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HEX-RAYS
Founded in 2005, privately held, Belgium based, Hex-Rays SA focuses on the development of robust binary analysis tools for the IT security market. Its first public product, the Hex-Rays Decompiler plugin for IDA, dramatically increases the productivity of IT security researchers involved in the analysis of real world C/C++ binaries.
The unique Hex-Rays Decompiler, which has been developed in response to the need of hundreds of IDA users, is the fruit of more than ten years of proprietary research. Thanks to the speed and scalability of its core algorithms, Hex-Rays does not merely break new ground in the well known C/C++ decompilation problem: it lays foundations for future developments in the field of binary analysis. In the near future Hex-Rays SA expects to extend the role of its decompiler through the addition of several new algorithms and by offering a programmer SDK to its corporate customers.
Hex-Rays continues to develop and support the IDA disassembler.
This famous software analysis tool, which is a de-facto standard in the software security industry,
is an indispensable item in the toolbox of any serious software analyst.
Hex-Rays will continue to maintain IDA and ensure its continuous evolution.
IDA has an open architecture, which can be used by third-parties to extend and build on it.
The Hex-Rays Decompiler is an example of such extension.
If IDA provides a solid base for analysis, the decompiler speeds it up tenfold or more.
Mr. Guilfanov, the founder and CEO of Hex-Rays SA, holds BSc in Mathematics from Moscow State University. He is the senior architect of several highly regarded software packages including the widely used IDA, a multi-platform, multi-processor, disassembler and debugger. Mr. Guilfanov is also known for having released, on 31 Dec 2005, a highly publicized unofficial fix for the Windows Metafile (WMF) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows operating system. He currently lives in Belgium with his wife and his three boys.
Software Sources, Hex-Rays official distributor, was founded in 1992 and is focusing on delivering software solutions for IT managers,
software developers and forensic investigator.
For the last 10 years, we have being cooperating with Hex-Rays, and spreading the word about the immense capabilities of IDA and Hex-Rays Decompilers.
We work closely with cyber security companies, governamental institutes and startups, providing them with licensing, training and knowledge, quickly and discreetly.