Patrick Kochberger

18 papers B 4C 1Journal 6Unranked 7

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Evaluation Methodologies in Software Protection Research. ACM Comput. Surv. Bjorn De Sutter, Sebastian Schrittwieser, Bart Coppens, Patrick Kochberger
2024	J	`jnl`	A Systematic Literature Review of Inter-Service Security Threats and Mitigation Strategies in Microservice Architectures. IEEE Access Philipp Haindl, Patrick Kochberger, Markus Sveggen
2024	B	`conf`	Analysis of the Windows Control Flow Guard. ARES Niels Pfau, Patrick Kochberger
2024	J	`jnl`	Comparability of Software Metrics and Estimating the Strength of Software Protections. ERCIM News Patrick Kochberger, Philipp Haindl, Matteo Battaglin, Patrick Felbauer
2023	J	`jnl`	Evaluation Methodologies in Software Protection Research. CoRR Patrick Kochberger, Sebastian Schrittwieser, Bart Coppens, Bjorn De Sutter
2023	C	`conf`	Large Language Models for Code Obfuscation Evaluation of the Obfuscation Capabilities of OpenAI's GPT-3.5 on C Source Code. SECRYPT Patrick Kochberger, Maximilian Gramberger, Sebastian Schrittwieser, Caroline Lawitschka, Edgar R. Weippl
2023	—	`conf`	Modeling Obfuscation Stealth Through Code Complexity. ESORICS Workshops (2) Sebastian Schrittwieser, Elisabeth Wimmer, Kevin Mallinger, Patrick Kochberger, Caroline Lawitschka, Sebastian Raubitzek, Edgar R. Weippl
2022	J	`jnl`	Meta-framework for Automating Static Malware Analysis. ERCIM News Patrick Kochberger, Sebastian Schrittwieser, Edgar R. Weippl
2022	—	`conf`	Obfuscation-Resilient Semantic Functionality Identification Through Program Simulation. NordSec Sebastian Schrittwieser, Patrick Kochberger, Michael Pucher, Caroline Lawitschka, Philip König, Edgar R. Weippl
2021	J	`jnl`	Anomaly Detection Support Using Process Classification. CoRR Sebastian Eresheim, Lukas Daniel Klausner, Patrick Kochberger
2021	B	`conf`	SoK: Automatic Deobfuscation of Virtualization-protected Applications. ARES Patrick Kochberger, Sebastian Schrittwieser, Stefan Schweighofer, Peter Kieseberg, Edgar R. Weippl
2020	—	`conf`	Compiling and Analyzing Open Source Malware for Research Purposes. ICSSA Daniel Judt, Patrick Kochberger, Peter Kieseberg, Sebastian Schrittwieser
2019	—	`conf`	Anomaly Detection Support Using Process Classification. ICSSA Sebastian Eresheim, Lukas Daniel Klausner, Patrick Kochberger
2019	—	`conf`	Assessment of the Transparency of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). ICSSA Patrick Kochberger, Alexander Tauber, Sebastian Schrittwieser
2018	B	`conf`	Behavioural Comparison of Systems for Anomaly Detection. ARES Martin Pirker, Patrick Kochberger, Stefan Schwandter
2018	—	`conf`	Detecting Cryptography through IR Visualization. ICSSA Patrick Kochberger, Florian Seitl
2017	—	`conf`	Discovering Cryptographic Algorithms in Binary Code Through Loop Enumeration. ICSSA Damjan Buhov, Patrick Kochberger, Richard Thron, Sebastian Schrittwieser
2015	B	`conf`	An Open Source Code Analyzer and Reviewer (OSCAR) Framework. ARES Simon Tjoa, Patrick Kochberger, Christoph Malin, Andreas Schmoll

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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