IDA Headless MCP 2026: Rust-Native Reverse Engineering with AI Agents

IDA Headless MCP 2026: Rust-Native Reverse Engineering with AI Agents

Headless IDA Pro MCP lets AI agents analyze binaries directly through IDA’s decompiler and disassembler without opening the GUI. You set up IDA Pro 9.4, expose idalib through a Rust-native MCP server such as ida-mcp-rs, connect it to Claude Code or Cursor, and then drive decompilation, xrefs, renames, comments, and scripting through natural language. In 2026 this workflow is faster to stand up, more memory-safe, and far more capable than the Python MCP servers of a year earlier. ...

September 20, 2026 · 11 min · baeseokjae
REVLab Review 2026: Windows PE Reverse Engineering Workflow Platform

REVLab Review 2026: The Windows PE Reverse Engineering Workflow Platform

REVLab is a Windows PE reverse-engineering workflow platform that combines static analysis, packer detection, unpacking, disassembly, decompilation, a dynamic sandbox, network capture, custom pipelines, and MCP/AI-agent integration into a single local-first web application. It turns RE from a pile of disconnected utilities into one repeatable, graph-orchestrated pipeline, and it is a brand-new open-source entrant that differentiates itself through automation and AI-driven analysis rather than raw disassembly power. What Is REVLab? A Windows PE Reverse-Engineering Workflow Platform REVLab is an open-source, local-first platform aimed squarely at Windows Portable Executable (PE) reverse engineering. Where traditional tooling forces an analyst to hop between a debugger, a disassembler, a packer detector, and a network sniffer, REVLab bundles those steps into a single application with one web UI and one orchestrating workflow engine. ...

August 15, 2026 · 9 min · baeseokjae