Monomorph

Security and privacy

binary packing

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Monomorph

pack any shellcode into a binary with a fixed MD5 hash

github.com

#shellcode#binary packing#md5 collision#malware evasion

28points
3comments
#1,295of 2,570 in 2022
Top 51%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 1 comments about the project.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Nice binary packaging tool

    From 1 comment
    • > Some people still insist on using MD5 to reference file samples, for various reasons that don't make sense to me. If any of these people end up investigating code packed using…
      tetris11 on HN

Objections

  • Binaries sharing an MD5 hash confuses people who verify archives or reference samples by MD5

    From 1 comment
    • > Some people still insist on using MD5 to reference file samples, for various reasons that don't make sense to me. If any of these people end up investigating code packed using…
      tetris11 on HN

Questions

  • Why would different binaries share the same hash and how else can archives be verified

    From 1 comment
    • > Some people still insist on using MD5 to reference file samples, for various reasons that don't make sense to me. If any of these people end up investigating code packed using…
      tetris11 on HN

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