Hands-on Cybersecurity Studies: Ghidra Plugin Scripts for Simple Decoding

Report Number:
ARL-SR-0486

Publish Date:

December 11, 2023

Distribution:

Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited.


Author(s):

Alejandra De La Pena and Jaime C Acosta

Abstract:

This document describes a hands-on cybersecurity exercise that focuses on developing a plugin script for the Ghidra publicly available and open-source software tool released by the National Security Agency in 2019. In the exercise, participants learn the basics of the tool and are then tasked with creating scripts that will automatically decode portions of a file to identify pertinent information.

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