Zack Lischer-Katz

13 papers Journal 6Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2023 J jnl
First Monday
Jasmine Clark, Zack Lischer-Katz
2022 — conf
ASIST
Zack Lischer-Katz, Jelina Haines, Iulian Vamanu
2022 — conf
ASIST
Rhiannon Bettivia, Yi-Yun Cheng, Michael R. Gryk, Bradley Wade Bishop, Alexandra Chassanoff, Jane Greenberg, Zack Lischer-Katz
2022 J jnl
J. Documentation
Zack Lischer-Katz
2021 — conf
ASIST
Zack Lischer-Katz, Jasmine Clark
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Digit. Curation
Nathan Frank Hall, Juliet L. Hardesty, Zack Lischer-Katz, Jennifer Johnson, Matt Cook, Julie Griffin, Andrea L. Ogier, Tara Carlisle, Zhiwu Xie, Robert H. McDonald, Jamie Wittenberg
2019 J jnl
Libr. Trends
Zack Lischer-Katz
2019 — conf
iPRES
Tara Carlisle, Robert H. McDonald, Jennifer Johnson, Jamie Wittenberg, Juliet L. Hardesty, Nathan Frank Hall, Matt Cook, Zack Lischer-Katz
2018 — conf
ASIST
Zack Lischer-Katz, Matt Cook, Kristal Boulden
2017 J jnl
First Monday
Zack Lischer-Katz
2017 — conf
ASIST
Zack Lischer-Katz
2017 J jnl
First Monday
Zack Lischer-Katz, Aaron Trammell
2012 — conf
ASIST
Zack Lischer-Katz

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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