * Library Calls
+    * Used Resources
+
+* Application Layer
+    * DRM System
+    * Neural Networks
+
+</section>
+
+---
+
+## Techniques of Obfuscation
+
+---
+
+### Splitting & Merging of Strings
+
+```sh
+a = "BABE"
+b = "CAFFEE"
+f"{b}{a}"
+```
+
+[String Deobfuscation with FLOSS](https://github.com/mandiant/flare-floss/)
+
+---
+
+## Packing 
+
+```sh
+            ooooo     ooo  ooooooooo.  ooooooo  ooooo
+            `888'     `8'  `888   `Y88. `8888    d8'
+             888       8    888   .d88'   Y888..8P
+             888       8    888ooo88P'     `8888'
+             888       8    888           .8PY888.
+             `88.    .8'    888          d8'  `888b
+               `YbodP'     o888o       o888o  o88888o
+```
+
+[UPX Packer/Unpacker](https://upx.github.io/)
+
+---
+
+### Mangling
+
+<section>
+<pre><code data-trim data-noescape>
+c++filt
+_ZNSt7__cxx1114collate_bynameIcEC2ERKNS_12basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEm
+std::__cxx11::collate_byname<char>::collate_byname(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char,
+std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, unsigned long)
+</code></pre></section>
+
+<section><a href="https://demangler.io/" alt="demangler">Online Demangler</a></section>
+
+---
+
+### Code Elements
+
+* Adding Unnecessary Instructions
+* Changing Control Flows
+* Protecting Data
+
+<img src="./images/spaghetti.jpg" alt="Convoluted Code" width="30%" height="30%">
+
+---
+
+### Deobfuscation Tools
+
+
+* DotNet
+    * [de4dot Deobfuscator and Unpacker](https://github.com/de4dot/de4dot)
+    * [dnSpy Debugger and Assembly Editor](https://github.com/dnSpy/dnSpy)
+    * [ILSpy Decompiler instead of Ghidra](https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy)