Catarina Brites

74 papers A 4B 11C 16Misc 2Journal 27Unranked 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 C conf
ISM
Ahmadreza Sezavar, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso
2024 C conf
VCIP
Ahmadreza Sezavar, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ahmadreza Sezavar, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso
2024 C conf
ISM
Ahmadreza Sezavar, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ahmadreza Sezavar, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2021 C conf
MMSP
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2021 Misc conf
ICASSP
Diogo Lopes, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol.
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Multim.
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2020 B conf
QoMEX
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2020 B conf
ICIP
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2020 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2020 J jnl
Signal Process. Image Commun.
Fernando Pereira, Antoine Dricot, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites
2019 A conf
ICME
Eurico Lopes, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Multim.
Paulo de Oliveira Rente, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2019 C conf
MMSP
Afonso Costa, Antoine Dricot, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Multim.
Jose Peixeiro, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2018 conf
EUSIPCO
Joao Garrote, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2018 conf
EUSIPCO
Andre Oliveira, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2017 C conf
MMSP
José Abecasis Teixeira, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2017 C conf
CBMI
José Abecasis Teixeira, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2017 C conf
MMSP
Guilherme Luz Tortorella, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2017 conf
ICME Workshops
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2017 C conf
MMSP
Alireza Javaheri, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2016 A conf
ICME
Jose Peixeiro, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2016 A conf
ICME
Nuno Monteiro, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2016 Misc conf
ICASSP
Nuno Monteiro, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso
2015 J jnl
Signal Process. Image Commun.
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2015 C conf
MMSP
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2015 J jnl
Signal Process. Image Commun.
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2014 J jnl
EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process.
Matteo Salmistraro, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Søren Forchhammer
2014 B conf
ICIP
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2014 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol.
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2014 conf
EUSIPCO
Matteo Salmistraro, Lars Lau Rakêt, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Søren Forchhammer
2014 J jnl
Signal Process. Image Commun.
André Seixas Dias, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2014 C conf
VCIP
Catarina Brites, Vitor Gomes, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2013 J jnl
Signal Process. Image Commun.
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2012 conf
3DTV-Conference
Dhiraj Kumar Shah, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2012 C conf
PCS
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2012 conf
WIAMIS
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2011 B conf
ICIP
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol.
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2011 C conf
MMSP
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2011 B conf
ICIP
Matteo Naccari, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2010 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2010 conf
Visual Information Processing and Communication
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2010 B conf
ICIP
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2010 conf
EUSIPCO
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Frédéric Dufaux, Anil Fernando, Touradj Ebrahimi, Fernando Pereira, Stefano Tubaro
2009 J jnl
IET Image Process.
Ricardo Martins, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2009 C conf
PCS
Xin Huang, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira, Søren Forchhammer
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol.
Ricardo Martins, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol.
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2008 B conf
ICIP
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2008 J jnl
Signal Process. Image Commun.
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, José Quintas Pedro, Fernando Pereira
2008 conf
EUSIPCO
José Diogo Areia, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2008 A conf
ICME
Fernando Pereira, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Marco Tagliasacchi
2007 conf
ICIP (2)
Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2007 C conf
PSIVT
Fernando Pereira, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites
2007 C conf
MMSP
José Diogo Areia, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2006 B conf
ICIP
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2006 B conf
ICIP
Marco Tagliasacchi, Alan Trapanese, Stefano Tubaro, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2006 conf
EUSIPCO
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2006 conf
ICASSP (2)
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2006 conf
ICASSP (2)
Marco Tagliasacchi, Alan Trapanese, Stefano Tubaro, João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
2006 B conf
ICIP
Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2005 conf
VLBV
Luís Natário, Catarina Brites, João Ascenso, Fernando Pereira
2005 B conf
AVSS
João Ascenso, Catarina Brites, Fernando Pereira
sql/redb_js_tables.sql
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-- JavaScript malware analysis tables
-- Engine: ReplacingMergeTree(analysis_date) — latest analysis wins on re-processing
--
-- File order:
--   1. redb_js_features
--   2. redb_js_suspicious_apis
--   3. redb_js_deobfuscation
--   4. code_text_content              (generic text-content table; JS today,
--                                      PowerShell / Python / email / extracted
--                                      PDF / Office text in the future)
--   5. redb_iocs source_type ALTER    (extends Enum8 with text_raw/text_normalized
--                                      so JS — and any future text-based pipeline —
--                                      can distinguish IOCs found in the raw vs
--                                      normalised surface)
--   6. redb_iocs ioc_type ALTER       (adds registry_key=42 so HKLM/HKCU/HKEY_*
--                                      keys are extracted alongside file paths)
--
-- Decoded strings from JS still go into the shared code_binja_strings_raw
-- table (same schema used by DecompileBinja and DecompileAPK). JS
-- string_encoding values: hex, unicode, charcode, base64, concat. Plain long
-- literals are not extracted here — they're already in code_text_content and
-- scraped by the IOC pipeline over text_raw/text_normalized.
-- string_offset is the line number in the source file.
--
-- redb_js_features.script_type values (file format / container, first match):
--   jse, wsf, hta, embedded_html, wscript, esm, node_module, standalone, unknown
-- redb_js_features.detected_environment values (runtime by API surface, first
-- match):
--   wscript, browser_extension, service_worker, deno, node, browser, unknown

-- 1. Core features & obfuscation metrics (1 row per sample)
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_js_features (
    sha256 FixedString(64),
    line_count UInt32,
    char_count UInt64,
    text_entropy Float64,
    max_line_length UInt32,
    avg_line_length Float64,
    is_minified UInt8,
    is_likely_obfuscated UInt8,
    obfuscator_name LowCardinality(String),
    obfuscation_score UInt8,
    obfuscation_techniques Array(String),
    eval_count UInt32,
    function_constructor_count UInt32,
    settimeout_setinterval_count UInt32,
    document_write_count UInt32,
    innerhtml_count UInt32,
    unescape_count UInt32,
    fromcharcode_count UInt32,
    atob_count UInt32,
    decodeuri_count UInt32,
    total_function_count UInt32,
    total_variable_count UInt32,
    max_nesting_depth UInt16,
    avg_identifier_length Float64,
    hex_string_count UInt32,
    unicode_escape_count UInt32,
    long_string_count UInt32,
    base64_string_count UInt32,
    comment_ratio Float64,
    script_type LowCardinality(String),
    detected_environment LowCardinality(String),
    analysis_date DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree(analysis_date)
ORDER BY sha256;

-- 2. Suspicious API calls (multi-row per sample)
--
-- `revealed_by_deobf` is 1 when the API only appears after the deobfuscation
-- pass (i.e. the call site is hidden in the raw artefact and surfaces only in
-- text_normalized). Useful for filtering "what did normalisation actually
-- buy us" without re-running the diff.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_js_suspicious_apis (
    sha256 FixedString(64),
    api_name String,
    api_category LowCardinality(String),
    call_count UInt32,
    line_numbers Array(UInt32),
    context_snippet String,
    revealed_by_deobf UInt8,
    analysis_date DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree(analysis_date)
ORDER BY (sha256, api_name);

-- 3. Deobfuscation results (1 row per sample)
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_js_deobfuscation (
    sha256 FixedString(64),
    deobfuscator_used LowCardinality(String),
    deobfuscation_successful UInt8,
    original_size UInt64,
    deobfuscated_size UInt64,
    size_change_ratio Float64,
    original_entropy Float64,
    deobfuscated_entropy Float64,
    new_strings_found UInt32,
    new_apis_found UInt32,
    deobfuscated_sha256 FixedString(64),
    analysis_date DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree(analysis_date)
ORDER BY sha256;

-- 4. Generic text-content table for any text-based artefact (JS today;
--    PowerShell, Python, plain text, email bodies, extracted PDF/Office text
--    in the future). One row per sha256. content_type carries the magika
--    label so callers can filter without joining other tables.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS code_text_content (
    sha256 FixedString(64),
    content_type LowCardinality(String),
    text_raw String CODEC(ZSTD(3)),
    text_normalized Nullable(String) CODEC(ZSTD(3)),
    normalizer_used Nullable(String),
    analysis_date DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree(analysis_date)
ORDER BY sha256;

-- 5. Extend redb_iocs.source_type Enum8 with two universal text-content
--    surfaces: text_raw (the artefact's original text) and text_normalized
--    (a deobfuscated/canonicalised form). Used by the JS IOC extraction
--    pipeline today; any future text-based pipeline (PowerShell, PDF, etc.)
--    plugs into the same two values.
--
-- Existing rows keep their stored integer values; only newly-inserted rows
-- can use 4/5. The MODIFY COLUMN must list the full final enum, including
-- the existing values (1/2/3) — ClickHouse rejects partial alters.
ALTER TABLE redb_iocs
    MODIFY COLUMN source_type
    Enum8('decompiled_function'=1, 'disassembled_function'=2, 'string'=3,
          'text_raw'=4, 'text_normalized'=5);

-- 6. Extend redb_iocs.ioc_type Enum8 with registry_key=42. Windows registry
--    paths (HKLM\..., HKCU\..., HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\...) are a distinct class
--    of IOC from filesystem paths and were previously extracted by nothing.
--    Same MODIFY COLUMN constraint as the source_type alter — the full final
--    enum must be listed.
ALTER TABLE redb_iocs
    MODIFY COLUMN ioc_type
    Enum8('ipv4'=1, 'ipv6'=2, 'fqdn'=3, 'url'=4, 'email'=5, 'server'=6,
          'hash_md5'=10, 'hash_sha1'=11, 'hash_sha256'=12,
          'cve'=20, 'cwe'=21, 'cpe'=22,
          'crypto_btc'=30, 'crypto_eth'=31, 'crypto_xrp'=32, 'crypto_bch'=33,
          'crypto_ada'=34, 'crypto_substrate'=35,
          'path_linux'=40, 'path_windows'=41, 'registry_key'=42,
          'onion'=50);

-- 7. Migrate redb_js_features to the two-tier obfuscation verdict.
--    `is_obfuscated` (binary heuristic at score >=40) is renamed to
--    `is_likely_obfuscated` (heuristic at >=60 + ≥1 strong signal, OR
--    js-x-ray flagged the obfuscator family). `obfuscator_name` is the
--    family name reported by @nodesecure/js-x-ray (jsfuck, obfuscator.io,
--    morse, jjencode, freejsobfuscator, ...) or empty when not detected.
--
--    Run once against an existing deployment. The CREATE TABLE above
--    already reflects the post-migration shape, so fresh installs skip this.
ALTER TABLE redb_js_features
    RENAME COLUMN is_obfuscated TO is_likely_obfuscated;
ALTER TABLE redb_js_features
    ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS obfuscator_name LowCardinality(String) AFTER is_likely_obfuscated;

-- 8. Harmonise code_text_content column names with redb_iocs.source_type
--    enum values. The enum already uses `text_raw` / `text_normalized` for
--    the surface labels; the table previously stored the same data under
--    `content_raw` / `content_normalized`, forcing every join across the two
--    to translate names. Renaming the columns produces a self-documenting
--    schema where `redb_iocs.source_type='text_raw'` points directly at
--    `code_text_content.text_raw`.
--
--    Run once against an existing deployment. The CREATE TABLE above
--    already reflects the post-migration shape, so fresh installs skip this.
ALTER TABLE code_text_content
    RENAME COLUMN content_raw TO text_raw;
ALTER TABLE code_text_content
    RENAME COLUMN content_normalized TO text_normalized;

-- 9. Add revealed_by_deobf flag to redb_js_suspicious_apis. The strings/APIs
--    extractors now scan both the raw source and the deobfuscated text so APIs
--    hidden behind one obfuscation layer (Vjw0rm-style array.join + eval,
--    Dean-Edwards packers, ...) surface in the table. The flag is 1 only when
--    the API was *not* found in the raw source — querying for it isolates
--    "deobf-only" findings without joining redb_js_deobfuscation.
--
--    Run once against an existing deployment. The CREATE TABLE above
--    already reflects the post-migration shape, so fresh installs skip this.
ALTER TABLE redb_js_suspicious_apis
    ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS revealed_by_deobf UInt8 AFTER context_snippet;