Applied Emulation - Module 2 (Patreon)

Unicorn CPU Emulator

This is the second part in our five-part tutorial series on emulation. In this module we learn how to use the Unicorn emulator for simple emulation tasks. The module is accompanied by a live demo and a lab that builds on the concepts we discuss.

References

• Unicorn Overview
  https://www.unicorn-engine.org/BHUSA2015-unicorn.pdf
• Undocumented CPU Instructions
  https://github.com/chip-red-pill/udbgInstr/tree/main
• Intel Instruction Set Reference
  https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~410/doc/intel-isr.pdf 
• Qemu Tiny Code Generator (JIT)
  https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/TCG
• Qemu Tiny Code Interpreter (JIT)
  https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/TCI
• Qemu Binary Translation
  https://www.slideshare.net/RampantJeff/qemu-binary-translation
• Qemu JIT Notes
  https://www.slideshare.net/jserv/qemu-jit-code-generator-and-system-emulation

Unicorn Cheat Sheet (Alex Hanel)

https://github.com/alexander-hanel/unicorn-engine-notes

Lab Exercise

The lab for this module is contained in the lab2_zip file. Download lab2_zip, unzip, and run jupyter-lab from the root of the unzipped directory. Once Jupyter Labs is launched in your browser open the lab notebook and follow the instructions.