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name: binary-reconnaissance description: Initial reconnaissance on binaries including checksec, file analysis, strings, and symbols. First step for any new target.

Binary Reconnaissance

First-look analysis of any new binary target. Run these checks before deeper analysis.

Checklist

1. File type: file target
2. Security mitigations: checksec target
3. Symbols: nm target or readelf -s target
4. Strings: strings target | grep -i flag\|win\|shell
5. Disassembly: objdump -M intel -d target > target.asm

Checksec Interpretation

Quick Wins to Look For

• Functions named win, get_flag, shell, backdoor
• Strings containing flag, /bin/sh, cat flag
• system() or execve() in PLT
• No canary + no PIE = likely simple overflow

Output

Produce context/binary-info.md using the template.