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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.

⌨️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...

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...

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.

🔄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

Grab 30% off our remaining Intermediate & Advanced Malware, Decompiler or Programming online courses.

👉Use promo code TRAIN30.

No active license required. Offer ends Dec 13.
*Cannot be combined with other promos or discounts.
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We are thrilled to announce our first group of sponsored CTF Teams!

Top-Tier Teams
💎 justCatTheFish
💎 Kalmarunionen
💎 r3kapig

Rising Star Team
🌟 PwnSec

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

📢 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.

📅 Submissions close: January 15, 2026

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

Good luck!

🎁 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.

Advanced Decompiler & Programming Techniques with IDA Pro | Trainings – 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).

👉 Check it out - registration closes 12 October!
codeblue.jp/en/program/t...

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.

📣 IDA 9.2 is here!

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

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

Mapping Relationships in IDA 9.2: Dynamic Xref Graph and Xref Tree Explore 9.2’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...

🚦 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...

💪Do you have a strong CTF team and would like some support?

➥ 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...

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.
➥ A redesigned register subview that provides a much richer context.  
➥ A more accurate call stack reconstruction mechanism for certain x64 PE files.
hex-rays.com/blog/ida-deb...

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.

📣 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...

Spying on Decompiler Internals: The Hex-Rays Microcode Viewer Explore the new microcode viewer in IDA 9.2—inspect decompiler internals, track transformations, and build smarter plugins with deeper insight.

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

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

Open-Sourcing the IDA SDK: Simpler, Sharable, Scriptable We're taking the first step toward making development on top of IDA more open and accessible: we’re open-sourcing the C++ SDK and IDAPython.

More news coming to you from the soon-to-be-released IDA 9.2: we're taking the first step toward making development on top of #IDA more accessible—by open-sourcing the C++ SDK and IDAPython: hex-rays.com/blog/open-so...

Hex-Rays is now accepting applications for our new CTF Sponsorship Program!

Each year, we sponsor:
• 4 CTF events (from global competitions to student-ran challenges)
• 4 teams (3 top-tier squads and a crew of rising stars)

Learn about the perks here: hex-rays.com/blog/ctf-spo...

TriCore TC1.8 Support Lands in IDA: New Instructions and Updates IDA 9.2 (currently in beta) to add full support for the TriCore TC1.8 instruction set—perfect for analyzing automotive and embedded firmware used in 4.x chips.

IDA 9.2 (coming soon... ) adds full support for the TriCore TC1.8 architecture, including over 50 new instructions and updated chipset definitions. Ideal for automotive and railway firmware analysis.

hex-rays.com/blog/tricore...

IDA 9.2 Beta is Live! The IDA 9.2 Beta is now live. Download it today or enroll in the Beta Program to help test and refine new features ahead of the official release.

📣 IDA 9.2 Beta is here! This release is packed with UI upgrades, smarter analysis, and expanded architecture support.

➥ Already a Beta user? Grab it now.
➥ Not enrolled? Sign up today.

hex-rays.com/blog/ida-9.2...

⌛ Let the countdown begin...
IDA 9.2 is on the horizon and we thought we'd give you a sneak peek each week until the official launch.

hex-rays.com/blog/unlocki...

Last week, the North American team (+ Igor) attended REcon 2025 and it did not disappoint!

Big thanks to Hugo, Anne, and everyone else who made this event happen.

4 Powerful Applications of IDALib: Headless IDA in Action Discover four powerful ways to use idalib, IDA Pro’s headless automation interface, for scalable reverse engineering, CI integration, and more.

Power users are taking IDA headless with idalib.
Think large-scale diffing, custom UIs, and CI pipelines... all without launching a GUI.

💡 Get inspired: hex-rays.com/blog/4-power...

Reversing Hanwha Security Cameras: A Deep Dive by Matt Brown Matt Brown reverse-engineers encrypted firmware in a Hanwha security camera, uncovering its predictable decryption scheme with IDA Pro.

👉🏽 Check out this in-depth video of Matt Brown (@nmatt0.bsky.social) reversing the firmware decryption mechanism used in a Hanwha security camera with IDA Pro. Bonus: He's also written an accompanying blog post packed with code samples, screenshots, and more!

hex-rays.com/blog/reversi...

🧠 Analysts & Reversers, your lab just got smarter.

IDA Free 9.1 is now preinstalled in FLARE VM, @mandiant.com's open-source malware analysis environment.

Read more about the integration here: hex-rays.com/blog/ida-fre...

📢 New Hex-Rays Plugin Repository!
We’ve upgraded our plugin repo to simplify how you submit and manage your plugins.
➥ New Repo here: plugins.hex-rays.com
➥ More info on the new submission process and how to connect to your previous plugin(s) here: hex-rays.com/blog/why-you...

Hey Friends! We're here and will start posting regularly. Give us some time as we catch up and transfer over all our previous social channel connections. Stay tuned!