I’m glad someone preserved these tutorials. I was focused on cracking Safedisc games at the time, and even wrote some Safedisc/Safecast tutorials myself. I never had the skills to crack Securom though, respect to Human and Deroko and the others on the ARTeam forums at the time.
Also iirc after this tutorial deroko wrote another one one breaking the Securom VM obfuscation. It was great work, one of the first public tutorials at the time on breaking such obfuscation. I wonder if its also been archived.
Finally, it should be noted that Securom is a predecessor to Denuvo. I remember debugging early versions of Denuvo and being struck by how similar they are. I wonder how much of the code and techniques are in common between the two, especially now in 2024.
The old reversing scene has changed. I guess everyone grew up and got families and jobs. But when I see what the kids are up to in the multiplayer cheating forums, I see the spirit is still alive and well. Cheers and happy debugging.
Also iirc after this tutorial deroko wrote another one one breaking the Securom VM obfuscation. It was great work, one of the first public tutorials at the time on breaking such obfuscation. I wonder if its also been archived.
Finally, it should be noted that Securom is a predecessor to Denuvo. I remember debugging early versions of Denuvo and being struck by how similar they are. I wonder how much of the code and techniques are in common between the two, especially now in 2024.
The old reversing scene has changed. I guess everyone grew up and got families and jobs. But when I see what the kids are up to in the multiplayer cheating forums, I see the spirit is still alive and well. Cheers and happy debugging.