James Anthony Covington

34 papers B 1C 1Journal 20Unranked 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.
Chuhong Wang, Emma Daulton, James Anthony Covington
2025 B conf
SAS
Barbara Correia, Robin Thorn, Rob D. Hancock, David Nelson, Darren Reynolds, James Anthony Covington
2024 conf
ISOEN
Chuhong Wang, Sammy S. Hassan, James Anthony Covington
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Eva Vermeer, Jasmijn Z. Jagt, Trenton K. Stewart, James Anthony Covington, Eduard A. Struys, Robert de Jonge, Nanne K. H. de Boer, Tim G. J. de Meij
2024 conf
ISOEN
Ines Carotti, David Hutchins, Duncan R. Billson, James Anthony Covington
2024 conf
CCCI
Zhiyuan Wu, Fengchun Tian, James Anthony Covington, Hantao Li, Li Hu, Yue Liu
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Zhiyuan Wu, Fengchun Tian, James Anthony Covington, Hantao Li, Siyuan Deng
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Sammy S. Hassan, Ryan M. Mushinski, Tilahun Amede, Gary D. Bending, James Anthony Covington
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Chuhong Wang, James Anthony Covington
2022 conf
ISOEN
James Anthony Covington, Joanne Nock
2022 conf
ISOEN
Amber Wang, Sammy S. Hassan, James Anthony Covington
2022 conf
ISOEN
Malgorzata Labanska, Sascha Jenkins, Sarah Van Amsterdam, John Clarkson, James Anthony Covington
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
An-Yan Jiang, Fengchun Tian, James Anthony Covington, Maogang Jiang, Zhiyuan Wu
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Michael McFarlane, Ramesh P. Arasaradnam, Beryl Reed, Emma Daulton, Alfian Nur Wicaksono, Heena Tyagi, James Anthony Covington, Chuka U. Nwokolo
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Sofie Bosch, Dion S. J. Wintjens, Alfian Nur Wicaksono, Marieke Pierik, James Anthony Covington, Tim G. J. de Meij, Nanne K. H. de Boer
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Malgorzata Labanska, Sarah Van Amsterdam, Sascha Jenkins, John P. Clarkson, James Anthony Covington
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Shuya Zhang, Fengchun Tian, James Anthony Covington, Hantao Li, Leilei Zhao, Ran Liu, Junhui Qian, Bei Liu
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Heena Tyagi, Emma Daulton, Ayman S. Bannaga, Ramesh P. Arasaradnam, James Anthony Covington
2020 conf
IEEE SENSORS
Sai Kiran Ayyala, Jone Him Tsang, Christopher S. Blackman, James Anthony Covington
2020 J jnl
Sensors
Siavash Esfahani, Akira Tiele, Samuel O. Agbroko, James Anthony Covington
2019 conf
ISOEN
Emily N. Stark, James Anthony Covington, Samuel O. Agbroko, Chenjing Peng, William E. Hahn, Elan Barenholtz
2019 conf
ISOEN
James Anthony Covington, Jim Skinner, M. Radice, Nicholas Feasey, Emily Adams, G. Crispino, E. Brodrick
2019 J jnl
Sensors
Sofia el Manouni el Hassani, Sofie Bosch, Jesse P. M. Lemmen, Marina Brizzio Brentar, Ibrahim Ayada, Alfian Nur Wicaksono, James Anthony Covington, Marc A. Benninga, Nanne K. H. de Boer, Tim G. J. de Meij
2019 conf
ISOEN
Akira Tiele, Siddharth Menon, James Anthony Covington
2018 J jnl
J. Sensors
Akira Tiele, Siavash Esfahani, James Anthony Covington
2018 J jnl
Sensors
Rachel L. Wilson, Cristian Eugen Simion, Christopher S. Blackman, Claire J. Carmalt, Adelina Stanoiu, Francesco Di Maggio, James Anthony Covington
2017 conf
IEEE SENSORS
Wangi Pandan Sari, Christopher S. Blackman, Yiyun Zhu, James Anthony Covington
2014 J jnl
Sensors
Massimo Rutolo, James Anthony Covington, John P. Clarkson, Daciana Iliescu
2013 J jnl
Sensors
James Anthony Covington, Eric W. Westenbrink, Nathalie Ouaret, Ruth Harbord, Catherine Bailey, Nicola O'Connell, James Cullis, Nigel Williams, Chuka U. Nwokolo, Karna D. Bardhan, Ramesh P. Arasaradnam
2012 J jnl
Sensors
James Anthony Covington, Linda Wedlake, Jervoise Andreyev, Nathalie Ouaret, Matthew G. Thomas, Chuka U. Nwokolo, Karna D. Bardhan, Ramesh P. Arasaradnam
2009 conf
SCCG
Belma Ramic-Brkic, Alan Chalmers, Kevin Boulanger, Sumanta N. Pattanaik, James Anthony Covington
2007 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap.
Thomas Jacob Koickal, Alister Hamilton, Su-Lim Tan, James Anthony Covington, Julian W. Gardner, Tim C. Pearce
2007 J jnl
Microelectron. J.
Amador Pérez-Tomás, Michael R. Jennings, M. Davis, Vishal Shah, T. Grasby, James Anthony Covington, Philip A. Mawby
2006 C conf
ISCAS
Thomas Jacob Koickal, Alister Hamilton, Tim C. Pearce, Su-Lim Tan, James Anthony Covington, Julian W. Gardner
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_imports.py python
import inspect
from typing import Any, List, Tuple
from datetime import datetime, timezone

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


class PEImportExtractor(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_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_imports(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        imports_symbols = []
        imports_lib = []
        imports_total = 0
        # pe_import = None
        try:
            directory_entry_import = getattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT", [])
            imports_total = len(directory_entry_import)
            for entry in directory_entry_import:
                symbols = []
                tmp_import = {}
                libname = entry.dll.decode() if entry.dll else ""
                imports_lib.append(libname)
                # replace . with _ to avoid issues with elastic
                # entryname = entryname.replace(".", "_")
                for symbol in entry.imports:
                    if symbol.name:
                        symbols.append(symbol.name.decode())
                # imports_symbols[entryname] = symbols
                tmp_import[libname] = symbols
                imports_symbols.append(tmp_import)
            return PEImport(
                pe_imports_total=imports_total,
                pe_import_libraryName=imports_lib if imports_lib else None,
                pe_import_functions=imports_symbols if imports_symbols else None,
            )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract imports error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}")
        return pe_import

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            return self._extract_imports()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract imports 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":
            imports = self.extract()
            if (
                imports is None
                or imports.pe_imports_total == 0
                or (
                    imports.pe_import_libraryName is None
                    and imports.pe_import_functions is None
                )
            ):
                return None

            # Flatten the data - one row per function import
            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            for lib_funcs in imports.pe_import_functions:
                for lib, funcs in lib_funcs.items():
                    for func in funcs:
                        data.append(
                            [
                                self.sha256,  # sha256
                                self.md5,  # md5
                                self.sha1,  # sha1
                                lib,  # library_name
                                func,  # function_name
                                current_time,  # analysis_date
                            ]
                        )

            column_names = [
                "sha256",
                "md5",
                "sha1",
                "library_name",
                "function_name",
                "analysis_date",
            ]

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

            if not data:
                return None

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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