SKILL: VM & Bytecode Reverse Engineering — Expert Analysis Playbook

AI LOAD INSTRUCTION: Expert techniques for reversing custom virtual machines and bytecode interpreters. Covers dispatcher identification, opcode mapping, custom ISA reconstruction, disassembler/decompiler writing, maze challenges, and real-world VM protector analysis. Base models often fail to recognize the fetch-decode-execute pattern or attempt to analyze VM bytecode as native code.

0. RELATED ROUTING

• code-obfuscation-deobfuscation when the VM is a commercial protector (VMProtect/Themida)
• symbolic-execution-tools when using angr to solve VM-based challenges
• anti-debugging-techniques when the VM includes anti-debug checks

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