Ghidra is free and getting better every day. Radare2 is for the terminal wizards. But IDA Pro Advanced is the craft . It is the leather-bound, gold-leafed, slightly terrifying grimoire that sits on the desk of every senior malware analyst at every three-letter agency and every Fortune 500 security team.
Inside the Abyss: Why IDA Pro Advanced Edition is Still “TheThingy” That Haunts and Heals Reverse Engineers IDA PRO ADVANCED EDITION -thethingy-
So next time someone hands you a USB stick and says, “Hey, can you look at -thethingy- ?”, you know what to do. Ghidra is free and getting better every day