Ioan Alfred Letia

58 papers B 10C 8Misc 6Journal 10Unranked 24
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2019 B conf
ICCP
Anca Marginean, Adrian Groza, Simona Delia Nicoara, George Adrian Muntean, Radu Razvan Slavescu, Ioan Alfred Letia
2017 B conf
ICCP
Octavian Pop, Ioan Alfred Letia
2016 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Sergio Alejandro Gómez, Anca Goron, Adrian Groza, Ioan Alfred Letia
2015 J jnl
J. Vis. Lang. Comput.
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Goron
2014 C conf
ICSEng
Adrian Groza, Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Goron, Sergiu Zaporojan
2014 Misc conf
SYNASC
Anca Nicoleta Marginean, Ioan Alfred Letia, Sergiu Zaporojan
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2013 J jnl
Data Knowl. Eng.
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2013 J jnl
Web Intell. Agent Syst.
Ioan Alfred Letia, Octavian Pop
2012 conf
ICAART (1)
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2012 J jnl
J. Artif. Soc. Soc. Simul.
Ioan Alfred Letia, Radu Razvan Slavescu
2012 J jnl
Future Internet
Adrian Groza, Ioan Alfred Letia
2011 C conf
FedCSIS
Emil St. Chifu, Ioan Alfred Letia
2011 B conf
ICCP
Ioan Alfred Letia, Radu Razvan Slavescu
2011 B conf
ICCP
Emil St. Chifu, Ioan Alfred Letia
2011 conf
ArgMAS
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2011 B conf
ICCP
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza, Radu Balaj
2011 B conf
ICCP
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Goron
2011 conf
IAT
Ioan Alfred Letia, Radu Razvan Slavescu
2011 B conf
ICCP
Ioan Alfred Letia
2011 B conf
ICCP
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Nicoleta Marginean
2011 conf
Web Intelligence/IAT Workshops
Ioan Alfred Letia, Octavian Pop
2011 conf
COIN@AAMAS&WI-IAT
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Goron
2011 J jnl
Scalable Comput. Pract. Exp.
Ioan Alfred Letia, Radu Razvan Slavescu
2011 B conf
ICCP
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Goron
2010 Misc conf
SYNASC
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Goron
2010 Misc conf
SYNASC
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Nicoleta Marginean
2010 Misc conf
SYNASC
Ioan Alfred Letia, Radu Razvan Slavescu
2010 Misc conf
SYNASC
Ioan Alfred Letia, Octavian Pop
2010 conf
ArgMAS
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2008 Misc conf
IDC
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2008 C conf
iiWAS
Emil St. Chifu, Ioan Alfred Letia
2008 conf
ArgMAS
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2008 conf
NatuReS
Emil St. Chifu, Ioan Alfred Letia
2007 conf
RSEISP
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2007 conf
DALT
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2007 conf
SOCASE
Ioan Alfred Letia, Anca Nicoleta Marginean, Adrian Groza
2006 conf
DALT
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2006 conf
AC
Ioan Alfred Letia, Raluca Vartic
2006 conf
IAT Workshops
Ioan Alfred Letia, Raluca Vartic
2006 C conf
IEA/AIE
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2005 conf
IAT
Ioan Alfred Letia, Adrian Groza
2004 conf
ESAW
Ioan Alfred Letia, Monica Acalovschi
2002 J jnl
Int. J. Artif. Intell. Tools
Ioan Alfred Letia, Doina Precup
2002 C conf
ICARCV
Remus Brad, Ioan Alfred Letia
2002 conf
RASTA
Ioan Alfred Letia, Wamberto Weber Vasconcelos
2001 B conf
ICTAI
Ioan Alfred Letia, Doina Precup
2001 conf
AOSE
Catholijn M. Jonker, Ioan Alfred Letia, Jan Treur
2001 C conf
IEA/AIE
Ioan Alfred Letia, Florin Craciun, Zoltan Köpe
2000 C conf
IDEAL
Ioan Alfred Letia, Florin Craciun, Zoltan Köpe, Alexandru Lelutiu
2000 conf
Agents Workshop on Infrastructure for Multi-Agent Systems
Ioan Alfred Letia, Florin Craciun, Zoltan Köpe
2000 C conf
IDEAL
Ioan Alfred Letia, Florin Craciun, Zoltan Köpe
1999 conf
Agents
Ioan Alfred Letia
1998 conf
CRW
Ioan Alfred Letia, Marius Joldos, Calin Cenan, Diana Zaiu, Alina Andreica
1998 conf
IEA/AIE (Vol. 1)
Robert Dollinger, Ioan Alfred Letia
1995 conf
WCCE
Ioan Alfred Letia
1993 conf
XPS
Mugur M. Tatar, Ioan Alfred Letia
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import json
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

import tlsh

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

# Sensitive API patterns categorized for malware analysis
SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES = {
    "reflection": [
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;->invoke",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->get",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->set",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;->newInstance",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->forName",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredField",
        "Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;->loadClass",
    ],
    "crypto": [
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->init",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/SecretKeySpec;-><init>",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/IvParameterSpec;-><init>",
        "Ljava/security/MessageDigest;->getInstance",
        "Ljava/security/KeyStore;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Mac;->getInstance",
    ],
    "dynamic_loading": [
        "Ldalvik/system/DexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/PathClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/InMemoryDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/BaseDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->exec",
        "Ljava/lang/ProcessBuilder;->start",
    ],
    "telephony": [
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getDeviceId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSubscriberId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getLine1Number",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimSerialNumber",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getNetworkOperator",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimOperator",
    ],
    "sms": [
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendMultipartTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendDataMessage",
    ],
    "network": [
        "Ljava/net/HttpURLConnection;->connect",
        "Ljava/net/URL;->openConnection",
        "Lokhttp3/OkHttpClient;-><init>",
        "Lokhttp3/Request$Builder;->build",
        "Lorg/apache/http/client/HttpClient;->execute",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->loadUrl",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->setWebViewClient",
    ],
    "native": [
        "Ljava/lang/System;->loadLibrary",
        "Ljava/lang/System;->load",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->loadLibrary",
    ],
    "device_info": [
        "Landroid/os/Build;->FINGERPRINT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MODEL",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MANUFACTURER",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->PRODUCT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->BRAND",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->DEVICE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->HARDWARE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->SERIAL",
        "Landroid/os/Build$VERSION;->SDK_INT",
        "Landroid/provider/Settings$Secure;->getString",
    ],
    "file_io": [
        "Ljava/io/FileOutputStream;-><init>",
        "Ljava/io/FileInputStream;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/SharedPreferences;->edit",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->execSQL",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->rawQuery",
    ],
    "ipc": [
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->query",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->insert",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->delete",
        "Landroid/content/Intent;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->sendBroadcast",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->startService",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->bindService",
    ],
}


class APKDexExtractor(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.dex_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _analyze_api_usage(self, dex):
        """Categorize sensitive API calls found in DEX bytecode."""
        api_usage = {cat: set() for cat in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES}

        try:
            for method in dex.get_encoded_methods():
                code = method.get_code()
                if not code:
                    continue
                try:
                    bytecode = code.get_bc()
                    if not bytecode:
                        continue
                    for instruction in bytecode.get_instructions():
                        op_name = instruction.get_name()
                        if not op_name or not op_name.startswith("invoke"):
                            continue
                        output = instruction.get_output()
                        if not output:
                            continue
                        for category, patterns in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES.items():
                            for pattern in patterns:
                                if pattern in output:
                                    api_usage[category].add(output.strip())
                                    break
                except Exception:
                    continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage: {e}")

        # Convert sets to sorted lists
        return {cat: sorted(calls) for cat, calls in api_usage.items() if calls}

    def _compute_obfuscation_indicators(self, classes, methods):
        """Compute obfuscation indicators from class/method names."""
        class_names = []
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()
                if name:
                    class_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        method_names = []
        for m in methods:
            try:
                name = m.get_name()
                if name and name not in ("<init>", "<clinit>"):
                    method_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        if not class_names:
            return None

        # Short class names: extract just the class part from Dalvik notation
        short_class = 0
        for n in class_names:
            simple = n.split("/")[-1].rstrip(";")
            if len(simple) <= 2:
                short_class += 1

        short_method = sum(1 for n in method_names if len(n) <= 2)

        return {
            "short_class_names_pct": round(short_class / max(len(class_names), 1), 4),
            "short_method_names_pct": round(short_method / max(len(method_names), 1), 4),
            "non_ascii_identifiers": sum(1 for n in class_names if not n.isascii()),
            "avg_class_name_length": round(
                sum(len(n) for n in class_names) / max(len(class_names), 1), 2
            ),
        }

    def _compute_top_packages(self, classes):
        """Compute top packages by class count."""
        package_counter = Counter()
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()  # "Lcom/example/foo/Bar;"
                if not name:
                    continue
                parts = name[1:].replace("/", ".").rsplit(".", 1)
                if len(parts) > 1:
                    package = parts[0]
                else:
                    package = "(default)"
                package_counter[package] += 1
            except Exception:
                continue

        return [
            {"package": pkg, "class_count": count}
            for pkg, count in package_counter.most_common(20)
        ]

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

        from androguard.core.dex import DEX

        try:
            dex_names = list(self.apk.get_dex_names() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error getting DEX names for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            dex_names = []

        try:
            dex_buffers = list(self.apk.get_all_dex() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting DEX buffers for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

        if not dex_buffers:
            self.log.debug("No DEX files found in APK")
            return None

        self.dex_files = []
        for i, dex_data in enumerate(dex_buffers):
            dex_name = dex_names[i] if i < len(dex_names) else f"classes{i}.dex"

            dex_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(dex_data).hexdigest()
            dex_tlsh = None
            if len(dex_data) >= 50:
                try:
                    dex_tlsh = tlsh.hash(dex_data) or None
                except Exception:
                    pass

            try:
                d = DEX(dex_data)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Failed to parse DEX {dex_name}: {e}")
                continue

            try:
                classes = list(d.get_classes() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting classes from {dex_name}: {e}")
                classes = []
            try:
                methods = list(d.get_methods() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting methods from {dex_name}: {e}")
                methods = []
            try:
                strings = list(d.get_strings() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting strings from {dex_name}: {e}")
                strings = []

            try:
                top_packages = self._compute_top_packages(classes)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing top packages for {dex_name}: {e}")
                top_packages = []
            try:
                api_usage = self._analyze_api_usage(d)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage for {dex_name}: {e}")
                api_usage = {}
            try:
                obfuscation_indicators = self._compute_obfuscation_indicators(classes, methods)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing obfuscation indicators for {dex_name}: {e}")
                obfuscation_indicators = None

            self.dex_files.append(APKDexFile(
                filename=dex_name,
                sha256=dex_sha256,
                class_count=len(classes),
                method_count=len(methods),
                string_count=len(strings),
                tlsh=dex_tlsh,
                top_packages=top_packages,
                api_usage=api_usage if api_usage else None,
                obfuscation_indicators=obfuscation_indicators,
            ))

        return self.dex_files if self.dex_files else None

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # DEX table: one row per DEX file
            dex_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                dex_data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    dex.sha256,
                    dex.filename,
                    dex.tlsh,
                    dex.class_count,
                    dex.method_count,
                    dex.string_count,
                    json.dumps(dex.top_packages) if dex.top_packages else None,
                    json.dumps(dex.obfuscation_indicators) if dex.obfuscation_indicators else None,
                    current_time,
                ])

            # API usage table: one row per category per DEX
            api_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                if dex.api_usage:
                    for category, api_calls in dex.api_usage.items():
                        api_data.append([
                            self.sha256,
                            dex.sha256,
                            category,
                            api_calls,
                            current_time,
                        ])

            return {
                'multi_table': True,
                'dex': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex',
                    'data': dex_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'dex_filename', 'dex_tlsh',
                        'dex_class_count', 'dex_method_count', 'dex_string_count',
                        'dex_top_packages', 'dex_obfuscation_indicators',
                        'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'Nullable(String)',
                        'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt32',
                        'Nullable(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
                'api_usage': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex_api_usage',
                    'data': api_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'api_category',
                        'api_calls', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                        'Array(String)', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
            }

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