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x64 Architecture and Programming (Part 1)

x64 processors are the most used processors on which Windows and Linux systems run. Understanding how these processors work is essential when working closely with the OS, such as when debugging, reverse engineering, or researching.

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Pavel Yosifovich

Developer, trainer, author and (sometimes) speaker. Founder of TrainSec academy.

25+ years as Software developer, trainer, consultant, author, and speaker. Co-author of “Windows Internals”. Author of “Windows Kernel Programming”, “Windows 10 System Programming, as well as System and kernel programming courses on PentesterAcademy, and “Windows Internals” series of courses on PluralSight.

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x64 Architecture and Programming Course Contents

Chapters included in this course

Introduction and Overview

x64ArchAndProg(Part 1)
Introduction • 5 mins Preview
Why Learn Assembly • 6 mins
Course Contents and Resources • 14 mins
Software Environment • 16 mins Preview
Compiling and Assembling • 14 mins
HelloAsm
Mixing C and Assembly • 6 mins
Debugging • 9 mins
Kernel Debugging • 13 mins
x64ArchAndProg
x64ArchProgLabs(Part 1)

Basic Architecture

Historical Perspective • 12 mins
Operating Modes • 9 mins Preview
ISA • 5 mins
General Purpose Registers • 20 mins
Flags • 11 mins
Implicit Register Usage • 5 mins
Floating Point Registers • 6 mins
Integer Representation • 12 mins
Two's Complement • 14 mins
Integers Examples • 3 mins
Sign and Zero Extension • 6 mins
Instructions and Operarands • 14 mins
Memory Addressing • 7 mins
The MOV Instruction • 9 mins
More MOVs • 11 mins
Simple Arithmetic • 6 mins
CALL and RET • 6 mins
Calling External Functions • 15 mins
x64 Calling Convention • 12 mins
Caling Functions Demo • 7 mins
x86 Calling Conventions • 5 mins
Common Bitwise Instructions • 8 mins Preview
Shifts • 7 mins
Rotates • 3 mins
Floating Point Representation • 10 mins
Jumps • 9 mins
Compare • 7 mins
Conditional Jumps • 11 mins
Labs • 30 mins
Labs and Solutions • 1h

Assembly Programming 1

Overview • 5 mins
More Labs Solutions • 27 mins
MASM and Sections • 8 mins
The LEA Instruction • 5 mins
Addressing Modes • 18 mins
The Stack • 7 mins
PUSH and POP • 7 mins
Manipulating the Stack • 4 mins
Invoking Windows APIs • 21 mins
Managing the Stack • 4 mins
Local Variables • 28 mins
MASM64 SDK • 13 mins
Saving Flags • 2 mins
INC and DEC • 3 mins
MASM options and expressions • 18 mins
Strings and Arrays • 7 mins
Structs and Unions • 18 mins
Labs • 31 mins
Labs (Part 2) • 17 mins
Lab - DLL Injection with Remote Thread • 35 mins
Command Line Arguments • 14 mins

Assembly Programming 2

MASM Procedures • 11 mins
Stack Frames • 22 mins
Prolog and Epilog • 9 mins
Parameters Allocation • 6 mins
Floating Point Arguments • 5 mins
Declaraing Parameters • 5 mins
Indirect Calls • 8 mins
Jumps • 4 mins
Conditional Moves • 3 mins
Loops • 6 mins
Unsigned MUL • 7 mins
Signed MUL • 3 mins
Division • 5 mins
String Instructions • 23 mins
Bit Manipulation • 10 mins
Exchange and Swap • 7 mins
IO Instructions • 8 mins
Demo - Windows GUI App • 17 mins

Pavel Yosifovich

Developer, trainer, author and (sometimes) speaker. Founder of TrainSec academy.

25+ years as Software developer, trainer, consultant, author, and speaker. Co-author of “Windows Internals”. Author of “Windows Kernel Programming”, “Windows 10 System Programming, as well as System and kernel programming courses on PentesterAcademy, and “Windows Internals” series of courses on PluralSight.

Books and publications

x64 Architecture and Programming (Part 1)

x64 processors are the most used processors on which Windows and Linux systems run. Understanding how these processors work is essential when working closely with the OS, such as when debugging, reverse engineering, or researching.