We gave AI agents access to Ghidra and tasked them with finding hidden backdoors in servers - working solely from binaries, without any access to source code.
AI agents just hacked reverse engineering by finding backdoors in raw binaries...
Deep Dive
Researchers deployed AI agents with access to the Ghidra reverse-engineering tool to autonomously audit server binaries for hidden backdoors. The agents worked solely from compiled binaries without any source code, demonstrating a novel application of AI for cybersecurity. This approach could automate the detection of sophisticated, intentionally hidden vulnerabilities that traditional tools might miss, potentially scaling security audits for massive codebases.
Why It Matters
This could automate and scale the hunt for sophisticated, hidden vulnerabilities in any compiled software.