---
id: 1781
title: "Towards Practical Security Optimizations for Binaries"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/03/25/towards-practical-security-optimizations-for-binaries/"
published_at: "2022-03-25T12:58:54Z"
tags: ["reverse-engineering", "exploits", "compiler-optimizations", "binary-hardening", "cwe-733", "code-reuse"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1781"
lang: en
---

# Towards Practical Security Optimizations for Binaries

## Summary

Compiler optimizations like dead store elimination can strip security-critical code such as key sanitization; Trail of Bits studies binary layout hardening to blunt code-reuse exploits.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2022-03-25T12:58:54Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/03/25/towards-practical-security-optimizations-for-binaries/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1781