Jakob Kusnick

24 papers B 1Journal 5Unranked 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Vis. Informatics
Jakob Kusnick, Nicklas Sindlev Andersen, Johannes Liem, Eva Mayr, Samuel Beck, Steffen Koch, Carina Doppler, Kasra Seirafi, Stefan Jänicke, Florian Windhager
2026 conf
GRIVAPP
Nicklas E. Vrede, Esben Bay Sørensen, Gareth Walsh, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Stinne Zacho, Chris Hall, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2025 conf
CHIRA (3)
Anna Krogshave Dahlgren, Karen Sophie Skov Drewsen, Julie Algren Rosenlund, Esben Bay Sørensen, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2025 conf
CHIRA (3)
Esben Bay Sørensen, Jakob Kusnick, Karl Attard, Stefan Jänicke
2025 conf
CHIRA (3)
Stinne Zacho, Chris Hall, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2024 conf
EuroVis (Posters)
Jakob Mørup Wang, Esben Bay Sørensen, Gareth Walsh, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2024 J jnl
Informatics
Jakob Kusnick, Eva Mayr, Kasra Seirafi, Samuel Beck, Johannes Liem, Florian Windhager
2024 conf
EuroVis (Posters)
Ditte Parsberg Pedersen, Lærke Ina Krogaard Hansen, Esben Bay Sørensen, Gareth Walsh, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2024 conf
VisGap@EuroVis
Manuel Mounir Demetry Thomasen, Mikkel V. Jørgensen, Lukas S. Svendsen, Esben Bay Sørensen, Gareth Walsh, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2024 conf
VISIGRAPP (1): GRAPP, HUCAPP, IVAPP
Gareth Walsh, Nicklas Sindlev Andersen, Jakob Kusnick, Esben Bay Sørensen, Stefan Jänicke
2024 conf
EuroVis (Short Papers)
Frederik Jørgensen Lamp, Jakob Blaabjerg Møller, Esben Bay Sørensen, Gareth Walsh, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2024 conf
EuroVis (Posters)
Kim Nellemann Lund, Mette Rosenfjeld, Aksel Næraa Høeg Vendelsøe, Esben Bay Sørensen, Gareth Walsh, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Johannes Liem, Jakob Kusnick, Samuel Beck, Florian Windhager, Eva Mayr
2023 conf
DHd
Johannes Liem, Jakob Kusnick, Steffan Jänicke, Carina Doppler, Markus Passecker, Eva Mayr, Florian Windhager
2023 conf
EnvirVis@EuroVis
Jakob Kusnick, Silke Lichtenberg, Stefan Jänicke
2023 conf
EnvirVis@EuroVis
Christina Schnoor, Kristoffer Bargisen Rieck, Emily Beech, Malin Rivers, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2023 conf
EuroVis (Posters)
Esben Bay Sørensen, Karl Attard, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2022 conf
EuroVis (Posters)
Juan Marín-Vega, Nerea Uri-Carreño, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2022 conf
EnvirVis@EuroVis
Nikolaj Hansen, Simon Lorentzen, Sofie Widell, Jakob Kusnick, Stefan Jänicke
2020 J jnl
Comput. Graph. Forum
Richard Khulusi, Jakob Kusnick, Christofer Meinecke, Christina Gillmann, Josef Focht, Stefan Jänicke
2020 conf
VISIGRAPP (3: IVAPP)
Jakob Kusnick, Richard Khulusi, Josef Focht, Stefan Jänicke
2020 conf
VISIGRAPP (3: IVAPP)
Richard Khulusi, Jakob Kusnick, Josef Focht, Stefan Jänicke
2019 B conf
PacificVis
Richard Khulusi, Jakob Kusnick, Josef Focht, Stefan Jänicke
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscation.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscation.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import re
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.js_extractor import JSExtractor
from redb.extractors.js_extractors.js_patterns import PATTERNS

# String literals of 4+ characters; only used by the deobfuscation diff to count
# strings revealed after deobfuscation. Compiled once at module load.
_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE = re.compile(r"[\"\']([^\"\']{4,})[\"\']")


class JSDeobfuscationExtractor(JSExtractor):
    """Compute pre/post-deobfuscation metrics for a JS sample.

    The actual deobfuscation pass (external tool with jsbeautifier fallback)
    lives on `JSContext.deobfuscated` and is cached per sample, so any other
    extractor that needs the deobfuscated text reads the same value without
    re-running the subprocess. Configure the external tool via env vars:
        JS_DEOBFUSCATOR_PATH    Path or name (default: webcrack)
        JS_DEOBFUSCATE_TIMEOUT  Seconds (default: 60)
    """

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False, source=None, context=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, source, context=context,
        )
        self.deobfuscation_result = None
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def extract(self):
        src = self.js_source
        if not src:
            return None

        deobfuscated, deobfuscator_used = self._context.deobfuscated
        if deobfuscated is None:
            return None

        original_size = len(src)
        original_entropy = self._context.text_entropy
        deobfuscated_size = len(deobfuscated)
        deobfuscated_entropy = self._calculate_text_entropy(deobfuscated)
        size_change_ratio = round(deobfuscated_size / original_size, 4) if original_size else 0.0

        # Strings revealed by deobfuscation: matched literals are extracted from
        # both versions and the set difference is the count of "new" strings.
        original_strings = set(_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE.findall(src))
        deobfuscated_strings = set(_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE.findall(deobfuscated))
        new_strings = deobfuscated_strings - original_strings

        # Suspicious APIs revealed by deobfuscation. Both sides of the diff
        # come from JSContext caches: the raw scan is computed once for the
        # whole pipeline; the deobfuscated scan is computed once and reused
        # by JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor's revealed_by_deobf rows.
        original_apis = {n for n in self._context.scan if n in PATTERNS}
        deobfuscated_apis = set(self._context.scan_deobfuscated)
        new_apis = deobfuscated_apis - original_apis

        deobfuscated_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(deobfuscated.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()

        self.deobfuscation_result = {
            'deobfuscator_used': deobfuscator_used,
            'deobfuscation_successful': True,
            'original_size': original_size,
            'deobfuscated_size': deobfuscated_size,
            'size_change_ratio': size_change_ratio,
            'original_entropy': original_entropy,
            'deobfuscated_entropy': deobfuscated_entropy,
            'new_strings_found': len(new_strings),
            'new_apis_found': len(new_apis),
            'deobfuscated_sha256': deobfuscated_sha256,
        }
        return self.deobfuscation_result

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

            r = self.deobfuscation_result
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                r['deobfuscator_used'],
                int(r['deobfuscation_successful']),
                r['original_size'],
                r['deobfuscated_size'],
                r['size_change_ratio'],
                r['original_entropy'],
                r['deobfuscated_entropy'],
                r['new_strings_found'],
                r['new_apis_found'],
                r['deobfuscated_sha256'],
                current_time,
            ]]

            column_names = [
                "sha256", "deobfuscator_used", "deobfuscation_successful",
                "original_size", "deobfuscated_size", "size_change_ratio",
                "original_entropy", "deobfuscated_entropy",
                "new_strings_found", "new_apis_found",
                "deobfuscated_sha256", "analysis_date",
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                "FixedString(64)", "LowCardinality(String)", "UInt8",
                "UInt64", "UInt64", "Float64",
                "Float64", "Float64",
                "UInt32", "UInt32",
                "FixedString(64)", "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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