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knife – reverse engineering toolkit for binary analysis

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security, TUI

knife is a reverse engineering toolkit for static analysis of PE, ELF and Mach-O binaries, with disassembly, triage and auditing.

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Capstone – multi-architecture disassembly framework

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Capstone is a lightweight multi-architecture disassembly framework with detailed instruction metadata, and numerous bindings.

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Pharos – static binary analysis framework

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Pharos is a static binary analysis framework with tools for API analysis, C++ object recovery, function hashing and YARA signature generation.

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Miasm – reverse engineering framework for binary analysis

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Miasm is a reverse engineering framework offering binary parsing, assembly, disassembly, emulation, symbolic execution and code analysis.

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Reko – general-purpose machine code decompiler

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Reko is a general-purpose machine code decompiler with broad architecture support, command-line operation and an extensible analysis engine.

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REDasm – cross-platform disassembler and binary analysis tool

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

REDasm is a cross-platform disassembler and binary analysis tool with graphs, cross-references, type handling, patching and project support.

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Nyxelf – static and dynamic ELF malware analysis

September 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Nyxelf combines static and dynamic analysis, decompilation and a QEMU sandbox to investigate suspicious Linux ELF binaries through a graphical interface.

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Security

12 Useful Free and Open Source Binary Analysis Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

To provide an insight into the software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 useful tools for performing binary analysis.

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socat – multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

socat is a flexible, multi-purpose relay tool. Its purpose is to establish a relationship between two data sources,

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flawfinder – lexically find potential security flaws (“hits”) in source code

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Flawfinder searches through C/C++ source code looking for potential security flaws.

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JavaSnoop – tool for testing Java desktop applications or applets

July 7, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

JavaSnoop is a tool for testing (re: hacking) Java desktop applications or applets.

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