Iftikhar Hussain

21 papers Journal 19Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Iftikhar Hussain, Carlos Serôdio, Frederico Branco, António Valente, Manuel J. C. S. Reis
2025 J jnl
Future Internet
Iftikhar Hussain, Manuel J. C. S. Reis, Carlos Serôdio, Frederico Branco
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Abdur Rehman Babar, Iftikhar Hussain, Sheheryar Mohsin Qureshi
2024 J jnl
Wirel. Networks
Kaleem Arshid, Zhang Jianbiao, Iftikhar Hussain, Gebrehiwet Gebrekrstos Lema, Muhammad Yaqub, Rizwan Munir
2023 J jnl
Pers. Ubiquitous Comput.
Iftikhar Hussain, Davy Janssens, Adel Elomri, Ben Niu
2023 J jnl
Scientometrics
Hayat Dino Bedru, Chen Zhang, Feng Xie, Shuo Yu, Iftikhar Hussain
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Iftikhar Hussain, Luk Knapen, Tom Bellemans, Davy Janssens, Geert Wets
2022 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Tayyabah Hasan, Fahad Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Nasser O. Alshammari, Saad Awadh Alanazi, Iftikhar Hussain, Shahid Naseem
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Iftikhar Hussain, Dong-Kyun Woo
2021 J jnl
Symmetry
Abdur Rehman, Israr Ali Khan, Rukhshanda Anjum, Iftikhar Hussain
2020 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Hayat Dino Bedru, Shuo Yu, Liangtian Wan, Mengyang Wang, Kaiyuan Zhang, He Guo, Iftikhar Hussain
2020 J jnl
Ad Hoc Networks
Zhongru Ren, Haomin Wu, Qian Ning, Iftikhar Hussain, Bingcai Chen
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Bingcai Chen, Zhongru Ren, Chao Yu, Iftikhar Hussain, Jintao Liu
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Samina Kausar, Huahu Xu, Iftikhar Hussain, Wenhao Zhu, Misha Zahid
2017 J jnl
Int. J. Prod. Res.
Chang Wook Kang, Misbah Ullah, Biswajit Sarkar, Iftikhar Hussain, Rehman Akhtar
2016 J jnl
Future Gener. Comput. Syst.
Iftikhar Hussain, Luk Knapen, Stéphane Galland, Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Tom Bellemans, Davy Janssens, Geert Wets
2015 conf
ANT/SEIT
Iftikhar Hussain, Luk Knapen, Stéphane Galland, Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Tom Bellemans, Davy Janssens, Geert Wets
2015 J jnl
J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.
Iftikhar Hussain, Anum Khan, Amber Qurashi, Qurat-ul Ain, Asma Shabbir
2014 conf
EUSPN/ICTH
Iftikhar Hussain, Luk Knapen, Stéphane Galland, Davy Janssens, Tom Bellemans, Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Geert Wets
2010 J jnl
J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.
Iftikhar Hussain, Shakeel Ahmed, Steven Si
2009 J jnl
Comput. Ind. Eng.
Adnan Tariq, Iftikhar Hussain, Abdul Ghafoor
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_resources.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_resources.py python
from hashlib import sha256
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

import magic
from magika import Magika
import pefile
from pefile import UnicodeStringWrapperPostProcessor

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEResource


class PEResourceExtractor(PEExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        pe=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            pe,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_resources"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_resources(self):
        """
        Returns:
        resources: a list of dictionaries, one per each resources type found.
                    each dictionary the key represents the name of the content,
                    which is the value itself.
                    Empty list if no resources present.
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        resources_list = []
        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for resource_type in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    # if resource_type.name is not None:
                    #     name = resource_type.name
                    # else:
                    #     name = pefile.RESOURCE_TYPE.get(resource_type.struct.Id)
                    # if not name:
                    #     name = resource_type.struct.Id
                    name = (
                        resource_type.name
                        if resource_type.name is not None
                        else pefile.RESOURCE_TYPE.get(resource_type.struct.Id)
                    )
                    if isinstance(name, UnicodeStringWrapperPostProcessor):
                        name = name.decode()
                    try:
                        if hasattr(resource_type, "directory"):
                            for resource_id in resource_type.directory.entries:
                                if hasattr(resource_id, "directory"):
                                    for resource_lang in resource_id.directory.entries:
                                        rsrc_data = self.pe.get_data(
                                            resource_lang.data.struct.OffsetToData,
                                            resource_lang.data.struct.Size,
                                        )
                                        file_type = magic.from_buffer(rsrc_data)
                                        magik = Magika().identify_bytes(rsrc_data).output.label

                                        rsrc_entropy = (
                                            "%.2f"
                                            % pefile.SectionStructure.entropy_H(
                                                self.pe, rsrc_data
                                            )
                                        )
                                        rsrc_sha256 = sha256(rsrc_data).hexdigest()
                                        lang = pefile.LANG.get(
                                            resource_lang.data.lang, "*unknown*"
                                        )
                                        sublang = pefile.get_sublang_name_for_lang(
                                            resource_lang.data.lang,
                                            resource_lang.data.sublang,
                                        )
                                        pe_resource = PEResource(
                                            _id=rsrc_sha256,
                                            resource_type=name,
                                            resource_entropy=rsrc_entropy,
                                            resource_sha256=rsrc_sha256,
                                            resource_filetype=file_type,
                                            resource_magika=magik,
                                            resource_language=lang,
                                            resource_rva=resource_lang.data.struct.OffsetToData,
                                            resource_size=resource_lang.data.struct.Size,
                                            resource_sub_lang=sublang,
                                        )
                                        resources_list.append(pe_resource)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(
                            f"Continue after Error in {self.hash.sha256}: {resource_type.name} "
                            f"Exception: {e}",
                            stack_info=True,
                        )
                        # resources_list.append({f"{e} - {resource_type.name}"})
                        continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.exception(
                f"Extract exports error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}"
            )
        self.log.debug(f"Resource list {resources_list}")
        return resources_list

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            resources = self._extract_resources()
            # self.export_to_elastic(resources)  # Let the exporters handle this
            return resources
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract resources error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.extract()
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            resources = self.extract()
            if resources is None:
                return None
            
            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            for resource in resources:
                data.append([
                    self.sha256,                    # sha256
                    self.md5,                       # md5
                    self.sha1,                      # sha1
                    resource.resource_type,         # resource_type
                    resource.resource_entropy,      # resource_entropy
                    resource.resource_sha256,       # resource_sha256
                    resource.resource_filetype,     # resource_filetype
                    resource.resource_magika,       # resource_magika
                    resource.resource_language,     # resource_language
                    resource.resource_sub_lang,     # resource_sub_lang
                    resource.resource_size,         # resource_size
                    resource.resource_rva,          # resource_rva
                    current_time                    # analysis_date
                ])
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'resource_type', 'resource_entropy',
                'resource_sha256', 'resource_filetype', 'resource_magika',
                'resource_language', 'resource_sub_lang', 'resource_size',
                'resource_rva', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'Float64',
                'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))',
                'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'UInt64',
                'UInt64', 'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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