http://theowlgorithm.com/tags/software/ Recent content in software on The Owlgorithm Hugo -- gohugo.io en ©2026, All Rights Reserved Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:45:00 +0000 http://theowlgorithm.com/posts/breakpoint-detection/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:45:00 +0000 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:45:00 +0000 http://theowlgorithm.com/posts/breakpoint-detection/ Overview This article goes over a method to detect debuggers by looking for breakpoints in executable machine code loaded in memory. It’s naive because the notion that a program’s .text section will only contain 0xCC when there’s a breakpoint is not true. Regardless, this is a decent starting point to illustrate the concept of breakpoint detection. Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 #include <stdio. Aidan software re article Misc