Carla L. Wilkin

12 papers Journal 10Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Int. J. Account. Inf. Syst.
Carla L. Wilkin, Bingxin Racheal Liu
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Account. Inf. Syst.
Mukesh Garg, Tawei Wang, Carla L. Wilkin
2024 J jnl
Int. J. Account. Inf. Syst.
Laura Caluwe, Carla L. Wilkin, Steven De Haes, Tim Huygh
2024 J jnl
J. Inf. Syst.
Carla L. Wilkin, Tawei Wang
2020 J jnl
J. Inf. Syst.
Carla L. Wilkin, Robert H. Chenhall
2020 J jnl
J. Inf. Syst.
Adel Alamin, Carla L. Wilkin, William Yeoh, Matthew J. Warren
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Account. Inf. Syst.
Carla L. Wilkin, John Campbell, Stephen Moore, Jason R. Simpson
2016 conf
ECIS
Jason R. Simpson, Carla L. Wilkin, John Campbell, Byron W. Keating, Stephen Moore
2016 J jnl
Int. J. Account. Inf. Syst.
Carla L. Wilkin, Paul Couchman, Amrik S. Sohal, Ambika Zutshi
2011 conf
ACIS
John Campbell, Carla L. Wilkin, Stephen Moore
2010 J jnl
J. Inf. Syst.
Carla L. Wilkin, Robert H. Chenhall
2010 J jnl
Int. J. Account. Inf. Syst.
Michael J. Davern, Carla L. Wilkin
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_resources.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_resources.py python
from hashlib import sha256
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

import magic
from magika import Magika
import pefile
from pefile import UnicodeStringWrapperPostProcessor

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEResource


class PEResourceExtractor(PEExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        pe=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            pe,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_resources"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_resources(self):
        """
        Returns:
        resources: a list of dictionaries, one per each resources type found.
                    each dictionary the key represents the name of the content,
                    which is the value itself.
                    Empty list if no resources present.
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        resources_list = []
        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for resource_type in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    # if resource_type.name is not None:
                    #     name = resource_type.name
                    # else:
                    #     name = pefile.RESOURCE_TYPE.get(resource_type.struct.Id)
                    # if not name:
                    #     name = resource_type.struct.Id
                    name = (
                        resource_type.name
                        if resource_type.name is not None
                        else pefile.RESOURCE_TYPE.get(resource_type.struct.Id)
                    )
                    if isinstance(name, UnicodeStringWrapperPostProcessor):
                        name = name.decode()
                    try:
                        if hasattr(resource_type, "directory"):
                            for resource_id in resource_type.directory.entries:
                                if hasattr(resource_id, "directory"):
                                    for resource_lang in resource_id.directory.entries:
                                        rsrc_data = self.pe.get_data(
                                            resource_lang.data.struct.OffsetToData,
                                            resource_lang.data.struct.Size,
                                        )
                                        file_type = magic.from_buffer(rsrc_data)
                                        magik = Magika().identify_bytes(rsrc_data).output.label

                                        rsrc_entropy = (
                                            "%.2f"
                                            % pefile.SectionStructure.entropy_H(
                                                self.pe, rsrc_data
                                            )
                                        )
                                        rsrc_sha256 = sha256(rsrc_data).hexdigest()
                                        lang = pefile.LANG.get(
                                            resource_lang.data.lang, "*unknown*"
                                        )
                                        sublang = pefile.get_sublang_name_for_lang(
                                            resource_lang.data.lang,
                                            resource_lang.data.sublang,
                                        )
                                        pe_resource = PEResource(
                                            _id=rsrc_sha256,
                                            resource_type=name,
                                            resource_entropy=rsrc_entropy,
                                            resource_sha256=rsrc_sha256,
                                            resource_filetype=file_type,
                                            resource_magika=magik,
                                            resource_language=lang,
                                            resource_rva=resource_lang.data.struct.OffsetToData,
                                            resource_size=resource_lang.data.struct.Size,
                                            resource_sub_lang=sublang,
                                        )
                                        resources_list.append(pe_resource)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(
                            f"Continue after Error in {self.hash.sha256}: {resource_type.name} "
                            f"Exception: {e}",
                            stack_info=True,
                        )
                        # resources_list.append({f"{e} - {resource_type.name}"})
                        continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.exception(
                f"Extract exports error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}"
            )
        self.log.debug(f"Resource list {resources_list}")
        return resources_list

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            resources = self._extract_resources()
            # self.export_to_elastic(resources)  # Let the exporters handle this
            return resources
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract resources error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.extract()
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            resources = self.extract()
            if resources is None:
                return None
            
            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            for resource in resources:
                data.append([
                    self.sha256,                    # sha256
                    self.md5,                       # md5
                    self.sha1,                      # sha1
                    resource.resource_type,         # resource_type
                    resource.resource_entropy,      # resource_entropy
                    resource.resource_sha256,       # resource_sha256
                    resource.resource_filetype,     # resource_filetype
                    resource.resource_magika,       # resource_magika
                    resource.resource_language,     # resource_language
                    resource.resource_sub_lang,     # resource_sub_lang
                    resource.resource_size,         # resource_size
                    resource.resource_rva,          # resource_rva
                    current_time                    # analysis_date
                ])
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'resource_type', 'resource_entropy',
                'resource_sha256', 'resource_filetype', 'resource_magika',
                'resource_language', 'resource_sub_lang', 'resource_size',
                'resource_rva', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'Float64',
                'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))',
                'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'UInt64',
                'UInt64', 'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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