Antonio Bianchi
Associate Professor
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAntonio Bianchi is an Associate Professor and security researcher with 15 years of experience specializing in software and system security, automatic detection and mitigation of mobile threats, and low-level binary analysis. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara and has moved from research roles into faculty positions at Iowa and Purdue, where he recruits students and postdocs for applied security research. An active contributor to high-profile open-source projects like angr and educational repositories such as how2heap, his work blends practical exploit demonstrations with tooling and documentation that advance binary analysis and heap exploitation understanding. As a long-time member of the Shellphish CTF team and a DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge third-place finisher, he brings competitive reverse-engineering experience to academic research and mentorship.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at University of Illinois at ChicagoMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering, 110 cum laude, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering, 110 cum laude at Politecnico di MilanoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, GPA: 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, GPA: 4.0 at University of California, Santa Barbara
English, Italian
Github Skills (19)
heap-dump10
python10
vulnerability10
c1110
binarydiff10
c1710
exploit10
security-vulnerability10
heap10
glibc10
symbolic-execution10
vulnerabilities10
reverse-engineering10
angr10
test-automation10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
shellphish/how2heap
Jan 2016 - Jul 2018
A repository for learning various heap exploitation techniques.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:18 commits, 5 PRs, 16 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Antonio's commits primarily focus on demonstrating and explaining various heap exploitation techniques within the context of `how2heap`. They implement and document vulnerabilities such as "unsafe unlink" and "house of spirit," providing code examples and explanations. The contributions extend to "poison null byte" and "fastbin dup" vulnerabilities, offering a clear understanding of memory corruption. The user's work includes documentation and addresses small errors and typos to refine the demonstration.
heaptechniquesexploitation
angr/angr-doc
Dec 2015 - Apr 2020
Documentation for the angr suite
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:25 commits, 17 PRs, 26 pushes in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Antonio contributed to the documentation and example solutions for the angr suite, a binary analysis framework. They added solutions for several crackme challenges, demonstrating proficiency in using angr for symbolic execution and vulnerability analysis. Additionally, the user implemented and tested examples for Android applications and Java programs, showcasing a strong understanding of reverse engineering and automated testing methodologies.
angrsuite
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