Chang Liao

14 papers B 1Journal 8Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Richard Littauer, Greg Wilson, Jan Ainali, Eman Abdullah AlOmar, Sylwester Arabas, Yanina Bellini Saibene, Kris Bubendorfer, Kaylea Champion, Clare Dillon, Jouni Helske, Pieter Huybrechts, Daniel S. Katz, Chang Liao, David Lippert, Fang Liu, Pierre Marshall, Daniel R. McCloy, Ian McInerney, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer, Priyanka Ojha, Christoph Treude, Ethan P. White
2025 conf
HotStorage
Yuxin Ren, Mingrui Liu, Hongbo Li, Chang Liao, Xiaojia Huang, Jianhua Zhang, Hanjun Guo, Yubo Liu, Ning Jia
2024 J jnl
Clust. Comput.
Chengtian Ouyang, Chang Liao, Donglin Zhu, Yangyang Zheng, Changjun Zhou, Chengye Zou
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Chang Liao, Yemin Yu, Yu Mei, Ying Wei
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Chang Liao
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Chang Liao
2023 J jnl
J. Open Source Softw.
Chang Liao, Matt G. Cooper
2020 J jnl
Environ. Model. Softw.
Chang Liao, Teklu K. Tesfa, Zhuoran Duan, L. Ruby Leung
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Chang Liao, Yao Cheng, Chengfang Fang, Jie Shi
2020 conf
AISec@CCS
Chang Liao, Yao Cheng, Chengfang Fang, Jie Shi
2018 conf
DASFAA (1)
Chang Liao, Yun Xiong, Xiangnan Kong, Yangyong Zhu, Shimin Zhao, Shanshan Li
2018 conf
WISE (2)
Yanxia Pang, Chang Liao, Wenan Tan, Yueping Wu, Chunyi Zhou
2018 conf
DASFAA (1)
Chang Liao, Yun Xiong, Xiangnan Kong, Yangyong Zhu
2014 B conf
DSAA
Chang Liao, Yinfei Huang, Xibin Shi, Xin Jin
redb/utils/sort_files_by_type.py
← Index redb/utils/sort_files_by_type.py python
import os
import sys
from collections import defaultdict
import tempfile
from magika import Magika
import py7zr
import pyzipper
import shutil

"""
This script is used to sort files by their type. 
It reads all the files in the provided directory and splits them into different 
directories based on their type. Mainly, it classifies the files into the following types:
- PE Binaries
- Mach-O Binaries
- ELF Binaries
- APK 
- Other Files

It outputs the count of files for each file extension and file type.

Command line example:
nohup python3 sort_files_by_type.py /mnt/samples/consilience/malware/vx-bazaar-expanded/Bazaar.2020.12 \
    /mnt/samples/consilience/malware/_sorted_samples/vx-bazaar/2020/ > \
    /mnt/samples/consilience/malware/ops-logs/20241014-SORT_FILES-bazaar_2020.12.output.log 2>&1 &
"""


def process_zip_file(filepath):
    print(f"[INFO] - Processing zip file: {filepath}")
    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
        try:
            with pyzipper.AESZipFile(filepath) as zf:
                zf.pwd = b"infected"
                filename = zf.namelist()[0]
                zf.extractall(temp_dir)
                extracted_zip_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, filename)
                return process_binary_file(extracted_zip_path)
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"[ERR] - Error processing zip file {filepath}: {str(e)}")
            return None


def process_7z_file(filepath):
    print(f"[INFO] - Processing 7z file: {filepath}")
    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
        try:
            with py7zr.SevenZipFile(filepath, mode="r", password="infected") as z:
                z.extractall(path=temp_dir)
                for root, _, files in os.walk(temp_dir):
                    for file in files:
                        extracted_file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
                        return process_binary_file(extracted_file_path)
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"[ERR] - Error processing 7z file {filepath}: {str(e)}")
            return None


def process_binary_file(filepath):
    print(f"[INFO] - Processing binary file: {filepath}")
    try:
        with open(filepath, "rb") as f:
            data = f.read(512 * 1024)  # 512KB
        return Magika().identify_bytes(data).output.ct_label
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[ERR] - Error processing binary file {filepath}: {str(e)}")
        return "ERROR"


def count_file_extensions(path, dest_dir):
    # A defaultdict to store file extension counts
    extension_count = defaultdict(int)
    filetype_count = defaultdict(int)
    tot_files = 0

    # Walk through the directory
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
        for file in files:
            if file.startswith("."):
                continue

            tot_files += 1
            # Split the file extension from the file name
            _, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
            ext = ext.lower()

            # Count the extensions
            extension_count[ext] += 1
            filepath = os.path.join(root, file)
            filetype = ""

            if ext == ".7z":
                filetype = process_7z_file(filepath)
            elif ext == ".zip":
                filetype = process_zip_file(filepath)
            else:
                filetype = process_binary_file(filepath)

            filetype_count[filetype] += 1

            if filetype == "pebin":
                dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, "pebin")
                os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
                shutil.copy2(filepath, os.path.join(dest, file))
            elif filetype == "macho":
                dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, "macho")
                os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
                shutil.copy2(filepath, os.path.join(dest, file))
            elif filetype == "elf":
                dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, "elf")
                os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
                shutil.copy2(filepath, os.path.join(dest, file))
            elif filetype == "apk":
                dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, "apk")
                os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
                shutil.copy2(filepath, os.path.join(dest, file))
            else:
                dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, "other")
                os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
                shutil.copy2(filepath, os.path.join(dest, file))
            print(f"[STATUS] - Progres: {tot_files}/{len(files)} files processed")

    # Print the results
    # print("- File Extension Statistics:")
    # for ext, count in extension_count.items():
    #     if ext:  # To exclude files with no extension
    #         print(f"\t{ext}: {count} files")

    # if "" in extension_count:
    #     print(f'\t{extension_count[""]} files with no extension')

    print(f"- Total Number of Files: {tot_files}")
    print("\n- File Type Statistics:")
    for filetype, count in sorted(filetype_count.items()):
        print(f"\t{filetype:<15}{count:>8}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Check if the path was passed as a command-line argument
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print("Usage: python3 script.py <input_path> <dest_dir>")
        sys.exit(1)

    # Get the path from the command-line arguments
    input_path = sys.argv[1]
    dest_dir = sys.argv[2]

    # Check if the provided path is valid
    if not os.path.isdir(input_path):
        print(f"The path '{input_path}' is not a valid directory.")
        sys.exit(1)

    # Call the function to count file extensions
    count_file_extensions(input_path, dest_dir)