Question

De-compilation is not done for _______________

(a) Recovery of lost source code

(b) Migration of assembly language

(c) Determining the existence of malicious code in any app

(d) Targeting users with stealing code

This question was posed to me during an internship interview.

This is a very interesting question from Attack Vectors topic in section Understanding Attack Vectors of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct choice is (d) Targeting users with stealing code

To elaborate: De-compilation is a technique of reverse engineering which is used for recovery of lost source code, migration of assembly language or determining the existence of malicious code in any app.