Architecture Technology Corporation

Jason Hogan

Judson Powers

Various computing technologies for various reverse engineering platforms capable of outputting, including creating or generating, a human readable and high level source code, such as C, Fortran, LISP, or BASIC, from various binary files, such as application binaries, executable binaries, or data binaries, in an original language as developed pre-compilation. For example, some of such reverse engineering platforms can be programmed to disassemble binary files from different process architectures, identify various code optimizations as compiler introduced, reverse or unwind various compiler optimizations (de-optimize), and generate a human readable and high-level source code from de-optimized data.

Optimizing source code from binary files

Generating source code from binary files

Described herein are various computing technologies for various reverse engineering platforms capable of outputting a human readable and high level source code from various binary files in its original language, as developed before compilation. For example, a computer-implemented method includes generating, by a computer, an intermediate representation having machine-readable data representing assembly language for a binary file; detecting, by the computer, a set of one or more structural features by executing a convolutional neural network on the intermediate representation, the set of one or more structural features having one or more optimizations; identifying, by the computer, a set of one or more code transformations corresponding to the one or more optimizations detected in the set of one or more structural features; and generating, by the computer, one or more source code files representing the binary file according to the set of one or more code transformations.

Systems, devices, and methods for source code generation from binary files

Described herein are various computing technologies for various reverse engineering platforms capable of outputting (e.g., creating, generating) a human readable and high level source code (e.g., C formatted text, Fortran formatted text, LISP formatted text, BASIC formatted text) from various binary files (e.g., application binary file, executable binary file, data binary file) in its original language, as developed before compilation. For example, some of such reverse engineering platforms can be programmed to disassemble binary files from different process architectures, identify various code optimizations as compiler introduced, reverse or unwind various compiler optimizations (de-optimize), and generate a human readable and high-level source code from de-optimized data. These techniques can be technically beneficial for design recovery purposes (e.g., security auditing, digital rights management, driver engineering).

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