Cracking AArch64. Programs

[STLVNUB]

Was Gonna Try My Hand At Cracking Some AArch64 (ARM64)

Programs, Downloaded A PDF  Of The Instruction Set.

Low And Behold It Had 5045 Pages, Yes 5045, Was Gonna 

Print It, But Not 5045. Pages, That's Insane.

 

Anyway This Post Will Be A Pathway To My Successful

Cracking Adventures, With A Little Tutorial For Each

Program

 

Anybody Can Post With The Program They Want Cracked And I'll Give It My Best Shot

[Max.1974]

My brother, let’s build the apps, victory tastes so much sweeter! I made an app that is revolutionizing my work, handling hundreds of PDFs to sort, in Python, Java, and SwiftUI.

 

What I used to have to do manually it now does automatically, very specifically.

 

 

 

[STLVNUB]

17 minutes ago, Max.1974 said:

 

My brother, let’s build the apps, victory tastes so much sweeter! I made an app that is revolutionizing my work, handling hundreds of PDFs to sort, in Python, Java, and SwiftUI.

 

 

What I used to have to do manually it now does automatically, very specifically.

 

 

 

 

Good One Max, You Sound Like Your On A Role

 

App I Wanted To Crack Was iMazing2, I Actually Had A License For

It, But With All The Changing macOS Versions

The License Did't Work Anymore

Using The Demo Version Of Hopper Disassembler To Assist Me

[spakk]

45 minutes ago, STLVNUB said:

Good One Max, You Sound Like Your On A Role

 

App I Wanted To Crack Was iMazing2, I Actually Had A License For

It, But With All The Changing macOS Versions

The License Did't Work Anymore

Using The Demo Version Of Hopper Disassembler To Assist Me

Hi @STLVNUB

 

Cutter is a good and free alternative to Hopper Disassembler and IDA Pro (Hex-Rays). The program is open source and is based on Radare2.
Cutter has a modern and easy-to-use interface. It supports many processor architectures and can decompile code.
It is suitable for both beginners and experienced users. The latest version can be downloaded from the official website:
https://cutter.re/download/

[STLVNUB]

4 hours ago, spakk said:

Hi @STLVNUB

 

Cutter is a good and free alternative to Hopper Disassembler and IDA Pro (Hex-Rays). The program is open source and is based on Radare2.
Cutter has a modern and easy-to-use interface. It supports many processor architectures and can decompile code.
It is suitable for both beginners and experienced users. The latest version can be downloaded from the official website:
https://cutter.re/download/

Thanks For That

 

[spakk]

17 hours ago, STLVNUB said:

Thanks For That

 

 

Ghidra macOS Installation and Test Report

I installed and tested Ghidra for macOS.
The installation process was technically challenging, as the Java Runtime Environment (JDK) had to be manually adjusted.
Ghidra eventually launched successfully, but on my AMD Hackiuntosh (x86-64), it repeatedly encountered Java-related errors and stability issues.

Despite these problems, the technical foundation of Ghidra is impressive.
Its ARM64 support is excellent, and it is likely to run much more reliably on a native ARM-based macOS system.

Download link: https://github.com/ytisf/GhidraMacOS

[STLVNUB]

4 hours ago, spakk said:

 

Ghidra macOS Installation and Test Report

I installed and tested Ghidra for macOS.
The installation process was technically challenging, as the Java Runtime Environment (JDK) had to be manually adjusted.
Ghidra eventually launched successfully, but on my AMD Hackiuntosh (x86-64), it repeatedly encountered Java-related errors and stability issues.

Despite these problems, the technical foundation of Ghidra is impressive.
Its ARM64 support is excellent, and it is likely to run much more reliably on a native ARM-based macOS system.

Download link: https://github.com/ytisf/GhidraMacOS

Thanks spaak, only problem I can see in cracking an app is changing the digital certificate value, and it may not run

edit:1

hmm GhidraMacOS_Installer does not run 

zsh: killed     ./GhidraMacOS_Installer

./GhidraMacOS_Installer

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/var/folders/12/0pvfn2hj1b1dljdmgwvsycq80000gp/T/_MEIoebIBd/install_ghidra.py", line 7, in <module>

    from colorama import Fore, Style, init

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'colorama'

Error during installation: Command '['python3', '/var/folders/12/0pvfn2hj1b1dljdmgwvsycq80000gp/T/_MEIoebIBd/install_ghidra.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

 

Edit:2 i go pip to install missing modules, there were two

got further

then this error

osacompile: couldn't read file /Users/geoffjscheimann/Downloads/GhidraMacOS_Installer/ghidra_install/Ghidra-OSX-Launcher-Script.scpt: No such file or directory

 

The App doesn't even run

FIXED

missing applescript in ghidra_install folder

Strange It's NOT in the App But On Github

It's working now installing JDK

 

Edit3:

Now to figure out how to use it

Edited October 25, 2025 by STLVNUB

[spakk]

12 hours ago, STLVNUB said:

Thanks spaak, only problem I can see in cracking an app is changing the digital certificate value, and it may not run

edit:1

hmm GhidraMacOS_Installer does not run 

zsh: killed     ./GhidraMacOS_Installer

./GhidraMacOS_Installer

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/var/folders/12/0pvfn2hj1b1dljdmgwvsycq80000gp/T/_MEIoebIBd/install_ghidra.py", line 7, in <module>

    from colorama import Fore, Style, init

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'colorama'

Error during installation: Command '['python3', '/var/folders/12/0pvfn2hj1b1dljdmgwvsycq80000gp/T/_MEIoebIBd/install_ghidra.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

 

Edit:2 i go pip to install missing modules, there were two

got further

then this error

osacompile: couldn't read file /Users/geoffjscheimann/Downloads/GhidraMacOS_Installer/ghidra_install/Ghidra-OSX-Launcher-Script.scpt: No such file or directory

 

The App doesn't even run

FIXED

missing applescript in ghidra_install folder

Strange It's NOT in the App But On Github

It's working now installing JDK

 

Edit3:

Now to figure out how to use it

At the beginning, I had similar problems with the installer. The installation was somewhat tricky. I rewrote the original Python script so that it runs flawlessly on my x86_64 Hackintosh with Ghidra. The following points became apparent to me:

 

Your remark about the digital certificate is valid. Changing the certificate can cause the app to fail to start.

When running the Ghidra installer, the colorama module was initially missing.

After that, the AppleScript file was missing in the ghidra_install folder. The file was not included in the app but was available on GitHub. Once the missing file was in place, the installer continued to work.

 

I had to adapt the Python installation script due to several Java bugs so that it now starts reliably on my system. Therefore, I converted the code into a Ghidra-compatible wrapper to make it runnable under macOS x86_64.

 

Installing the JDK for x86_64 was somewhat tricky on my Hackintosh. Java occasionally behaves unstable and sometimes outputs errors during disassembly. I have fully resolved these issues.

 

In short, it now runs properly: the JDK is installed, and there are no longer sporadic Java error messages during disassembly.

 

The openjdk-x64.tar.gz is included only for x86_64 macOS environments and is not intended for ARM architectures. For ARM, the appropriate Java JDK should be downloaded and included in the source.

 

Procedure (I am using Python 3.11. If you are using a different Python version, you need to change it.) :

 

1. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:
   python3.11 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate

2. Run the setup script for the launcher:
   python3.11 setup.py

3. Run the setup script for py2app:
   python3.11 setup_app_build.py
   The app will be built.

4. Check if the launcher file exists:
   ls -l dist/launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/

5. Set permissions for the Ghidra binaries:
   chmod -R +x ghidra_install/Ghidra.app/Contents/Resources/ghidra

6. Test the app in the terminal or start it directly with a double-click:
   dist/launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher
 

The launcher.log will be generated in the root directory. After that, the app can be started.

 

Here are the modified files:

setup_app_build.py requirements.txt launcher.py setup.py

[STLVNUB]

7 minutes ago, spakk said:

At the beginning, I had similar problems with the installer. The installation was somewhat tricky. I rewrote the original Python script so that it runs flawlessly on my x86_64 Hackintosh with Ghidra. The following points became apparent to me:

 

Your remark about the digital certificate is valid. Changing the certificate can cause the app to fail to start.

When running the Ghidra installer, the colorama module was initially missing.

After that, the AppleScript file was missing in the ghidra_install folder. The file was not included in the app but was available on GitHub. Once the missing file was in place, the installer continued to work.

 

I had to adapt the Python installation script due to several Java bugs so that it now starts reliably on my system. Therefore, I converted the code into a Ghidra-compatible wrapper to make it runnable under macOS x86_64.

 

Installing the JDK for x86_64 was somewhat tricky on my Hackintosh. Java occasionally behaves unstable and sometimes outputs errors during disassembly. I have fully resolved these issues.

 

In short, it now runs properly: the JDK is installed, and there are no longer sporadic Java error messages during disassembly.

 

The openjdk-x64.tar.gz is included only for x86_64 macOS environments and is not intended for ARM architectures. For ARM, the appropriate Java JDK should be downloaded and included in the source.

 

Procedure (I am using Python 3.11. If you are using a different Python version, you need to change it.) :

 

1. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:
   python3.11 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate

2. Run the setup script for the launcher:
   python3.11 setup.py

3. Run the setup script for py2app:
   python3.11 setup_app_build.py
   The app will be built.

4. Check if the launcher file exists:
   ls -l dist/launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/

5. Set permissions for the Ghidra binaries:
   chmod -R +x ghidra_install/Ghidra.app/Contents/Resources/ghidra

6. Test the app in the terminal or start it directly with a double-click:
   dist/launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher
 

The launcher.log will be generated in the root directory. After that, the app can be started.

 

Here are the modified files:

setup_app_build.py 570 B · 0 downloads requirements.txt 130 B · 0 downloads launcher.py 7.58 kB · 0 downloads setup.py 2 kB · 0 downloads

Thanks

 

[spakk]

4 minutes ago, STLVNUB said:

Thanks

 

Always glad to assist, bro

[fspkwonx86]

well the macports world needs people computer literate i atm have a warehouse full of macos falling out of my deepseek log and i mean it the entire thing is calls it a pipeline it's a total of 250 pages long nothing about 5000 pages of garbage that's only going to be a waste of your time in fact i think or no in fact i KNOW that if there's something someone computer literate is good at then your favorite program will be there why because a warehouse is with a printer just a little tid fact about that situation before it is one like i said theres not a In this day and age meaning the world can support that now is anything you need for which case if its run on FreeBSD they've probably compiled it for macOS you MUST KNOW THAT because if i check here it says here's something they're trying to create an artificial envy well then id think around the definition of need arises between like for example gimp and photoshop why would i use photoshop because gimp is a unix program can you see a difference in the definition oh there is one? well look at what you don't have to do is the simplest answer theyll pitch you the statement a company this a company that no your falling victim of the person of interest who is insighting doing that in a scheme so specific itll get the world in trouble and it kind of involves a warehouse and the information you take from one thereof i think i said it so even THEY can hear is --dingdingding uh their asking for a little help over here in more ways than the word USES describes 

[fspkwonx86]

like im SAYING IT SO GOD DAMN LOUD THEY CAN HEAR IT COMING BUZZING OFF A POWERLINE IS LISTEN YOU {censored}! DO YOU FLAT OUT WANT THEM TO THROW YOU AWAY!? THEN WHAT ABOUT THIS PICTURE HERE HAVE YOU JOTTED DOWN ON NOTE THAT AN INFORMATION PROVIDER WAS THINKING WHAT THE EFFIN F**** CAME OUT OF YOUR INTENTION DID YOU NOT THINK SOMEONE SEES YOU SAYS WOW AND YOU TAKE IT I KINDA GOTA A PROBLEM WITH BOTH ENDS OF MY STORY IS NAH NAHH BRAH WE DONT GET "DOWN LIKE THAT B****CH" YOUR GONNA DO THE F***CKIN WORK YOUR TALKING ABOUT AND F***CKIN HAND IT TO THEM! sittin around like im just stuck behind some subway ever hear of someone walking right on by at the sweatshop words of your mouth SMACKIN YOU IN THE MOTHER {censored}IN MOUTH WITH A BASEBALL BAT! IM FROM NEW YORK {censored}!

[fspkwonx86]

and then let me close the confrontation because oh these fruity little fruitcups like to stick their heads in doors they don't belong just to see -> is uhh so heres a office park and someone is saying to us do we do the practice of what we say .. is one question is im doing it and when the ff***uck did i ever say i would do this so that the worst of all places stays correct exactly at the point of a printer a ink cartridge a warehouse and all that little {censored} their talking like did a 3d printer not

occur as thinking realistically and is pulling bathroom knobs off a public school water faucet to drop on someone's desk well thats fine he aint never heard of hit you so f**uckin hard you flew flat off the side of the rooftop on down 

[fspkwonx86]

with that kehegh ehegh ... 

waiwaiwait and needs a airplane lexical... ok all you

gotta do

my friends wait on for it!

thats your dumb enough to say speak it to me actually then god damn you must be dumb as a mother {censored} not see who's actually walking around you 

[fspkwonx86]

Eazy E:" i know i aiiii kneoo you thinkin you just walk on out that door going im from the 1980s and a warehouse oh i live that life is owookay since we're talking catching words off the street dumb? you think theres a word fo what this {censored}in morons looking like?

[fspkwonx86]

i bet youd tell them from starin at that adobe screen yo bitchasswaslookinfothemmulchbags need i quote it was you who said all in a lifes say do i profit or are me and sophie powers being told um thats where you step in and say but why is this information coming from people sketching out to you does it make you nervous talking about that with a bat getting swung back and forth in front of your mouth?

 

Lohan;"but do confer since thats the word of the day"

 

"they said something about college and life how that applies to life they wont tell you they said that in the ring talkin about yearbook holders and stepped out in one piece looking at us like WE dont and skipped that before they flew to florida so snap that one and stick that in your locket up your ass and do some kind of little fairground magitian tricks and {censored}"

 

Edited 1 hour ago by fspkwonx86

[fspkwonx86]

in a way like saying that's something i would do,... reminds you of

pulling out that pocket knife? wheres your governmental dictation unless i call a shot so devastating

the sun will occur to you 

Edited 1 hour ago by fspkwonx86

[fspkwonx86]

says making it out? nah their saying come on back bro ! we wanna see who didn't do a single thing! because i caught that! they knock on her door and ask her to go TO the AA Arena did they not say im knocking in regards to wanting to know what i just said and am sitting in this ground here dictating to people that THATS WHATS COMING!!!!!

Edited 51 minutes ago by fspkwonx86