Reverse Engineer focused on decompilation, disassembly, and software internals.

Joined August 2023
The slides from my @REverseConf talk, "Challenges in Decompilation and Reverse Engineering of CUDA-based Kernels", are now online! Slides: nicolo.dev/files/pdf/reverse… Plugin: github.com/seekbytes/ptxNinj…
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Here's the recording of our talk at REcon 2026, check it out!
The recording of "Deobfuscation in the Age of Agentic Reverse Engineering" is now public: youtube.com/watch?v=3-gJ6EUF… We (CC @nicolodev) show how to use agents to break protections found in anti-cheats, DRM systems & commercial protectors. Slides: synthesis.to/presentations/r…
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The slides from our @reconmtl talk with @nicolodev on agentic deobfuscation are now online. Topics: commercial VMs, anti-cheat, DRM systems, malware, and anti-agentic obfuscation. Slides: synthesis.to/presentations/r…
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Just finished my class on agentic deobfuscation at @reconmtl. Tomorrow, @nicolodev and I will continue the story with results from applying agentic RE workflows to SOTA software protections.
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Nicolò Altamura retweeted
June 19, 3pm at @reconmtl: VMProtect, anti-cheats, DRM — how much of today's obfuscation survives agentic reverse engineering? Find out in our talk with @nicolodev: "Deobfuscation in the Age of Agentic Reverse Engineering" cfp.recon.cx/recon-2026/talk…
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I fully agree: even targets such as anti-cheats and gaming DRMs have become significantly easier to analyze with agents, if you know how to guide them and validate their results. @nicolodev and I will about that at @reconmtl: cfp.recon.cx/recon-2026/talk…
Previous generations of software protection (DRM perspective) have always relied on code complexity (for RE), compute limitations, and human limitations as the guarantees that kept hacking timelines reasonably long. That's changed now. Beyond the acceleration in vulnerability research and malware analysis, the same new reality applies to software protection, and security by obscurity, or assuming the attacker is limited in compute and motivation, no longer works.
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Join us at REcon 2026 for a deep dive into deobfuscation! @mr_phrazer and I will share some insights on the evolving landscape. Stay tuned!
Talk w/ @nicolodev at @reconmtl: Deobfuscation in the Age of Agentic Reverse Engineering From control-flow cleanup to interprocedural analysis—and why human reasoning still matters. Details: cfp.recon.cx/recon-2026/talk… Additional training on deobfuscation: recon.cx/2026/en/trainingSof…
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Disassembling a binary: linear sweep and recursive traversal by @nicolodev nicolo.dev/en/blog/disassemb…
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I’ll be speaking at RE//verse 2026 about reverse engineering CUDA-based kernels. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about CUDA and challenges for decompilation!
Nicolò Altamura (@nicolodev) digs into decompiling CUDA kernels at RE//verse 2026! He takes a look at how GPU execution and NVIDIA’s IRs change the usual assumptions for decompilers and shows early work on a Binary Ninja PTX plugin aimed at real CUDA reversing. Don't miss out: shop.binary.ninja/collection…
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I’m glad to share that our paper "Assessing the Effectiveness of the Tigress Obfuscator Against MOPSA and BinaryNinja" has been published in the proceedings of the CheckMATE Workshop. Check out how we used MOPSA and Binary Ninja to evaluate obfuscation! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/37338…
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It was a great honor to share the stage with @mr_phrazer to present MBA deobfuscation using our powerful BinaryNinja plugin. An incredible experience at REcon 2025 — thank you to everyone who made it unforgettable! Check out the recording!
The recording of our (CC @nicolodev) talk "Breaking Mixed Boolean-Arithmetic Obfuscation in Real-World Applications" at @reconmtl is now online! Recording: youtube.com/watch?v=QxSGWk3M… Slides: synthesis.to/presentations/r… #BinaryNinja Plugin: github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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Nicolò Altamura retweeted
The recording of our (CC @nicolodev) talk "Breaking Mixed Boolean-Arithmetic Obfuscation in Real-World Applications" at @reconmtl is now online! Recording: youtube.com/watch?v=QxSGWk3M… Slides: synthesis.to/presentations/r… #BinaryNinja Plugin: github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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The new version of my #BinaryNinja plugin Obfuscation Analysis (v1.2) adds recursive function inlining in the decompiler. It collapses call-heavy code into a single function; analysis, constant propagation, DCE and other analyses work across boundaries. github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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Nicolò Altamura retweeted
We just presented our new Binary Ninja plugin for deobfuscation of Mixed Boolean Arithmetic expressions at REcon25. Check it out!
The slides from our @reconmtl talk, "Breaking Mixed Boolean-Arithmetic Obfuscation in Real-World Applications" (CC @nicolodev), are now online! Slides: synthesis.to/presentations/r… Plugin: github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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We just presented our new Binary Ninja plugin for deobfuscation of Mixed Boolean Arithmetic expressions at REcon25. Check it out!
The slides from our @reconmtl talk, "Breaking Mixed Boolean-Arithmetic Obfuscation in Real-World Applications" (CC @nicolodev), are now online! Slides: synthesis.to/presentations/r… Plugin: github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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Nicolò Altamura retweeted
Tomorrow at 3:30 pm, @nicolodev and I will present our talk “Breaking Mixed Boolean-Arithmetic Obfuscation in Real-World Applications” at @reconmtl ! Details: cfp.recon.cx/recon-2025/talk… Plugin release: github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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Nicolò Altamura retweeted
Simplify the reverse engineering of obfuscated binaries using MBA expressions with our new plugin! Easy to use, and shows the results directly to Binary Ninja!
New #BinaryNinja plugin: Obfuscation Analysis Simplifies arithmetic obfuscation (MBA) directly in the decompiler (see demo below). Also identifies functions with corrupted disassembly. Co-authored by @nicolodev; available in the plugin manager. github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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Nicolò Altamura retweeted
New #BinaryNinja plugin: Obfuscation Analysis Simplifies arithmetic obfuscation (MBA) directly in the decompiler (see demo below). Also identifies functions with corrupted disassembly. Co-authored by @nicolodev; available in the plugin manager. github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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Simplify the reverse engineering of obfuscated binaries using MBA expressions with our new plugin! Easy to use, and shows the results directly to Binary Ninja!
New #BinaryNinja plugin: Obfuscation Analysis Simplifies arithmetic obfuscation (MBA) directly in the decompiler (see demo below). Also identifies functions with corrupted disassembly. Co-authored by @nicolodev; available in the plugin manager. github.com/mrphrazer/obfusca…
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