Salaam,
Python could be my closest friend here, it helps a lot when you actually exposed to the richness of Pythonists out there!
Here is the example of getting API calls from calc.exe, a benign software in Windows
Here is the example of getting API calls from a Windows binary.
Next step, hooking the intended API calls using Python with pydbg in PaiMei framework.
This process proved to be working on both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04
