Cangqi Zhou

40 papers A* 3A 3B 4Misc 1Journal 20Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Pattern Recognit.
Jing Zhang, Wan Zhang, Xiaoqian Jiang, Yingjie Xie, Yali Yuan, Shunmei Meng, Cangqi Zhou
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Big Data
Jing Zhang, Ming Wu, Zeyi Sun, Cangqi Zhou
2025 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Zhibing Zhang, Jiantao Lin, Cangqi Zhou, Rui Xia
2025 conf
ICIC (23)
Haijiang Li, Cangqi Zhou, Jing Zhang, Dianming Hu
2024 J jnl
Wirel. Networks
Hanrui Zhang, Qianmu Li, Shunmei Meng, Zhuoran Xu, Chaoxian Lv, Cangqi Zhou
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks Learn. Syst.
Jing Zhang, Ming Wu, Cangqi Zhou, Victor S. Sheng
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Chen Hou, Cangqi Zhou, Qilong Huang, Chao-Bo Yan
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Jing Zhang, Xiaoqian Jiang, Yingjie Xie, Cangqi Zhou
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Comput. Biol. Bioinform.
Jing Zhang, Yu Lei, Yuxiang Wang, Cangqi Zhou, Victor S. Sheng
2024 Misc conf
ICMLC
Tong Lin, Cangqi Zhou, Qianmu Li, Dianming Hu
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Chen Hou, Cangqi Zhou, Chu-Ge Wu, Rui Cong, Kun Li
2024 J jnl
ACM Trans. Intell. Syst. Technol.
Cangqi Zhou, Hui Chen, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li, Dianming Hu
2024 A conf
ICWS
Xiaoqian Jiang, Haiyang Diao, Cangqi Zhou, Jing Zhang
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Qilong Huang, Li Yang, Qing-Shan Jia, Yaowen Qi, Cangqi Zhou, Xiaohong Guan
2023 conf
APWeb/WAIM (4)
Yingjie Xie, Qi Yan, Cangqi Zhou, Jing Zhang, Dianming Hu
2023 A* conf
ICDM
Peishuo Liu, Cangqi Zhou, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li, Dianming Hu
2023 conf
ICANN (4)
Peishuo Liu, Cangqi Zhou, Xiao Liu, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Xiang Li, Jing Zhang, Yali Yuan, Cangqi Zhou
2022 A conf
WSDM
Cangqi Zhou, Hui Chen, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li, Dianming Hu
2022 B conf
IJCNN
Yuxiang Wang, Cangqi Zhou, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li
2022 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Cangqi Zhou, Jing Zhang, Kaisheng Gao, Qianmu Li, Dianming Hu, Victor S. Sheng
2022 A conf
CIKM
Cangqi Zhou, Yuxiang Wang, Jing Zhang, Jiqiong Jiang, Dianming Hu
2022 J jnl
J. Database Manag.
Yanhui Peng, Jing Zhang, Cangqi Zhou, Shunmei Meng
2022 conf
PAKDD (2)
Cangqi Zhou, Sunyue Xu, Hao Ban, Jing Zhang
2022 conf
CASE
Chen Hou, Cangqi Zhou, Chu-Ge Wu, Rui Cong, Kun Li
2021 conf
ChineseCSCW (2)
Mengxi Li, Jing Zhang, Lixia Chen, Yu Fu, Cangqi Zhou
2021 B conf
IJCNN
Hui Chen, Cangqi Zhou, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li
2021 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Cangqi Zhou, Hui Chen, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li, Dianming Hu, Victor S. Sheng
2021 A* conf
ICDM
Cangqi Zhou, Jinling Shang, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li, Dianming Hu
2021 J jnl
Knowl. Inf. Syst.
Jing Zhang, Mengxi Li, Kaisheng Gao, Shunmei Meng, Cangqi Zhou
2020 J jnl
Mob. Networks Appl.
Shuo Wang, Qianmu Li, Jun Hou, Shunmei Meng, Bo Zhang, Cangqi Zhou
2020 conf
ICKG
Yanhui Peng, Jing Zhang, Cangqi Zhou, Jian Xu
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Cangqi Zhou, Hao Ban, Jing Zhang, Qianmu Li, Yinghua Zhang
2020 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Liang Feng, Qianchuan Zhao, Cangqi Zhou
2019 conf
MobiCASE
Shuo Wang, Qianmu Li, Shunmei Meng, Bo Zhang, Cangqi Zhou
2019 B conf
ASONAM
Liang Feng, Qianchuan Zhao, Cangqi Zhou
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Kaisheng Gao, Jing Zhang, Cangqi Zhou
2019 B conf
WISE
Kaisheng Gao, Jing Zhang, Cangqi Zhou
2014 J jnl
J. Intell. Syst.
Cangqi Zhou, Qianchuan Zhao
2013 conf
ICNSC
Cangqi Zhou, Qianchuan Zhao, Ruixi Yuan
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_malcontent"

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.MALCONTENT.value