The M/o/Vfuscator: x86 using only mov instructions

Adrian Crenshaw · Talk · 46 min · 2015 · YouTube title: Break Me00 The MoVfuscator Turning mov into a soul crushing RE nightmare Christopher Domas

Why it's here

HN calls it a legendary, clearly explained hacker talk whenever mov-only computing or anti-decompilation comes up.

What it covers

Christopher Domas's Derbycon 2015 talk on the M/o/Vfuscator, a compiler that emits only x86 mov instructions, showing mov is Turing complete. It explains how a full machine is built from mov and why the output is a nightmare to reverse engineer.