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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ It comes in two variants, usermode to fuzz Linux ELFs userspace binaries and sys
 
 If you use LibAFL QEMU for your academic work, consider citing the follwing paper:
 
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+```bibtex
 @InProceedings{libaflqemu:bar24,
   title        = {{LibAFL QEMU: A Library for Fuzzing-oriented Emulation}},
   author       = {Romain Malmain and Andrea Fioraldi and Aurélien Francillon},