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JEB in Action
Company blog · pnfsoftware.com/blogsecurityprogramming
JEB in Action is the company blog at pnfsoftware.com, writing about security and programming. Since 2016, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this vendor blog for its reverse-engineering content around the JEB decompiler, covering Android APK analysis and Java bytecode. Commenters mostly point to the JEB site as a tool option.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
JEB is our state-of-the-art decompiler for Android apps, Windows and Linux malware, Arm and x86 code, MIPS and RISC-V programs, Ethereum contracts, WebAssembly binaries, S7 PLC blocks, and more. Reverse-engineer, decompile and debug APK files, obfuscated Dalvik, protected x86, Arm, MIPS, RISC-V, S7
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-04-18
What Hacker News says?
There is JEB Decompiler too: https://www.pnfsoftware.com
Comment linking /
on “Ghidra, NSA's reverse-engineering tool”Submitted Reverse-Engineering WebAssembly [pdf] as a story · 78 points
HN discussionThey should have used JEB and save some time. https://www.pnfsoftware.com/ (not my product)
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on “How I defeated an anti-tamper APK with some Python and a homemade Smali emulator”Submitted Reversing DexGuard as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMore modern choices are JADX ( https://github.com/skylot/jadx ) or Vineflower ( https://github.com/Vineflower/vineflower ). If you want a paid, higher-quality option, try JEB ( https://www.pnfsoftware.com/ ).
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on “Java Decompiler”Submitted Job Opening: Malware Reverse Engineer Intern as a story · 1 points
HN discussionJEB decompiler ( https://www.pnfsoftware.com/ ) seems to be the standard
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on “Circumventing the JVM's Bytecode Verifier”Submitted Reverse engineering DexGuard Android obfuscation as a story · 1 points
HN discussion