Binary Reconnaissance

First-look analysis of any new binary target. Run these checks before deeper analysis.

Checklist

1. File type: file target
2. Security mitigations: checksec target
3. Symbols: nm target or readelf -s target
4. Strings: strings target | grep -i flag\|win\|shell
5. Disassembly: objdump -M intel -d target > target.asm

Checksec Interpretation