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Methods and tools for analyzing binaries, hardware, protocols, obfuscation, and embedded systems.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026431 stories
Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion↗ pirateface.co · HN · 148 comments · 569 points · Sep 20, 2026
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731↗ arcprize.org · HN · 476 comments · 796 points · Aug 07, 2026
DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update↗ api-docs.deepseek.com · HN · 347 comments · 745 points · Jul 31, 2026
The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation↗ devblogs.microsoft.com · HN · 173 comments · 504 points · Jun 16, 2026
Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle↗ dmitrybrant.com · HN · 290 comments · 859 points · Feb 01, 2026
2025373 stories
Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files↗ alexschapiro.com · HN · 288 comments · 821 points · Dec 03, 2025
Minecraft removing obfuscation in Java Edition↗ minecraft.net · HN · 464 comments · 1027 points · Oct 29, 2025
Repairable Flatpack Toaster↗ kaseyhou.com · HN · 263 comments · 836 points · Mar 03, 2025
Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat↗ ssno.cc · HN · 214 comments · 528 points · Jan 20, 2025
Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect↗ wiki.rossmanngroup.com · HN · 362 comments · 532 points · Jan 20, 2025
2024345 stories
Reverse Engineering for Everyone↗ 0xinfection.github.io · HN · 66 comments · 621 points · Jul 25, 2024
Investigating corrupt Winamp skins↗ jordaneldredge.com · HN · 145 comments · 615 points · Jul 25, 2024
Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes↗ conduition.io · HN · 714 comments · 2305 points · Jul 08, 2024
Imhex: A hex editor for reverse engineers↗ github.com · HN · 133 comments · 634 points · Jun 29, 2024
Descent 3 Source Code↗ github.com · HN · 324 comments · 1255 points · Apr 16, 2024
2023264 stories
Adventures in reverse engineering Broadcom NIC firmware↗ devever.net · HN · 21 comments · 136 points · Dec 26, 2023
Results of technical investigations for Storm-0558 key acquisition↗ msrc.microsoft.com · HN · 8 comments · 27 points · Sep 06, 2023
Analysis of Obfuscation Techniques Found in Apple FairPlay↗ nicolo.dev · HN · 1 comments · 21 points · Aug 29, 2023
Bypassing Bitlocker using a cheap logic analyzer on a Lenovo laptop↗ errno.fr · HN · 1 comments · 16 points · Aug 24, 2023
They just pirated my open source 8088 BIOS↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 3 comments · 16 points · Jun 17, 2023
2022292 stories
Decompiler Explorer↗ dogbolt.org · HN · 82 comments · 376 points · Jul 13, 2022
Show HN: I stripped DALL·E Mini to its bare essentials and converted it to Torch↗ github.com · HN · 149 comments · 663 points · Jun 28, 2022
AOL 3.0 reverse engineered↗ g.livejournal.com · HN · 130 comments · 294 points · Jun 05, 2022
APKTool: A tool for reverse engineering Android APK files↗ ibotpeaches.github.io · HN · 46 comments · 324 points · Jan 17, 2022
Hacking a VW Golf Power Steering ECU↗ blog.willemmelching.nl · HN · 165 comments · 383 points · Jan 03, 2022
2021287 stories
OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TVs firmware↗ openlgtv.github.io · HN · 302 comments · 602 points · Nov 25, 2021
Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound chip from die photos↗ righto.com · HN · 131 comments · 418 points · Nov 13, 2021
EU court rules no EULA can forbid decompilation, if you want to fix a bug↗ curia.europa.eu · HN · 105 comments · 449 points · Oct 09, 2021
GTA III and Vice City fully reverse engineered: re3↗ github.com · HN · 154 comments · 433 points · Feb 14, 2021
Simulating the PIN cracking scene in Terminator 2↗ bert.org · HN · 115 comments · 435 points · Jan 06, 2021
2020332 stories
Reverse Engineering the Source Code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine↗ berthub.eu · HN · 60 comments · 549 points · Dec 25, 2020
I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API↗ twitter.com · HN · 420 comments · 845 points · Oct 22, 2020
Reverse Engineering Snapchat: Obfuscation Techniques↗ hot3eed.github.io · HN · 167 comments · 497 points · Jun 17, 2020
Reverse engineering my router's firmware with binwalk↗ embeddedbits.org · HN · 87 comments · 717 points · Feb 06, 2020
Reverse engineering course↗ github.com · HN · 55 comments · 656 points · Jan 16, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion↗ pirateface.co · HN · 148 comments · 569 points · Sep 20, 2026
Hijacking the PS5's RTMP Stream↗ yashgarg.dev · HN · 11 comments · 88 points · Sep 28, 2026
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube) – complete byte-identical decompilation to C/C++↗ github.com · HN · 99 comments · 140 points · Sep 20, 2026
Solving the Jane Street reverse engineering challenge↗ jestoph.com · HN · 99 comments · 439 points · Sep 04, 2026
Retrospectively Reverse-Engineering Apple's Neural Engine↗ eiln.github.io · HN · 36 comments · 241 points · Sep 12, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion↗ pirateface.co · HN · 148 comments · 569 points · Sep 20, 2026
Solving the Jane Street reverse engineering challenge↗ jestoph.com · HN · 99 comments · 439 points · Sep 04, 2026
Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex↗ werwolv.net · HN · 51 comments · 256 points · Aug 31, 2026
Retrospectively Reverse-Engineering Apple's Neural Engine↗ eiln.github.io · HN · 36 comments · 241 points · Sep 12, 2026
Reverse-engineered Jev-like model↗ github.com · HN · 24 comments · 169 points · Sep 16, 2026
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube) – complete byte-identical decompilation to C/C++↗ github.com · HN · 99 comments · 140 points · Sep 20, 2026
Decompiler Explorer↗ dogbolt.org · HN · 8 comments · 135 points · Sep 01, 2026
Reverse-Engineering Claude Web's MicroVM: Uncovering Anthropic's Hidden Antspace↗ aprilnea.me · HN · 23 comments · 110 points · Sep 11, 2026
Hijacking the PS5's RTMP Stream↗ yashgarg.dev · HN · 11 comments · 88 points · Sep 28, 2026
Reverse engineering the storage format for an undocumented database↗ blog.glazer.ee · HN · 7 comments · 70 points · Sep 04, 2026

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