---
id: 8567
title: "The Windows Registry Adventure #4: Hives and the registry layout"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2024/10/the-windows-registry-adventure-4-hives.html"
published_at: "2024-10-25T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["windows", "reverse-engineering", "research", "file-format", "registry", "hive"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8567"
lang: en
---

# The Windows Registry Adventure #4: Hives and the registry layout

## Summary

Part 4 of the Windows Registry Adventure series, explaining hive files and the overall registry layout, laying the groundwork for the later attack surface analysis.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2024-10-25T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2024/10/the-windows-registry-adventure-4-hives.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8567