Articles by Samuel Hangouët

3 articles
Date Thu 13 August 2026
Author Samuel Hangouët
Category Program Analysis

pcode_graph is a Python library, published by Quarkslab, suitable to build semantic graphs from binary code. We present how to use it to detect function similarities in binaries.


The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) commissioned Quarkslab to extend the BOLT-based static binary analyser in LLVM to support additional compiler flags for security hardening. This work resulted in the first iteration of a scanner for validating the implementation of -ftrivial-auto-var-init.

Date Mon 01 June 2026
Authors Sébastien Rolland, Samuel Hangouet
Category Software

The Scala team has partnered with the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) to conduct its first security audit. This initiative aims to identify potential vulnerabilities through static and dynamic analysis and provide greater confidence in Scala. The security audit conducted by Quarkslab is particularly focused on Scala 3.