Behind the Binary by Google Cloud Security

EP07 Jordan Wiens - Inside the Mind of a Binary Ninja: CTFs, AI and the Future of Cyber Security

Josh Stroschein Season 2 Episode 4

In this episode, we have a fascinating conversation with Jordan Wiens, developer of the widely used Binary Ninja, and co-founder of Vector 35. Jordan brings his expertise as an avid CTF player to a discussion about the complexities of building a commercial reverse engineering platform, the importance of community growth, and the significant future role of AI. We also delve into the unique nature of having active adversaries inherent in cyber security work.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Code visualization: https://github.com/voidALPHA/cgc_viz

Binary Ninja features: https://binary.ninja/2024/11/20/4.2-frogstar.html#language-representations

Reversible debugger: https://web.archive.org/web/20150915000000*/https://www.raytheon.com/news/technology_today/archive/2010_issue1.pdf