Tools Setup

Radare 2

Kali comes pre-installed with radare2. You can check by doing:

$ radare2 --version

If it's not installed, then we can either download it from apt

$ apt-get install radare2

Windows:

Or you can install it from github:

$ git clone https://github.com/radare/radare2.git
$ cd radare2
$ sys/install.sh

(Or without root permissions)

$ sys/user.sh

And then to run it:

$ r2

Ghidra:

Ghidra is a tool that the NSA released for it to be open source back in April 2019, and it's an amazing tool.\

• Official download link: https://www.ghidra-sre.org/
• Github page: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
• Full installation guide found here: https://ghidra-sre.org/InstallationGuide.html

The software needed to install ghidra is as follows (taken exactly from the installation guide):\

• Java 11 64-bit Runtime and Development Kit (JDK)

• Free long term support (LTS) versions of JDK 11 are provided here:

  • AdoptOpenJDK

  • Amazon Corretto

If, for whatever reason, your installation doesn't go as expected, here is ghidra's troubleshooting page: https://ghidra-sre.org/InstallationGuide.html#Troubleshooting

Linux:

Once you've downloaded ghidra as a zip file, you need to unzip:

$ unzip ghidra_*_PUBLIC_*.zip
$ sudo apt-get install default-jdk

Change directories into the ghidra folder, and then run using

$ ./ghidraRun

Windows:

Extract the zip file to any location that you would like (I'm going to be using the desktop)

• Right click on zip -> extract all / extract (here)

Open the Environment Tables window:

• Right click on windows start button -> Click on "System"

• Click "Advanced System Settings" on the left (Administrative priveleges needed)

• Click "Environment Variables" at the bottom

Add the JDK bin directory to the PATH variable

• Under "System Variables", click "Path" -> edit -> new

• Type the path of where you extracted the zip to + "\bin"

• Click "ok" -> "ok" -> "ok"

To run:

• Navigate to zip extraction path

• Run ghidra.bat