Ibrahim Aliyu

28 papers B 1Journal 21Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Abubakar Isah, Ibrahim Aliyu, Sulaiman Muhammad Rashid, Jaehyung Park, Minsoo Hahn, Jinsul Kim
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Sulaiman Muhammad Rashid, Ibrahim Aliyu, Jaehyung Park, Jinsul Kim
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sulaiman Muhammad Rashid, Ibrahim Aliyu, Il-Kwon Jeong, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Abubakar Isah, Ibrahim Aliyu, Jaechan Shim, Hoyong Ryu, Jinsul Kim
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ibrahim Aliyu, Awwal M. Arigi, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ibrahim Aliyu, Seungmin Oh, Namseok Ko, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2024 conf
ICAIIC
Abubakar Isah, Hyeju Shin, Ibrahim Aliyu, Rashid Muhammad Sulaiman, Jinsul Kim
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Sulaiman Muhammad Rashid, Ibrahim Aliyu, Il-Kwon Jeong, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2024 conf
ICC Workshops
Hyeju Shin, Ibrahim Aliyu, Abubakar Isah, Jinsul Kim
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Hyeju Shin, Ibrahim Aliyu, Abubakar Isah, Jinsul Kim
2024 conf
ICTC
Sulaiman Muhammad Rashid, Ibrahim Aliyu, Abubakar Isah, Jihoon Lee, Sangwon Oh, Minsoo Hahn, Jinsul Kim
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Sulaiman Muhammad Rashid, Ibrahim Aliyu, Abubakar Isah, Jihoon Lee, Sangwon Oh, Minsoo Hahn, Jinsul Kim
2024 B conf
NOMS
Ibrahim Aliyu, Awwal M. Arigi, Seungmin Oh, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ibrahim Aliyu, Awwal M. Arigi, Seungmin Oh, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Abubakar Isah, Hyeju Shin, Ibrahim Aliyu, Sangwon Oh, Sangjoon Lee, Jaehyung Park, Minsoo Hahn, Jinsul Kim
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Ibrahim Aliyu, Namseok Ko, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Ibrahim Aliyu, Cho-Rong Yu, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mohammed Abdullahi, Ibrahim Hayatu Hassan, Muhammad Dalhat Abdullahi, Ibrahim Aliyu, Jinsul Kim
2023 J jnl
Int. Arab J. Inf. Technol.
Blessed Guda, Bello Kontagora Nuhu, James Agajo, Ibrahim Aliyu
2023 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Ibrahim Aliyu, Chang Gyoon Lim
2023 conf
ICTC
Sangwon Oh, Il-Kwon Jeong, Ibrahim Aliyu, Cho-Rong Yu, Tai-Won Um, Jinsul Kim
2023 conf
ICUFN
Ibrahim Aliyu, Seungmin Oh, Sangwon Oh, Hyeju Shin, Kwangmoo Chung, Tai-Won Um, Young-Ae Jung, Minsoo Hahn, Jinsul Kim
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ibrahim Aliyu, Sélinde van Engelenburg, Muhammed Bashir Mu'azu, Jinsul Kim, Chang Gyoon Lim
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Ibrahim Aliyu, Sélinde van Engelenburg, Muhammed Bashir Mu'azu, Jinsul Kim, Chang Gyoon Lim
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ibrahim Aliyu, Marco Carlo Feliciano, Sélinde van Engelenburg, Dong Ok Kim, Chang Gyoon Lim
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mutiu Adesina Adegboye, Abiodun M. Aibinu, Jonathan Gana Kolo, Ibrahim Aliyu, Taliha A. Folorunso, Sun-Ho Lee
2020 J jnl
KSII Trans. Internet Inf. Syst.
Ibrahim Aliyu, Jonathan Gana Kolo, Aibinu Abiodun Musa, Mutiu Adesina Adegboye, Chang Gyoon Lim
2012 conf
ICEGOV
Ibrahim Aliyu
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py python
from collections import deque
from binaryninja import highlevelil
from binaryninja.enums import HighLevelILOperation


class ObfuscationScores:
    def __init__(self, hlil_function):
        self.function = hlil_function
        self._basic_blocks = list(hlil_function.basic_blocks) if hlil_function and hlil_function.basic_blocks else []
        self._block_count = len(self._basic_blocks)

    def flattened_score(self):
        """
        A heuristic for detecting control flow flattening from Tim Blazytko.
        Source: https://www.synthesis.to/2021/03/03/flattening_detection.html
        """
        if self._block_count == 0:
            return 0.0

        max_flattening_ratio = 0.0

        for basic_block in self._basic_blocks:
            dominated = get_dominated_by(basic_block)
            if not any(edge.source in dominated for edge in basic_block.incoming_edges):
                continue
            ratio = len(dominated) / self._block_count
            if ratio > max_flattening_ratio:
                max_flattening_ratio = ratio

        return max_flattening_ratio

    def MBA_score(self):
        """
        Score for MBA is obtained by the number of instructions that have at least one arithmetic operation and
        one logic operation DIVIDED by the number of instructions.
        """
        total = 0
        mba_count = 0

        for ins in self.function.instructions:
            total += 1
            if uses_mba(ins):
                mba_count += 1

        if total == 0:
            return 0.0

        return mba_count / total

def get_dominated_by(dominator):
    """
    Get the dominators that are dominated by the given dominator.
    (To recall the theory, a basic block B is called dominator for A if every path from START
    to A must include B)
    """
    result = set()
    worklist = deque([dominator])

    while worklist:
        block = worklist.popleft()
        if block in result:
            continue
        result.add(block)
        worklist.extend(block.dominator_tree_children)

    return result

_ARITHMETIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NEG,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MUL,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_DIVS,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MODS,
})

_LOGIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_OR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSL,
})

_MBA_OPS = _ARITHMETIC_OPS | _LOGIC_OPS

def uses_mba(hlil_instruction):
    uses_logic = False
    uses_arithmetic = False
    stack = [hlil_instruction]

    while stack:
        instruction = stack.pop()

        if not isinstance(instruction, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
            continue

        op = instruction.operation

        if op not in _MBA_OPS:
            for operand in instruction.operands:
                if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                    stack.append(operand)
            continue

        if op in _ARITHMETIC_OPS:
            uses_arithmetic = True
        else:
            uses_logic = True

        if uses_logic and uses_arithmetic:
            return True

        for operand in instruction.operands:
            if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                stack.append(operand)

    return False