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๐Ÿ“ฃ IDA 9.3 has officially shipped!

Expanded architecture support, improved decompilation accuracy, performance gains, and meaningful quality-of-life upgrades for everyday reversing.

Explore the highlights and dive into the release notes:
hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.3...

14.02.2026 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”— Teams, our collaborative add-on tool, will be fully integrated into IDA 9.3.

No more switching to HVUI. Collaboration, diffing, and commits now happen directly inside IDA.

hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.3...

11.02.2026 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”ง IDA 9.3 will bring enhancements to our disassembler line-up, with improvements to instruction decoding, idiom recognition, and cross-reference generation.

ARM64 Extensions (SVE, MTE, CSSC), Andes AndeStarโ„ข (V3 NDS32 and V5 RISC-V), ARC, TriCore & more.

hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.3...

30.01.2026 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're out here @DistrictCon! Chris and JB are roaming around excited to meet and talk with all you IDA users.

If you want to minimize search time, you can book a chat with us here: meetings-eu1.hubspot.com/justine-benj...

24.01.2026 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're heading to D.C. for @districtcon.bsky.social this weekend and would love to connect.

We're ready to discuss content collaborations, and gain product feedback, user insights, and more.

Book a few minutes with us during the conference: meetings-eu1.hubspot.com/justine-benj...

20.01.2026 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝ IDA 9.3 will see faster, more responsive tabular views, contributing to a noticeably smoother experience when working with large files.

Check it out: hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.3...

16.01.2026 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข LAST CALL: IDA Plugin Contest!

The submission window closes January 15, 2026 @ 11:59pm CET.

Read the entry instructions and full details here:
hex-rays.com/plugin-contest

Good luck!

14.01.2026 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”Ž Here's another sneak peek!
IDA 9.3 will expand its decompiler lineup w/ RH850, improve Golang support, update the Microcode Viewer, add the "forbid assignment propagation" feature, and more.

Get the details here: hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.3...

08.01.2026 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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IDA 9.3: Practical Improvements to the Type System IDA 9.3 improves the type system: parse Objective-C headers directly, cleaner exports, and full round-trip types without losing structure.

๐Ÿ‘€ IDA 9.3 is coming soon, so we'll be sharing some of the key updates in this release throughout the next few weeks...
โžฅ First up: Practical Improvements to the Type System
hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.3...

06.01.2026 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
IDA Plugin Contest Enter the annual Hex-Rays Plugin Contest! Build innovative IDA extensions for cash prizes, free licenses, and a conference pass. Deadline: Jan 15, 2025.

๐Ÿšจ The Hex-Rays IDA Plugin Contest ๐Ÿšจ

There's still time to submit your plugin!

We've updated the submission process, upped the prizes and opened it up to IDA Free users.

๐Ÿ“… Submissions close: January 15, 2026 Get the full update here: hex-rays.com/plugin-contest

16.12.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*Cannot be combined with any other discount.
*50% off offer for new individual customers only.
*New corporate customers are eligible for 40% off.
*Not applicable to upgrades or renewals.
*All new customers are required to pass the KYC process to receive the discount and license(s).
*Expires Dec 8

03.12.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โšก NEW CUSTOMER CYBER WEEK PROMO โšก
We're offering 50% off any IDA Pro product for new customers!

To take advantage of this limited time offer, use promo code CYBER50 at check out. Or email sales@hex-rays.com.

See full terms in comments.

hex-rays.com/pricing

03.12.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โฌ†๏ธ Grow with us! #hiring
Hex-Rays has a handful of open positions in our product, engineering and business development departments. We have offices in Belgium and Romania, with onsite and hybrid opps.

Start the new year with a new adventure...
www.linkedin.com/company/hex-...

24.11.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”Œ Allow us to introduce the new IDA Plugin Manager.

Now, with a few simple commands, you can access a modern, self-service plugin ecosystem. Discover and get discovered more easily.

hex-rays.com/blog/introdu...

20.11.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Introducing HCLI: The Modern Command-Line Interface for IDA Introducing HCLI: a streamlined way to install IDA, manage licenses, automate CI/CD workflows, and build or deploy plugins with ease.

โŒจ๏ธIntroducing HCLI: The Modern Command-Line Interface for IDA.
Automate workflows, simplify plugin development across platforms, manage licenses and more.

hex-rays.com/blog/introdu...

17.11.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BlackHoodie Interview: Building Community, Opportunity, & Confidence BlackHoodie founder Marion Marschalek shares her journey from early challenges to creating a global, inclusive reverse-engineering network.

In our latest blog we speak with Marion Marschalek of @blackhoodie.bsky.social on how community fuels career, how one challenge led to many opportunities and how you can get involved.
hex-rays.com/blog/blackho...

13.11.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
How 1-Click Can Hack Your iPhone
YouTube video by Billy Ellis How 1-Click Can Hack Your iPhone

Check out how Billy Ellis dives into 1-click iOS browser exploits, walking through CVE-2020-9802, a JIT bug.
Great step-by-step explanation of how WebKit and JavaScriptCore vulnerabilities are exploited.

12.11.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”„In case you missed it...

IDA Domain API.
This new open-source Python API is designed to make scripting in IDA simpler, more consistent, and more natural.

Check out the key features, code examples, documentation and more:
ida-domain.docs.hex-rays.com

05.11.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grab 30% off our remaining Intermediate & Advanced Malware, Decompiler or Programming online courses.

๐Ÿ‘‰Use promo code TRAIN30.

No active license required. Offer ends Dec 13.
*Cannot be combined with other promos or discounts.
hex-rays.com/training

31.10.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are thrilled to announce our first group of sponsored CTF Teams!

Top-Tier Teams
๐Ÿ’Ž justCatTheFish
๐Ÿ’Ž Kalmarunionen
๐Ÿ’Ž r3kapig

Rising Star Team
๐ŸŒŸ PwnSec

Learn more about our partnership and the teams here: hex-rays.com/blog/2025-sp...

24.10.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข The Hex-Rays IDA Plugin Contest is open!

We've updated the submission process, added more prizes, and IDA Free users can now enter to win.

๐Ÿ“… Submissions close: January 15, 2026

Get the full update here: hex-rays.com/plugin-contest

Good luck!

23.10.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ Wrap up 2025 with new skills and big savings on our Intermediate and Advanced level trainings. Learn IDA Pro from the IDA pros, for less, through December 13th at hex-rays.com/training.

22.10.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Advanced Decompiler & Programming Techniques with IDA Pro | Trainings โ€“ CODE BLUE,International Security Talks,Security,Tokyo,Japan This is the detailed Trainings page. page.World leading security researchers will come together for this unique international talks in Tokyo November 18th to 19th 2025

We're heading to Japan for CODE BLUE in November to host an in person training.
This course is tailored to IDA users who want to dig deeper into our Decompiler & advance their programming techniques (IDAPython & C++ SDK).

๐Ÿ‘‰ Check it out - registration closes 12 October!
codeblue.jp/en/program/t...

30.09.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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IDA 9.2 Release: Golang Improvements, New UI Widgets, Types Parsing and More IDA 9.2: Smarter Go decompilation, new UI widgets, Xref Graph/Tree, LLVM-based type parser, debugger upgrades, and expanded processor support.

๐Ÿ“ฃ IDA 9.2 is here!

โžฅ Smarter Go decompilation
โžฅ New Dynamic Xref Graph & Xref Tree
โžฅ Debugger & UI upgrades
โžฅ Expanded processor support (ARM, RISC-V)
โžฅ And more...

Explore the full release here: hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.2...

08.09.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mapping Relationships in IDA 9.2: Dynamic Xref Graph and Xref Tree Explore 9.2โ€™s new Dynamic Xref Graph & Xref Tree - interactive tools to map code paths, visualize dependencies, and navigate complex binaries with clarity.

It's time to take a sneak peak at the new Dynamic Xref Graph and Xref Tree. With these, you can now see function relationships and data flows more clearly, simplifying the task of mapping code paths in complex binaries.

hex-rays.com/blog/mapping...

05.09.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšฆ Stop guessing and start GOing. The upcoming IDA 9.2 release brings cleaner Golang decompilation with tuple types.

Read the full blog: hex-rays.com/blog/stop-gu...

28.08.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’ชDo you have a strong CTF team and would like some support?

โžฅ Hex-Rays will be sponsoring 4 CTF teams for 1 year. Learn more about the sponsorship program below, but don't sleep, the submission window closes on August 31!
hex-rays.com/ctf-sponsors...

22.08.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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IDA Debugger: New Register Subview and More Accurate Call Stacks IDA 9.2 enhances debugging with a redesigned register view for clearer context and improved call stack reconstruction in x64 PE binaries.

Check out these improvements for the IDA debugger, which will be part of the upcoming 9.2 release.
โžฅ A redesigned register subview that provides a much richer context.ย ย 
โžฅ A more accurate call stack reconstruction mechanism for certain x64 PE files.
hex-rays.com/blog/ida-deb...

21.08.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Introducing the IDA Domain API Introducing the IDA Domain API. A simpler way to script IDA. Built on top of the Python SDK. Open to all.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing the IDA Domain API: a new open-source Python API that makes scripting in IDA simpler and more consistent.
hex-rays.com/blog/introdu...

18.08.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spying on Decompiler Internals: The Hex-Rays Microcode Viewer Explore the new microcode viewer in IDA 9.2โ€”inspect decompiler internals, track transformations, and build smarter plugins with deeper insight.

๐Ÿ”Ž Coming soon to IDA 9.2: a built-in microcode viewer to explore decompiler internals at any maturity level.

hex-rays.com/blog/spying-...

18.08.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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