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Application optimisation with LLMs: Finding faster, equivalent, software libraries.

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

Performance Optimisation

Finding 10x+ Performance Improvements in C++ with CodeQL – Part 2/2 on Combining Dynamic and Static Analysis for Performance Optimisation

March 1, 2023

Performance Optimisation

60%+ Performance Improvements with Continuous Profiling and Library Matching – Part 1/2 on Combining Dynamic and Static Analysis for Performance Optimisation

February 14, 2023

Performance Optimisation

Optimising an eBPF Optimiser with Prodfiler (Repost)

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023

Exploit generation

PhD Thesis: Greybox Automatic Exploit Generation for Heap Overflows in Language Interpreters

November 18, 2020November 19, 2020

Exploit generation

Gollum: Modular and Greybox Exploit Generation for Heap Overflows in Interpreters

October 30, 2019November 1, 2019

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Heap Scripts for TCMalloc with GDB’s Python API

March 30, 2011May 26, 2016

Static analysis

Finding use-after-free bugs with static analysis

November 30, 2009May 26, 2016

Fuzzing

Better Interpreter Fuzzing with Clang

July 10, 2012May 26, 2016

Exploitation

Exploit Necromancy in TCMalloc – Reviving the 4-to-N Byte Overflow Primitive with Insert to FreeList[X]

April 14, 2011May 26, 2016

Fault Localisation

Tracking Down Heap Overflows with rr

May 31, 2016August 13, 2017

Fuzzing

Fuzzing PHP’s unserialize Function

August 12, 2017August 14, 2017

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Finding 10x+ Performance Improvements in C++ with CodeQL – Part 2/2 on Combining Dynamic and Static Analysis for Performance Optimisation

60%+ Performance Improvements with Continuous Profiling and Library Matching – Part 1/2 on Combining Dynamic and Static Analysis for Performance Optimisation

Optimising an eBPF Optimiser with Prodfiler (Repost)

PhD Thesis: Greybox Automatic Exploit Generation for Heap Overflows in Language Interpreters

Gollum: Modular and Greybox Exploit Generation for Heap Overflows in Interpreters

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Heap Scripts for TCMalloc with GDB’s Python API

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