Think of it like the security offered by a safe. With time and the correct tools, any obfuscated binary will eventually yield. However, the sheer volume of a co

Think of it like the security offered by a safe. With time and the correct tools, any obfuscated binary will eventually yield. However, the sheer volume of a complex obfuscated binary (especially one which defeats conventional reverse engineering techniques) can keep security researchers spinning in circles for days or weeks while malware remains at large, or frustrate would-be pirates to the point of giving up.