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Can LLMs Deobfuscate Binary Code? A Systematic Analysis of Large Language Models into Pseudocode Deobfuscation

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Main Authors:	Hu, Li, Shang, Xiuwei, Shi, Jieke, Cheng, Shaoyin, Zhang, Junqi, Li, Gangyang, Yang, Zhou, Zhang, Weiming, Lo, David
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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