Ghidra

Ghidra is the best Android app RE tool. It just seems like it’s not, because the loader has easily fixed quirks. Let me demonstrate. A friend reached out and aired some valid grievances the Java community had with this post, particularly “Ghidra is the best Android app RE tool”. I’ve added a section labeled “Community Feedback” that provides some context for why I made this statement (despite desperately wishing there was other options for my use-case). However, at it’s core: Ghidra can, and does.

The popular social media app “TikTok” is likely facing an iminent ban in the United States in the coming days. This has resulted in a mass migration to the Chinese app 小红书 (meaning “little red book”), Xiaohongshu, or simply “REDnote”. If you haven’t been made aware of this event and the chaotic hilarity that has ensued, I encourage you to take a peek at the news. Much of it is heart warming.

So far I’ve managed to have just enough reverse engineering skills as is useful to me at the time, but recently I’ve taken an interest in getting a bit more in depth. My son was ill last week and home from daycare, so I took it upon myself to take the time to watch HackadayU: Reverse Engineering with Ghidra (~4 hours). I unfortunately didn’t have time to do any of the exercises, but I learned a lot.