Secure Native Binary Executions--July 2020 Q2

PI(s): Prasad Kulkarni

HARD PROBLEM(S) ADDRESSED:
Scalability and Composability, Security Metrics

PUBLIC ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

Our overall project goal is to develop a high-performance framework for client-side security assessment and enforcement for binary software.

In this quarter our team at the University of Kansas continued studying the capabilities of state-of-the-art reverse engineering tools and comparing their abilities with the latest innovations and techniques proposed in research. We also started work on new student projects to: (a) build an infrastructure for client-side security assessment for binaries, (b) Develop a standardized API for reverse engineering tools, and (c) Build an efficient and effective hybrid (combined static-dynamic) reverse engineering framework.

Dr. Jantz and his team at the University of Tennessee (sub-contract) are developing custom tools to study the effectiveness of different strategies for making binary programs more secure.

PUBLICATIONS FROM THE QUARTER:

None this quarter