Binary Analysis Patterns

This is a solid reference for reverse engineering compiled code, covering x86-64 and ARM disassembly patterns, calling conventions across Windows and Linux, and control flow structures like loops and switch statements. You'll want this when analyzing binaries in tools like Ghidra or IDA, identifying function boundaries, reconstructing data structures from memory access patterns, or figuring out what obfuscated code actually does. The pattern recognition approach is practical: it shows you what a for loop looks like in assembly, how to spot structure field accesses by offset, and common compiler optimizations like LEA for multiplication. It assumes you already know why you're staring at assembly and just need the translation table between high-level constructs and their compiled forms.