Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira

28 papers Journal 28
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Carine de Menezes Rebello, Mumin Enis Leblebici, Erick Giovani Sperandio Nascimento
2025 J jnl
CoRR
R. W. S. Pessoa, M. H. Næss, J. C. Bijos, Carine M. Rebello, D. Colombo, Leizer Schnitman, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2025 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Carine Menezes Rebello, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2025 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Patrick Lima, Erbet Almeida Costa, Teófilo P. G. Mendes, Leizer Schnitman, Sigurd Skogestad, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2024 J jnl
Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
Erbet Almeida Costa, Carine Menezes Rebello, Leizer Schnitman, José Miguel Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2024 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Bruno C. L. Rodrigues, Vinícius V. Santana, Luana P. Queiroz, Carine M. Rebello, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Bruno C. L. Rodrigues, Vinícius V. Santana, Sandris Murins, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Carine Menezes Rebello, Johannes Jäschke, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Fredy Vides, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Lendy Banegas, Evelyn Flores
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Vinícius V. Santana, Erbet Almeida Costa, Carine M. Rebello, Ana M. Ribeiro, Chris Rackauckas, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Fredy Vides, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Lendy Banegas, Evelyn Flores
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Carine Menezes Rebello, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Vinícius Viena Santana, Carine Menezes Rebello, Luana P. Queiroz, Ana Mafalda Almeida Peixoto Ribeiro, Nadia Shardt, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Luana P. Queiroz, Carine M. Rebello, Erbet Almeida Costa, Vinícius V. Santana, Alírio E. Rodrigues, Ana M. Ribeiro, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2022 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
Paulo H. Marrocos, Igor G. I. Iwakiri, Márcio A. F. Martins, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Luana P. Queiroz, Carine M. Rebello, Erbet Almeida Costa, Vinícius V. Santana, Bruno C. L. Rodrigues, Alírio E. Rodrigues, Ana M. Ribeiro, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2021 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Vinícius V. Santana, Márcio A. F. Martins, José M. Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro, Alírio E. Rodrigues, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2020 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Raony M. Fontes, Ana M. Ribeiro, Karen V. Pontes, Marcelo Embiruçu, Márcio A. F. Martins
2020 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Vinícius Viena, Márcio A. F. Martins, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira
2019 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Rui P. V. Faria, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro
2019 J jnl
Comput. Ind. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Márcio A. F. Martins, Reiner Requião, Amanda R. Oliveira, Vinícius Viena, Hannu Koivisto, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro
2019 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Joana Matos, Rui P. V. Faria, Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, José M. Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro
2018 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Ana M. Ribeiro, Reiner Requião, Karen V. Pontes, Hannu Koivisto, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro
2018 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Rui P. V. Faria, Reiner Requião, Hannu Koivisto, Márcio A. F. Martins, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro, Ana M. Ribeiro
2017 J jnl
Comput. Ind. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Cristiano Hora Fontes, Isabel Sartori, Karen V. Pontes, Marcelo Embiruçu
2017 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Ana M. Ribeiro, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro
2017 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Karen V. Pontes
2016 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira, Ana M. Ribeiro, Alírio E. Rodrigues, José M. Loureiro
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import os
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKResource


# ─── Suspicious file types ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# File types that are suspicious when found inside res/ or assets/.
# Excludes javascript/html (extremely common in legitimate hybrid apps)
# and common media/font types that are normal APK content.
SUSPICIOUS_TYPES = {
    # Executables — no legitimate reason in assets/res
    "elf", "pebin", "macho", "dex", "apk",
    # Java containers — DexClassLoader target
    "jar",
    # Archives — rare in legitimate assets (~135:1 malware-to-benign ratio)
    "zip", "gzip", "7z", "xz", "tar", "bzip2", "rar", "7zip", "lzma",
    # Scripts with system execution capability
    "shell", "python", "powershell", "batch",
}

# ─── Entropy thresholds ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
# For unrecognized/unknown types: encrypted payloads typically land > 7.0
ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN = 7.0
# For recognized-but-non-image types: stricter threshold
ENTROPY_EXTREME = 7.85

# ─── Android-specific binary format magic bytes ─────────────────────────
# These formats are common in legitimate APKs but unknown to Magika,
# causing misclassification (e.g., AXML → "gzip", profm → "unknown").
AXML_MAGIC = b'\x03\x00\x08\x00'       # Android Binary XML (compiled res/*.xml)
ARSC_MAGIC = b'\x02\x00\x0c\x00'       # Android compiled resource table
ART_PROF_MAGIC = b'pro\x00'            # ART baseline profile
ART_PROFM_MAGIC = b'prm\x00'           # ART baseline profile metadata

# ─── Allowlisted paths ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Fixed, hardcoded paths in the Android build system that are always benign.
# ART profiles at these exact paths are shipped by Jetpack ProfileInstaller.
ALLOWLISTED_PATHS = {
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.prof",
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.profm",
}

# ─── Image handling ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Magika-confirmed image types: high entropy is expected (lossy codecs
# like VP8/JPEG arithmetic-code toward entropy ~7.95-8.0 by design).
IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"png", "webp", "jpeg", "gif", "bmp", "tiff", "ico"}
IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {".png", ".webp", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".ico"}

# ─── Types Magika assigns when it can't identify the content ────────────
UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"unknown", "empty"}

# ─── Resource scan limits ───────────────────────────────────────────────
MAX_RESOURCE_FILES = 5000


class APKResourceExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    # ─── Core classification logic ──────────────────────────────────────

    def _identify_android_format(self, header: bytes) -> str | None:
        """
        Identify Android-specific binary formats that Magika doesn't know.
        Returns a corrected type label, or None to fall through to Magika.
        """
        if len(header) < 4:
            return None

        magic4 = header[:4]

        # Android Binary XML — all res/*.xml in a compiled APK.
        # Magika often misclassifies this as "gzip".
        if magic4 == AXML_MAGIC:
            return "android_binary_xml"

        # Android compiled resource table (resources.arsc chunks)
        if magic4 == ARSC_MAGIC:
            return "android_resource_table"

        # ART baseline profiles — high entropy (zlib inside) but benign.
        # The format is inert (method reference bitmaps/metadata, not
        # executable code) and some build configs place them at varying paths.
        if magic4 == ART_PROF_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile"
        if magic4 == ART_PROFM_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile_metadata"

        return None

    def _is_suspicious_resource(
        self, path: str, magika_type: str, entropy: float,
        android_type: str | None,
    ) -> bool:
        """
        Determine if a resource file is suspicious.

        Detection layers:
        1. Allowlisted paths → always benign
        2. Android-specific format override → reclassify Magika mislabels
        3. Image extension vs Magika type mismatch → encrypted blob detection
        4. Magika-confirmed images → benign regardless of entropy
        5. Suspicious type match → flag known-dangerous types
        6. High-entropy unknown blobs → likely encrypted payloads
        """

        # ── Layer 1: Allowlisted paths (hardcoded Android build artifacts) ──
        if path in ALLOWLISTED_PATHS:
            return False

        # ── Layer 2: Android-specific format detection ──────────────────────
        # Override Magika's label for formats it doesn't recognize.
        # All Android-specific formats (AXML, ARSC, ART profiles) are
        # legitimate build artifacts — never suspicious.
        if android_type is not None:
            return False

        # ── Layer 3: Image extension / Magika type mismatch ─────────────────
        # If the file extension claims "image" but Magika's content analysis
        # disagrees, this is a strong signal for an encrypted payload with
        # a fake image extension (e.g., ErrorFather's "rbyypivsnw.png").
        ext = os.path.splitext(path)[1].lower()
        if ext in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS and magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            # Exception: Magika might label a valid image as "unknown" if
            # the file is very small (< ~16 bytes). Don't flag tiny files.
            if entropy > 5.0:
                return True

        # ── Layer 4: Magika-confirmed images → benign ───────────────────────
        # Lossy codecs (VP8, JPEG) produce entropy up to ~8.0 by design.
        # If Magika confirms image structure, high entropy is expected.
        if magika_type in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            return False

        # ── Layer 5: Known suspicious file types ────────────────────────────
        if magika_type in SUSPICIOUS_TYPES:
            return True

        # ── Layer 6: High-entropy unrecognized blobs ────────────────────────
        # Files Magika can't identify with high entropy are likely encrypted
        # payloads. Most Android malware packers store encrypted DEX/SO
        # payloads as opaque blobs with random names and no valid magic.
        if magika_type in UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN:
            return True

        # ── Layer 7: Extreme entropy on any non-image recognized type ───────
        # Catches edge cases where Magika assigns a benign label (e.g.,
        # "xml", "txt") but the entropy is impossibly high for that format.
        if magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_EXTREME:
            return True

        return False

    # ─── Extraction pipeline ────────────────────────────────────────────

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        try:
            from magika import Magika
            magika = Magika()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to initialize Magika for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            magika = None

        self.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        scanned = 0

        zf = self._get_zip_file()
        if not zf:
            return None

        with zf:
            for info in zf.infolist():
                if info.is_dir():
                    continue
                if not (info.filename.startswith("res/") or
                        info.filename.startswith("assets/")):
                    continue

                if scanned >= MAX_RESOURCE_FILES:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Resource scan limit reached ({MAX_RESOURCE_FILES}), "
                        f"stopping resource enumeration"
                    )
                    break
                scanned += 1

                try:
                    data = zf.read(info.filename)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error reading resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

                try:
                    file_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
                    file_entropy = round(self.calculate_entropy(data), 3)

                    # Read first bytes for Android-specific format detection
                    header = data[:16] if len(data) >= 16 else data

                    if magika:
                        try:
                            filetype = magika.identify_bytes(data).output.label
                        except Exception:
                            filetype = "unknown"
                    else:
                        filetype = "unknown"

                    # Identify Android-specific formats once, reuse for
                    # both stored type and suspicion classification
                    android_type = self._identify_android_format(header)
                    stored_type = android_type if android_type else filetype

                    suspicious = self._is_suspicious_resource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        magika_type=filetype,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                        android_type=android_type,
                    )

                    resource = APKResource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        size=info.file_size,
                        sha256=file_sha256,
                        filetype_magika=stored_type,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                    )

                    if suspicious:
                        resource.is_suspicious = True
                        self.suspicious_files.append(resource)

                    self.resources.append(resource)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error processing resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

        if not self.resources:
            return None

        return {
            "total_resource_count": len(self.resources),
            "total_resource_size": sum(r.size for r in self.resources),
            "suspicious_file_count": len(self.suspicious_files),
            "resources": self.resources,
            "suspicious_files": self.suspicious_files,
        }

    # ─── Export ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            if not self.resources:
                return None

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            data = []
            for res in self.resources:
                data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    res.path,
                    res.size,
                    res.sha256,
                    res.filetype_magika,
                    res.entropy,
                    int(res.is_suspicious),
                    current_time,
                ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'resource_path', 'resource_size',
                'resource_sha256', 'resource_magika', 'resource_entropy',
                'is_suspicious', 'analysis_date',
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'UInt64',
                'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'Float32',
                'UInt8', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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