Native binary triage

When it applies

You have a compiled binary — a thick desktop/mobile client, a network service, a setuid helper during privesc, or a firmware component (reverse-eng-firmware) — and no source. You need to understand what it does, where attacker input reaches, and whether that path is exploitable, before committing to exploit-poc-development.

Why it works

A binary carries its logic in the code and its intent in the strings, imports, and symbols. Cheap static passes (strings, imports, cross-references) point straight at the interesting functions; a debugger then confirms what actually happens at runtime, so you spend deep analysis only on the paths that matter.