Simple Machine Learning Techniques for Binary Diffing (in Diaphora)

Name: Simple Machine Learning Techniques for Binary Diffing (in Diaphora)
Duration: 36 min
Description: Binary diffing—the process of finding matching functions between two binaries—is a fundamental technique in vulnerability research, patch diffing, malware family tracking, and reverse engineering. Dia

Joxean Koret

44CON 2025 · Day 1 · Main Track

Binary diffing—the process of finding matching functions between two binaries—is a fundamental technique in vulnerability research, patch diffing, malware family tracking, and reverse engineering. Dia

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Joxean Koret spent years honestly interrogating whether ML could improve Diaphora, failed productively, found what actually works, and shipped it — this is how applied research is supposed to go.

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