Paolo Santonastaso

37 papers B 1C 1Journal 35
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Francesco Pavese, Paolo Santonastaso
2025 J jnl
CoRR
José Gómez-Torrecillas, Francisco Javier Lobillo, Gabriel Navarro, Paolo Santonastaso
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Chiara Castello, Paolo Santonastaso
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2025 J jnl
CoRR
F. J. Lobillo, Paolo Santonastaso, John Sheekey
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Alessandro Neri, Paolo Santonastaso
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Chiara Castello, Paolo Santonastaso, Martin Scotti
2025 J jnl
Cryptogr. Commun.
Ferruh Özbudak, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2024 J jnl
SIAM J. Appl. Algebra Geom.
Vito Napolitano, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Paolo Santonastaso
2024 J jnl
SIAM J. Discret. Math.
Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2024 C conf
WAIFI
Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2024 J jnl
Electron. J. Comb.
Sam Adriaensen, Paolo Santonastaso
2024 B conf
ISIT
Ferdinando Zullo, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, John Sheekey
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ferdinando Zullo, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, John Sheekey
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ferruh Özbudak, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2023 J jnl
Finite Fields Their Appl.
Vito Napolitano, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2023 J jnl
Discret. Math.
Sam Adriaensen, Jonathan Mannaert, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Chiara Castello, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory
Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, John Sheekey, Ferdinando Zullo
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Paolo Santonastaso, John Sheekey
2023 J jnl
J. Comb. Theory A
Alessandro Neri, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2023 J jnl
Adv. Math. Commun.
Vito Napolitano, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Vito Napolitano, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, John Sheekey, Ferdinando Zullo
2022 J jnl
Finite Fields Their Appl.
Alessandro Neri, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Martino Borello, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2022 J jnl
Discret. Math.
Vito Napolitano, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2022 J jnl
Des. Codes Cryptogr.
Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Alessandro Neri, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Alessandro Neri, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Vito Napolitano, Olga Polverino, Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Paolo Santonastaso, Ferdinando Zullo
2017 J jnl
NeuroImage
Letizia Squarcina, Umberto Castellani, Marcella Bellani, Cinzia Perlini, Antonio Lasalvia, Nicola Dusi, Chiara Bonetto, Doriana Cristofalo, Sarah Tosato, Gianluca Rambaldelli, Franco Alessandrini, Giada Zoccatelli, Roberto Pozzi Mucelli, Dario Lamonaca, Enrico Ceccato, Francesca Pileggi, Fausto Mazzi, Paolo Santonastaso, Mirella Ruggeri, Paolo Brambilla

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.

In 2025, he co-authored Assessing the Effectiveness of the Tigress Obfuscator Against MOPSA and BinaryNinja, published at CheckMATE. The paper evaluates the effectiveness of obfuscation techniques and their impact on source-level static analysis and binary-level decompilation.

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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