Ian Harris

16 papers A 2B 1C 2Misc 1Journal 9Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
npj Digit. Medicine
Chathurani Sigera, Crystian B. Oliveira, Alla Melman, Min Jiat Teng, Danielle M. Coombs, Laurent Billot, Chris Gianacas, Alamgir Kabir, Eileen Rogan, Mona Marabani, Owen Hutchings, Chris G. Maher, Gustavo C. Machado, Ananthila Anandacoomarasamy, Bethan Richards, Chris Needs, Dane Chalkley, Ian Harris, James Edwards, Kirsten J. McCaffery, Michael Dinh, Miranda Shaw, Narcyz Ghinea, Qiang Li, Rachael Dodd, Rachelle Buchbinder
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Zhuoyi Yang, Yurun Song, Iftekhar Ahmed, Ian Harris
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Salar Hashemitaheri, Ian Harris
2025 B conf
CHASE
Salar Hashemitaheri, Ian Harris
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Marjan Celikik, Jacek Wasilewski, Ana Peleteiro-Ramallo, Alexey Kurennoy, Evgeny Labzin, Danilo Ascione, Tural Gurbanov, Géraud Le Falher, Andrii Dzhoha, Ian Harris
2024 C conf
ICMLA
Tootiya Giyahchi, Cornelia Pechmann, Ian Harris
2023 J jnl
Comput. Electron. Agric.
Kirk E. Turner, Ferdous Sohel, Ian Harris, Mark Ferguson, Andrew Thompson
2022 Misc conf
ICTIR
Alexey Kurennoy, John Coleman, Ian Harris, Alice Lynch, Oisín Mac Fhearaí, Daphne Tsatsoulis
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Alexey Kurennoy, John Coleman, Ian Harris, Alice Lynch, Oisín Mac Fhearaí, Daphne Tsatsoulis
2021 C conf
SIN
Deborah Reid, Ian Harris, Andrei Petrovski
2020 A conf
ASSETS
Dafne Zuleima Morgado Ramirez, Giulia Barbareschi, Maggie Kate Donovan-Hall, Mohammad Sobuh, Nida' Elayyan, Brenda T. Nakandi, Robert Tamale Ssekitoleko, Joyce Olenja, Grace Nyachomba Magomere, Sibylle Daymond, Jake Honeywill, Ian Harris, Nancy N. Mbugua, Laurence P. J. Kenney, Catherine Holloway
2020 A conf
ASSETS
Giulia Barbareschi, Sibylle Daymond, Jake Honeywill, Aneesha Singh, Dominic Noble, Nancy N. Mbugua, Ian Harris, Victoria Austin, Catherine Holloway
2011 J jnl
J. Inf. Commun. Ethics Soc.
Ian Harris, Richard C. Jennings, David J. Pullinger, Simon Rogerson, Penny Duquenoy
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Very Large Scale Integr. Syst.
Ian Harris, Dhiraj Pradhan
2007 conf
HLDVT
Sunil Kakkar, Janick Bergeron, Brian Bailey, Harry Foster, Ian Harris
2004 J jnl
J. Inf. Technol.
Christopher P. Holland, Duncan R. Shaw, John B. Westwood, Ian Harris
redb/extractors/macho_extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractor.py python
import logging
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
import inspect
import sys
import os

import machofile

from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


@abstractmethod
class MachOExtractor(Extractor, metaclass=ABCMeta):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        macho=None,
    ):
        # Read binary and parse machofile BEFORE calling super().__init__
        # This avoids reading the file twice
        with open(filepath, "rb") as f:
            binary_data = f.read()

        # Parse machofile with binary data
        self.macho = macho if macho else self._generate_machofile_object(binary_data)

        # Extract hashes from machofile to pass to parent
        precomputed_hashes = None
        if self.macho:
            try:
                general_info = self.macho.get_general_info()
                if general_info:
                    # For FAT binaries, get_general_info() returns dict with 'fat' key
                    # For single-arch, it returns the info directly
                    if 'fat' in general_info:
                        fat_info = general_info['fat']
                        precomputed_hashes = {
                            'MD5': fat_info.get('MD5'),
                            'SHA1': fat_info.get('SHA1'),
                            'SHA256': fat_info.get('SHA256'),
                        }
                    else:
                        precomputed_hashes = {
                            'MD5': general_info.get('MD5'),
                            'SHA1': general_info.get('SHA1'),
                            'SHA256': general_info.get('SHA256'),
                        }
            except Exception as e:
                logger.debug(f"Could not get hashes from machofile: {e}")

        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            precomputed_hashes=precomputed_hashes,
        )

        # Store binary data so base class doesn't re-read
        self._binary_data = binary_data

    @property
    def binary(self):
        """Override to use already-read binary data."""
        return self._binary_data

    def _generate_machofile_object(self, binary_data):
        """Generate and parse a machofile object from binary data."""
        macho = None
        try:
            macho = machofile.UniversalMachO(data=binary_data)
            if not macho:
                raise Exception("Empty file?")

            # Parse the MachO object once during initialization
            macho.parse()

        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(f"Format error parsing MachO: {e}")
        return macho

    # def _is_macho_file(self):
    #     """Check if the file is a valid Mach-O binary."""
    #     try:
    #         if not self.macho:
    #             return False
            
    #         # For Universal/FAT binaries, check if any architecture is valid
    #         if hasattr(self.macho, 'is_fat') and self.macho.is_fat:
    #             return len(self.macho.architectures) > 0
    #         else:
    #             # Single architecture binary
    #             return hasattr(self.macho, 'macho') and self.macho.macho is not None
    #     except Exception as e:
    #         self.log.error(f"Error checking Mach-O file: {e}")
    #         return False

    def _is_signed(self):
        """Check if the Mach-O binary is code signed using new API."""
        try:
            if not self.macho:
                return False

            # Get architectures using new API
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()

            # For each architecture, check if signed
            for arch in architectures:
                try:
                    signature_info = self.macho.get_code_signature_info(arch=arch)
                    if signature_info and signature_info.get('signed', False):
                        return True
                except Exception:
                    continue

            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking Mach-O signature: {e}")
            return False

    def _get_architectures(self):
        """Get list of architectures in the Mach-O binary using new API."""
        try:
            if not self.macho:
                return []

            # Use new API method
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            return architectures if architectures else []
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting architectures: {e}")
            return []

    # def _get_macho_for_arch(self, arch_name=None):
    #     """Get MachO instance for specific architecture or default."""
    #     try:
    #         if not self.macho:
    #             return None
            
    #         if hasattr(self.macho, 'is_fat') and self.macho.is_fat:
    #             if arch_name:
    #                 return self.macho.architectures.get(arch_name)
    #             else:
    #                 # Return first available architecture
    #                 return next(iter(self.macho.architectures.values())) if self.macho.architectures else None
    #         else:
    #             # Single architecture binary
    #             return self.macho.macho if hasattr(self.macho, 'macho') else None
    #     except Exception as e:
    #         self.log.error(f"Error getting MachO for architecture: {e}")
    #         return None

    # def _get_formatted_header_values(self, header):
    #     """Get both raw and human-readable header values."""
    #     try:
    #         macho_instance = self._get_macho_for_arch()
    #         if not macho_instance:
    #             return None
            
    #         # Parse the MachO if not already parsed
    #         if not hasattr(macho_instance, 'header') or not macho_instance.header:
    #             macho_instance.parse()
            
    #         # Get human-readable values using machofile's formatting methods
    #         magic_str = macho_instance.format_magic_value(header.get('magic', 0))
            
    #         # Simple CPU type mapping since CPU_TYPE_MAP is not exposed
    #         cputype = header.get('cputype', 0)
    #         if cputype == 0x7:
    #             cputype_str = "x86"
    #         elif cputype == 0x1000007:
    #             cputype_str = "x86_64"
    #         elif cputype == 0xC:
    #             cputype_str = "ARM"
    #         elif cputype == 0x100000C:
    #             cputype_str = "ARM 64-bit"
    #         else:
    #             cputype_str = str(cputype)
            
    #         cpusubtype_str = macho_instance.decode_cpusubtype(header.get('cputype', 0), header.get('cpusubtype', 0))
    #         filetype_str = macho_instance.format_file_type(header.get('filetype', 0))
    #         flags_str = macho_instance.decode_flags(header.get('flags', 0))
            
    #         return {
    #             'raw': {
    #                 'magic': header.get('magic', 0),
    #                 'cputype': header.get('cputype', 0),
    #                 'cpusubtype': header.get('cpusubtype', 0),
    #                 'filetype': header.get('filetype', 0),
    #                 'flags': header.get('flags', 0),
    #             },
    #             'formatted': {
    #                 'magic_str': magic_str,
    #                 'cputype_str': cputype_str,
    #                 'cpusubtype_str': cpusubtype_str,
    #                 'filetype_str': filetype_str,
    #                 'flags_str': flags_str,
    #             }
    #         }
    #     except Exception as e:
    #         self.log.error(f"Error formatting header values: {e}")
    #         return None