Nicolò Altamura

Diagram titled “Transformer attention.” It shows three steps of the attention computation with code snippets beside each step. The first step is “Scale factor 1/√dₖ,” highlighting code that computes the reciprocal square root. The second step is “Dot product Q · K,” showing code performing a dot-product accumulation. The third step is “Scaling + max tracking,” highlighting code that multiplies by the scale factor, stores the value, and updates a running maximum. The phrase “Transformer attention” appears prominently in the center.

The slides from my @re-verse.io talk, "Challenges in Decompilation and Reverse Engineering of CUDA-based Kernels", are now online!

Slides: nicolo.dev/files/pdf/re...

Plugin: github.com/seekbytes/pt...

Disassembly algorithms are often a trade-off. My new blog post analyzes linear sweep and recursive traversal, exploring their strengths and weaknesses in a self-built disassemblers.

nicolo.dev/en/blog/disa...

I’ll be speaking at RE//verse 2026 about reverse engineering CUDA-based kernels.

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about CUDA and challenges for decompilation!

It was a great honor to share the stage with Tim to present MBA deobfuscation using our powerful BinaryNinja plugin.

An incredible experience at REcon 2025 — thank you to everyone who made it unforgettable! Check out the recording!

We just presented our new Binary Ninja plugin for deobfuscation of Mixed Boolean Arithmetic expressions at REcon25. Check it out!

We just presented our new Binary Ninja plugin for deobfuscation of Mixed Boolean Arithmetic expressions at REcon25. Check it out!

Control Flow Graph is a critical element for any binary analysis framework, but its role has been underestimated sometimes (I'm looking at you, Ghidra!).

nicolo.dev/en/blog/role...

New #BinaryNinja plugin: Obfuscation Analysis

Simplifies arithmetic obfuscation (MBA) directly in the decompiler (see demo below). Also identifies functions with corrupted disassembly.

Co-authored by @nicolo.dev; available in the plugin manager.

github.com/mrphrazer/ob...

Excited to announce that together with Tim Blazytko, our talk has been accepted to REcon 2025! Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to break Mixed Boolean Arithmetic expressions :)

Excited to announce that together with Tim Blazytko, our talk has been accepted to REcon 2025! Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to break Mixed Boolean Arithmetic expressions :)

At @reconmtl.bsky.social, @nicolo.dev and I discuss the current state of MBA (de)obfuscation and their applications. We’ll also introduce a new #BinaryNinja plugin for simplifying MBAs in the decompiler.

Details: cfp.recon.cx/recon-2025/f...

I'll also give a training: recon.cx/2025/trainin...

Control Flow Graph is a critical element for any binary analysis framework, but its role has been underestimated sometimes (I'm looking at you, Ghidra!).

nicolo.dev/en/blog/role...

Disassembly algorithms are often a trade-off. My new blog post analyzes linear sweep and recursive traversal, exploring their strengths and weaknesses in a self-built disassemblers.

nicolo.dev/en/blog/disa...