Survey of Automated Vulnerability Detection and Exploit Generation Techniques in Cyber Reasoning Systems

Understand

Software is everywhere, from mission critical systems such as industrial power stations, pacemakers and even household appliances.

• This growing dependence on technology and the increasing complexity software has serious security implications as it means we are potentially surrounded by software that contain exploitable vulnerabilities.
• These challenges have made binary analysis an important area of research in computer science and has emphasized the need for building automated analysis systems that can operate at scale, speed and efficacy; all while performing with the skill of a human expert.
• Though great progress has been made in this area of research, there remains limitations and open challenges to be addressed.