Debugger tutorials

Here you can find a comprehensive set of step-by-step tutorials categorized by different debugging types and platforms.

General introduction into debugging with IDA

• Overview of Linux debugging with IDA
• Overview of Windows debugging with IDA
• Debugging a Windows executable locally and remotely
• IDA scriptable debugger: Overview and scriptability

Local debugging tutorials

Windows local debugging:

• IDA Win32 local debugging
• Debugging Windows applications with IDA Bochs plugin

Linux local debugging:

• Debugging Linux applications locally
• IDA Linux local debugging
• Using the Bochs debugger plugin in Linux

Remote debugging tutorials

• General remote debugging with IDA Pro
• Debugging Mac OSX Applications with IDA Pro
• Debugging iOS Applications with IDA Pro
• Debugging iOS >= 17 Applications via CoreDevice with IDA Pro
• Debugging a Windows executable remotely
• Debugging Windows Kernel with VMWare and IDA WinDbg plugin
• Debugging Linux Kernel under VMWare using IDA GDB debugger

PIN Tracer:

• Debugging Linux/Windows applications with PIN Tracer module

Other specialized debugging tutorials

Android/Dalvik debugging:

• Debugging Dalvik programs

XNU debugging:

• Debugging the XNU Kernel with IDA Pro

QEMU debugging:

• Debugging code snippets with QEMU debugger (a la IDA Bochs debugger)

Trace and replay debugger features:

• Trace Replayer and Managing Traces
• Using IDA Pro’s tracing features

Appcall mechanism:

• Appcall

Archived tutorials

Outdated tutorials that no longer apply have been moved to the archive.

• IDA Win32 to Win32 debugging
• IDA Win32 to Win64 debugging