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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)
on Sunday June 14, 2026 @01:24PM (#48529967)
I'm building a plugin for Ghidra called Specter that aims to bring semi-deterministic agent workflows to Ghidra. It adds a terminal like interface to Ghidra's code browser where you can chat or run DSL queries.
The project is currently 100% vibe coded with codex\gpt-5.5, but after running some experiments, I'm working on replacing some of the vibe coded SQL engine with Apache Calcite.
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on Friday January 23, 2026 @06:44PM (#46739518)
Reverse engineering is my bread and butter. I’d be willing to look into this for you.
Feel free to reach out: [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
on Monday June 30, 2025 @07:21AM (#44421907)
I continue to work on PwnScan, a tool that combines traditional static analysis and AI to find vulnerabilities in binaries. I recently added support for integer overflow bugs.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
on Sunday May 25, 2025 @10:30PM (#44093408)
You’re the second person who has asked me this, I think I need to start a blog or something.
So I dont want to give too much away about how it works because I think I might try to offer a paid version where the results are private.
But at a high level it combines an LLM, program analysis, and heuristics.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
on Sunday May 25, 2025 @05:06PM (#44091130)
https://pwnscan.com
A binary static analysis tool that identifies vulnerabilities.
Right now, still just focused on buffer overflows. It can find some known CVEs and I’ve made several reliability improvements over the past month or so.
I think I’m going to expand to additional vulnerability types soon.
Re:Launch HN: Jazzberry (YC X25) – AI agent for finding bugs
on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @09:46PM (#43991059)
Solving the false positive problem is like solving the halting problem. I don’t think we get to a world where static analysis tools don’t have them, AI or otherwise.
That said, I have found LLMs can find bugs in binaries. It’s not all false positives, as far as I can tell. I have a side project I’ve been working on that does just this (shameless plug): PwnScan.com. It’s currently free and focused on binaries.
The bad news is that you quickly get into a situation where you have too many false positives where it’s sometimes not feasible to sort through them all.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
on Monday April 28, 2025 @08:58AM (#43821037)
PwnScan - https://pwnscan.com/
My current side project is a vulnerability scanner for binaries. I do VR in my day job, so im trying to figure out how useful (or not) AI is for this domain.
Jury is still out. Getting false positives and negatives, but I can find some known CVEs!
Show HN: I Made an AI-Powered Static Analyzer for Binaries
For at least a few years (since before COVID), in my circle everbody wants an AI tool that finds vulnerabilities in binaries. I have my reservations about such a tool because of my perception that AI is overhyped, so I decided to build one myself to see how useful it could be (or not).I was actually kinda surprised how well it worked for my collection of binaries with known CVEs. It definitely...
Re:Hunger shifts attention towards less healthy food options, study finds
on Sunday April 13, 2025 @12:35AM (#43670128)
This has been my experience when using Zepbound, one of the new-ish weight loss drugs. Since I am not hungry all the time or having strong cravings, I think much more carefully about what I eat and how much. “I can only eat this much, so I better eat something with protein/fiber.” Before I would not feel sated until I gave into a craving.
Downside though is that sometimes I end up “wanting to want.” Like, having a date night with the wife, social gatherings with food, or just the occasional indulgence.