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Ghidra - Journey from Classified NSA Tool to Open Source

Black Hat · Youtube · 3 HN points · 1 HN comments
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Youtube Summary
This year was a momentous one for the National Security Agency (NSA) as we released our game-changing software reverse engineering (SRE) framework to the open source community: Ghidra. This was a long and arduous process and we want to give Black Hat attendees a chance to hear from two of our experts on how we developed Ghidra, what the tool does, and the process to release it to the public. We will also share some of the insight into what it is like for NSA researchers to interact with the dynamic nature of an open source tool…and the social media attention that it attracts.

By Brian Knighton and Chris Delikat

Full Abstract & Presentation Materials: https://www.blackhat.com/us-19/briefings/schedule/#ghidra---journey-from-classified-nsa-tool-to-open-source-16309
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Chris Delikat presented iirc mostly practical reasons for open sourcing Ghidra, like interoperability with other agencies or non-government groups, at Black Hat 2019: https://youtu.be/kx2xp7IQNSc?t=1838

If the reasons presented were actually decisive can of course be questioned.

⬐ SXX
Okay I haven't seen this speech before. I guess we can actually trust the guy who worked at NSA at time to know their reason for releasing it. I mean Chris Delikat.

And yeah he does mention recruitment benefits on second slide.

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Aug 22, 2021 · 3 points, 2 comments · submitted by MichaelMoser123
⬐ sysadm1n
Probably the best tool the NSA has put out in years
⬐ MichaelMoser123
A very big project; a visual reverse engineering studio.
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