Building on Ghidra: Tools for Automating Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis

February 10, 2022 • Podcast

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Jeff Gennari and Garret Wassermann

Jeffrey Gennari and Garret Wassermann talk with Suzanne Miller about Kaiju, a series of tools that they have developed that allows for malware analysis and reverse engineering. Kaiju helps analysts take better advantage of the NSA's Ghidra framework.

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Software Engineering Institute

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Abstract

In this SEI Podcast, Jeffrey Gennari and Garret Wassermann talk with Suzanne Miller about Kaiju, a series of tools that they have developed that allows for malware analysis and reverse engineering. Kaiju helps analysts take better advantage of Ghidra, the National Security Agency’s reverse-engineering tool.

About the Speaker

Jeff Gennari

Jeff Gennari is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the CERT program at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI). While at the SEI Mr. Gennari has worked as a malicious code analyst where he analyzed hundreds of malware samples, served as an expert witness in U.S. federal …

Garret Wassermann

Garret Wassermann is an SEI alumni employee.

Garret Wassermann is a vulnerability analyst in the CERT Division at the SEI. His research interests include development of programming-language and static-analysis tools for vulnerability discovery and software system verification. Previously, he taught mathematics, physics, and computer science courses as an adjunct instructor …

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