Agents Are Now Driving Reverse Engineering: REA Course Maps the Free Ghidra-to-pwntools Toolchain
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-11-03
A new writeup shows Claude-driven agent REA ("Reverse Engineer Anything") automating binary reverse engineering, arguing that tools reversers once spent years mastering are now free on GitHub and already being driven by agents.
- Core analysis: Ghidra (NSA's disassembly/decompilation framework), Apktool, binwalk (Rust rewrite), unblob
- Debug & inspect: pwntools, pwndbg, LIEF, Detect-It-Easy
To validate REA, the author built a small Electron test app with a private answer key — 1 window, 1 preload script, 3 bridge functions, 3 private channels, 1 hidden network call — and pointed REA at it without disclosure. The full course covers installation, limits, and which model to use.
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