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Have you heard of these things called LLMs are that are quite good at reversing changes in closed source binaries?
by 9cb14c1ec0 29d ago
Have you heard of these things called LLMs are that are quite good at reversing changes in closed source binaries?
- teravor 29d agoyou can diff binaries in a disassembler, the technique has been used for a long time to discover patched Microsoft vulnerabilities, create exploits and then race the world. now you can instruct an LLM to do this with MCP...
- rndhouse 29d agoThere are many techniques for making a closed-source binary harder to reverse engineer: polymorphism, symbol stripping, code encryption, packing, and so on. Closed-source binaries at least stand a chance of being effectively obfuscated, unlike open-source code.
- teravor 29d agoand those measures have always been merely annoyances. except for the VM methods which impact performance significantly. now none of those methods matter as you can just instruct an LLM to bang its head against the wall until the wall breaks.
- rndhouse 29d agoThey still matter in the sense that they impose a cost. In other words, they buy time, which is all the users need before updating. I'm not sure if the cat and mouse game resolves clearly one way or another. Since the obfuscation can be hardened against LLMs during development.