Benjamin Kollenda

16 papers A* 5A 2B 1Journal 6Unranked 2

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2020	J	`jnl`	An Exploratory Analysis of Microcode as a Building Block for System Defenses. CoRR Benjamin Kollenda, Philipp Koppe, Marc Fyrbiak, Christian Kison, Christof Paar, Thorsten Holz
2020	J	`jnl`	Automated Multi-Architectural Discovery of CFI-Resistant Code Gadgets. CoRR Patrick Wollgast, Robert Gawlik, Behrad Garmany, Benjamin Kollenda, Thorsten Holz
2020	J	`jnl`	Detile: Fine-Grained Information Leak Detection in Script Engines. CoRR Robert Gawlik, Philipp Koppe, Benjamin Kollenda, Andre Pawlowski, Behrad Garmany, Thorsten Holz
2020	J	`jnl`	Sensor-based mechanical weed control: Present state and prospects. Comput. Electron. Agric. Jannis Machleb, Gerassimos Peteinatos, Benjamin Kollenda, Dionisio Andújar, Roland Gerhards
2019	J	`jnl`	A new logarithmic sprayer for dose-response studies in the field. Comput. Electron. Agric. Gerassimos Peteinatos, Benjamin Kollenda, Pei Wang, Roland Gerhards
2019	J	`jnl`	Reverse Engineering x86 Processor Microcode. CoRR Philipp Koppe, Benjamin Kollenda, Marc Fyrbiak, Christian Kison, Robert Gawlik, Christof Paar, Thorsten Holz
2018	A*	`conf`	An Exploratory Analysis of Microcode as a Building Block for System Defenses. CCS Benjamin Kollenda, Philipp Koppe, Marc Fyrbiak, Christian Kison, Christof Paar, Thorsten Holz
2018	A	`conf`	Position-Independent Code Reuse: On the Effectiveness of ASLR in the Absence of Information Disclosure. EuroS&P Enes Göktas, Benjamin Kollenda, Philipp Koppe, Erik Bosman, Georgios Portokalidis, Thorsten Holz, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida
2017	A*	`conf`	Reverse Engineering x86 Processor Microcode. USENIX Security Symposium Philipp Koppe, Benjamin Kollenda, Marc Fyrbiak, Christian Kison, Robert Gawlik, Christof Paar, Thorsten Holz
2017	A	`conf`	Towards Automated Discovery of Crash-Resistant Primitives in Binary Executables. DSN Benjamin Kollenda, Enes Göktas, Tim Blazytko, Philipp Koppe, Robert Gawlik, Radhesh Krishnan Konoth, Cristiano Giuffrida, Herbert Bos, Thorsten Holz
2016	—	`conf`	Automated Multi-architectural Discovery of CFI-Resistant Code Gadgets. ESORICS (1) Patrick Wollgast, Robert Gawlik, Behrad Garmany, Benjamin Kollenda, Thorsten Holz
2016	B	`conf`	Detile: Fine-Grained Information Leak Detection in Script Engines. DIMVA Robert Gawlik, Philipp Koppe, Benjamin Kollenda, Andre Pawlowski, Behrad Garmany, Thorsten Holz
2016	A*	`conf`	Enabling Client-Side Crash-Resistance to Overcome Diversification and Information Hiding. NDSS Robert Gawlik, Benjamin Kollenda, Philipp Koppe, Behrad Garmany, Thorsten Holz
2016	—	`conf`	Subversive-C: Abusing and Protecting Dynamic Message Dispatch. USENIX ATC Julian Lettner, Benjamin Kollenda, Andrei Homescu, Per Larsen, Felix Schuster, Lucas Davi, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Thorsten Holz, Michael Franz
2016	A*	`conf`	Undermining Information Hiding (and What to Do about It). USENIX Security Symposium Enes Göktas, Robert Gawlik, Benjamin Kollenda, Elias Athanasopoulos, Georgios Portokalidis, Cristiano Giuffrida, Herbert Bos
2014	A*	`conf`	You Can Run but You Can't Read: Preventing Disclosure Exploits in Executable Code. CCS Michael Backes, Thorsten Holz, Benjamin Kollenda, Philipp Koppe, Stefan Nürnberger, Jannik Pewny

Nicolò Altamura is a security engineer and computer science researcher specializing in software protection, reverse engineering, program analysis, and binary deobfuscation. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Verona, graduating with honors, and works at emproof, focusing on software protection and the challenges of analyzing and understanding compiled software.

His research explores the relationship between program analysis and code obfuscation, with particular emphasis on how software transformations affect the ability of automated tools to recover program behavior. His interests span static analysis, binary analysis, decompilation, reverse engineering, and techniques for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code.

Beyond academic research, Nicolò develops and contributes to tools for reverse engineering and software analysis. His projects include obfuscation_analysis, a Binary Ninja plugin for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code; Pocket, an obfuscator for mixed Boolean-arithmetic expressions; and ptxNinja, a tool for reverse engineering NVIDIA GPU code represented in the PTX virtual instruction set.

His research also extends to binary datasets and software evolution. In 2026, he co-authored ASSEMBLAGE-DEEPHISTORY: A Cross-Build Binary Dataset with Temporal Coverage, a research work addressing the availability of binary data across multiple software builds and points in time, supporting research into binary analysis and changes between program versions.

Across his research, engineering work, and open-source contributions, Nicolò focuses on advancing the understanding, analysis, and protection of software against increasingly sophisticated obfuscation and reverse-engineering challenges.

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