We are excited to invite you to our Introduction to Ghidra and Firmware reverse engineering workshop on Saturday, June 13th!

The workshop is mainly aimed at beginners, but will also contain practical training for firmware projects if you already have some Ghidra experience. As the aim is to teach the basics, it is advisable to keep AI usage low.

Bring a laptop with a up-to-date install of Ghidra (12.0.4 currently). Some familiarity on reading C-like code is expected. For the most part we will be using the decompilers C-like output.

Outline of the workshop:
1. Short introduction to the target and some general advice
2. Hands on project setup with Ghidra
3. Hands on work with the binary; some guiding questions and hints will be provided, guidance available
4. Wrap up with the general flow, some additional resources, few words about AI assisted reverse engineering.

📅 When: Saturday, June 13th
🕒 Time: 12:00-20:00 (there will be a scheduled lunch break; food is at participants’ own expense)
📍 Where: Karjalankatu 2 (6th floor), Helsinki.

Please arrive on time so we can start the workshop on schedule.

Seats are very limited, so please register quickly to secure your spot! If you get a ticket but your plans change, please remember to cancel it so that someone on the waitlist can grab your spot.

Before you arrive:

In this workshop we will be using a firmware from a 6809 CPU based device. For a good introduction on how a CPU and a 6809 works, it is recommended to
read chapters 1 and 2 from here: https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Books/Programming%20the%206809%20(Rodney%20Zaks%20and%20William%20Labiak)%20(alt).pdf. Reading at least pages 103 - 120 of the chapter 4 is also highly recommended.

A condensed list of machine instructions for 6809 is available here: https://www.chibiakumas.com/6809/CheatSheet.pdf

Trainer bio:

Vesa-Pekka Palmu, a software developer and a passionate hobbyist hardware hacker and CTF challenge creator, will once again be your instructor.