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Epona and the Obfuscation Paradox: Transparent for Users, a Pain for Reversers

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How Quarkslab's Epona obfuscator addresses the usability-versus-protection paradox: defining a tailored obfuscation scheme, checking its properties, and combining passes that target VM artifacts.
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