# Firmware analysis

> Inspect firmware regions with Binwalk and explicitly extract with Unblob, retaining tool and artifact identity.

- Type: Documentation
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Official REA: investigation guides
- Relationship: Official REA documentation
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-15
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/main/docs/firmware-analysis.md>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/808339f0b1cf3837445f392b5d5f1f362d64a27d/docs/firmware-analysis.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-firmware-guide/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-firmware-guide/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rea-firmware-guide/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Caller-supplied Binwalk 3.1.x for inspection; Unblob 26.6.x for extraction.
- The documented verification scope is Linux x64; extraction needs a new caller-selected output directory.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/808339f0b1cf3837445f392b5d5f1f362d64a27d/docs/firmware-analysis.md>

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