Publications from Trail of Bits
Academic papers
Conference presentations
Automated bug finding and exploitation
Blockchain
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detecting transaction replacement attacks with Manticore | Sam Moelius | 2020 |
| Fantastic Bugs and How to Squash Them; or, the Crimes of Solidity | Evan Sultanik | 2019 |
| SlithIR: High-Precision Security Analysis with an IR for Solidity | Josselin Feist | 2019 |
| Slither: A Static Analysis Framework for Smart Contracts | Josselin Feist | 2019 |
| What blockchain got right | Dan Guido | 2019 |
| Property-testing of smart contracts | JP Smith | 2018 |
| Anatomy of an unsafe programming language | Evan Sultanik | 2018 |
| Contract upgrade risks and recommendations | Josselin Feist | 2018 |
| Blackhat Ethereum | Ryan Stortz, Jay Little | 2018 |
| Blockchain Autopsies - Analyzing Smart Contract Deaths | Jay Little | 2018 |
| Rattle - an Ethereum EVM binary analysis framework | Ryan Stortz | 2018 |
| Securing value on the Ethereum blockchain | Dan Guido | 2018 |
| Binary analysis, meet the blockchain | Mark Mossberg | 2018 |
| Automatic bug finding for the blockchain | Felipe Manzano, Josselin Feist | 2017 |
Cryptography
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Seriously, stop using RSA | Ben Perez | 2019 |
| Best Practices for Cryptography in Python | Paul Kehrer | 2019 |
| Analyzing the MD5 collision in Flame | Alex Sotirov | 2012 |
Engineering
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Improving PyPI's security with Two Factor Authentication | William Woodruff | 2019 |
| Linux Security Event Monitoring with osquery | Alessandro Gario | 2019 |
| osql: The community oriented osquery fork | Stefano Bonicatti, Mark Mossberg | 2019 |
| Getting started with osquery | Lauren Pearl, Andy Ying | 2018 |
| osquery Super Features | Lauren Pearl | 2018 |
| osquery Extension Skunkworks | Mike Myers | 2018 |
| Build it Break it Fix it | Andrew Ruef | 2014 |
Education
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Joy of Pwning | Sophia D'Antoine | 2017 |
| How to CTF - Getting and using Other People's Computers (OPC) | Jay Little | 2014 |
| Low-level Security | Andrew Ruef | 2014 |
| Security and Your Business | Andrew Ruef | 2014 |
| Bringing nothing to the party | Vincenzo Iozzo | 2013 |
| From One Ivory Tower to Another | Vincenzo Iozzo | 2012 |
Infrastructure
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Return to the 100 Acre Woods | Stefan Edwards | 2019 |
| Swimming with the kubectl fish | Stefan Edwards | 2019 |
Machine Learning
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| PrivacyRaven: Comprehensive Privacy Testing for Deep Learning | Suha Hussain | 2020 |
Mobile security
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Swift Reversing | Ryan Stortz | 2016 |
| Modern iOS Application Security | Sophia D'Antoine, Dan Guido | 2016 |
| The Mobile Exploit Intelligence Project | Dan Guido | 2012 |
| A Tale of Mobile Threats | Vincenzo Iozzo | 2012 |
Programming
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Python internals - let's talk about dicts | Dominik Czarnota | 2019 |
| Low-level debugging with Pwndbg | Dominik Czarnota | 2018 |
| Insecure Things to Avoid in Python | Dominik Czarnota | 2018 |
Side channels
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware side channels in virtualized environments | Sophia D'Antoine | 2015 |
| Exploiting Out-of-Order Execution | Sophia D'Antoine | 2015 |
Threat analysis
| Presentation Title | Author(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Exploit Intelligence Project Revisited | Dan Guido | 2013 |
Datasets
| Dataset | Date |
|---|---|
| Smart Contract Audit Findings | Aug 2019 |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Guest | Date | Topic(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCBS 880 | Dan Guido | Sep 2020 | Gap years and intern hiring |
| Risky Business 594 | Dan Guido | Aug 2020 | Apple security |
| Epicenter 346 | Dan Guido | Jun 2020 | Smart contract security |
| Absolute AppSec 97 | Stefan Edwards | May 2020 | Threat modeling |
| Unchained 170 | Dan Guido | May 2020 | DeFi security |
| Risky Business 580 | Dan Guido | Apr 2020 | Mobile voting |
| Absolute AppSec 91 | Stefan Edwards | Apr 2020 | Mobile voting |
| Zero Knowledge 122 | Ben Perez | Mar 2020 | Cryptography reviews, ZKPs |
| Changelog | Dan Guido | Jan 2020 | AlgoVPN |
| Risky Business 559 | Stefan Edwards | Oct 2019 | Kubernetes |
| FOSS Weekly 545 | William Woodruff | Sep 2019 | PyPI security improvements |
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William Woodruff | Aug 2019 | PyPI security, UX, and sustainability |
| Absolute AppSec 68 | Stefan Edwards, Bobby Tonic | Aug 2019 | Kubernetes |
| Hashing it Out 53 | Dan Guido | Jul 2019 | Smart contract testing |
| Absolute AppSec 60 | Stefan Edwards | May 2019 | Android, programming languages |
| Absolute AppSec 55 | Stefan Edwards | Apr 2019 | Security testing |
| Hashing it Out 35 | Dan Guido, Josselin Feist | Jan 2019 | Ethereum's failed EIP-1283 |
| Risky Business | JP Smith | Jan 2019 | Post-quantum crypto in CTFs |
| Absolute AppSec 37 | Stefan Edwards | Nov 2018 | Programming languages, symbex |
| Risky Business 510 | Lauren Pearl | Aug 2018 | Open source security engineering |
| Absolute AppSec 34 | Stefan Edwards | Oct 2018 | Security testing, blockchain |
| Zero Knowledge 16 | JP Smith | Mar 2018 | Smart contract security |
| Risky Business 488 | JP Smith | Feb 2018 | Smart contract testing w/ Manticore |
| Risky Business 474 | Dan Guido | Oct 2017 | How to engineer secure software |
| Georgian Partners 47 | Dan Guido | May 2017 | AlgoVPN and Tor |
| VUC 643 | Dan Guido | Apr 2017 | AlgoVPN |
| Risky Business 449 | Dan Guido | Mar 2017 | Control Flow Integrity |
| Risky Business 425 | Dan Guido | Sep 2016 | Recap the week's news |
| Risky Business 421 | Dan Guido | Aug 2016 | Car hacking and the week's news |
| Risky Business 416 | Dan Guido | Jul 2016 | DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge |
| Risky Business 399 | Dan Guido | Feb 2016 | Apple vs the FBI |
| Risky Business 370 | Dan Guido | Feb 2015 | DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge |
| Risky Business 348 | Dan Guido | Jun 2015 | DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge |
Security Reviews
Companies that have allowed us to speak about our work can be found here. Many more remain confidential.
Technology products
| Product | Review Date | Level of Effort | Deliverables | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Sphere | Jun 2020 | 12 person-weeks | Microsoft | |
| Zoom | May 2020 | 9 person-weeks | Zoom | |
| Secure Transport | Apr 2020 | 4 person-weeks | ||
| ZeroTier 2.0 | Mar 2020 | 2 person-weeks | Security Review | ZeroTier |
| Voatz | Feb 2020 | 12 person-weeks | Security Review, Threat Model | Voatz, Tusk |
| Voice | Jan 2020 | 4 person-weeks | ||
| Sweet B | Jan 2020 | 4 person-weeks | Security Review | Western Digital |
| Azure Sphere | Jun 2019 | 12 person-weeks | ||
| SanDisk X600 | May 2019 | 6 person-weeks | Security Review | Western Digital |
| Project Callisto | Aug 2018 | 5 person-weeks | ||
| zlib | Sep 2016 | 1 person-week | Security Review |
Cloud-native
| Product | Review Date | Level of Effort | Deliverables | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helm | Aug 2020 | 4 person-weeks | ||
| Terraform | Mar 2020 | 6 person-weeks | ||
| OPA | Mar 2020 | 2 person-weeks | ||
| Vault | Feb 2020 | 12 person-weeks | ||
| etcd | Jan 2020 | 4 person-weeks | Security Review | CNCF |
| Rook | Dec 2019 | 2 person-weeks | Security Review | CNCF |
| Kubernetes | May 2019 | 12 person-weeks | Security Review, Threat Model, Whitepaper | Google, CNCF |
Smart contracts
Blockchain protocols and software
Workshops
| Workshop Title | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Contract Security Automation Workshop | TruffleCon 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| Manticore EVM Workshop | Devcon4 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| Introduction to Smart Contract Exploitation | GreHack 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| DeepState: Bringing Vulnerability Detection Tools into the Dev Cycle | SecDev 2018 | Oct 2018 |
| Smart Contract Security Automation Workshop | TruffleCon 2018 | Oct 2018 |
| Smart Contract Security Automation Workshop | ETH Berlin 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| Manticore EVM Workshop | EthCC 2018 | Mar 2018 |
| Manticore Workshop | GreHack 2017 | Oct 2017 |
