A Powerful tracing engine based on Qemu

Dynamic Tracing engines are crucial tools in Reverse Engineering. By executing a desired use-case and collecting code coverage, you can effectively narrow down the sections of the binary to refine your understanding of the program. While dealing with a MIPS binary reversing challenge, I came across a tool called Cannoli, which provides tracing capability in Qemu User-mode. It allows you to write plugins to trace execution paths and memory operations like read and write. What’s most fascinating about this tool …

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