Demystify Today's Binary Disassembling and How Modern ABI Makes it Easier

Explore the intricacies of binary disassembling in this 21-minute Black Hat conference talk. Delve into a comprehensive study of eight open-source tools, including Ghidra, Angr, McSema, Dyninst, Radare2, Jakstab, Uroboros, and Objdump. Gain insights into the research project, tool selection process, and existing disassemblers. Examine various strategies, error-prone heuristics, and evaluation results. Discover a new approach to binary disassembling and understand the key challenges in making it verification-friendly. Learn how modern Application Binary Interface (ABI) simplifies the process and impacts the field of reverse engineering.

Introduction
Research Project
Binary Disassembling
Tool Selection
Existing Disassemblyrs
Understanding Disassemblyrs
Source Code
Strategies
Errorprone heuristics
Evaluation
Results
New approach
Challenges
Verification Friendly
Key Challenges
Release