What's new in Binwalk 2.1.1
Dec 11, 2017
- Many bug fixes
- New/improved file signatures
- Disassembly scans (using the Capstone Engine)
- Improved raw Deflate compression detection and extraction
- Raw LZMA compression detection and extraction
- Improved false positive detection for common compressions (Zlib, LZMA)
- An IDA plugin for running binwalk inside of IDA
- Integration of better extraction utilities (e.g., sasquatch for SquashFS, jefferson for JFFS2)
- Removal of all C library dependencies, including libmagic - pure Python!
- Native Windows support!
New in Binwalk 1.2.1 (Apr 22, 2013)
- Bug fix release.
- Added --marker option.
New in Binwalk 1.2 (Apr 3, 2013)
- Bug fixes, speed improvements.
- Added recursive scanning (--matryoshka option).
- Added plugin support.
- Added entropy analysis.
- Added strings analysis.
New in Binwalk 1.1 (Mar 8, 2013)
- Major speed improvements and regex filter support, as well as bug fixes and signature updates.
New in Binwalk 1.0 (Feb 7, 2013)
- Complete re-write in Python and includes new features and a scriptable Python module.
New in Binwalk 0.5.0 (Dec 27, 2012)
- Added the --extract option and extends --dd, allowing auto extraction and auto decompression of extracted files. Improved signatures and scan speed.
New in Binwalk 0.4.5 (Sep 7, 2012)
- Fixed magic file white space parsing bug.
- Fixed memory leak when more than one target file was specified.
- Added --dd option for auto-extraction of files.
New in Binwalk 0.4.4 (Aug 2, 2012)
- Minor OSX bug fixes and the addition of new/improved signatures.
New in Binwalk 0.4.3 (May 7, 2012)
- Bug fixes, signature updates.
New in Binwalk 0.4.2 (Feb 27, 2012)
- Version 0.4.2 includes significant speed improvements over previous versions, as well as the addition of some new search options (--grep and --raw-bytes).