James E. Katz

28 papers A* 1Journal 23Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Big Data Cogn. Comput.
Dongpeng Huang, James E. Katz
2025 J jnl
Discov. Artif. Intell.
Sejin Paik, Ekaterina Novozhilova, Kate K. Mays, James E. Katz
2024 J jnl
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr.
Ekaterina Novozhilova, Kate K. Mays, Sejin Paik, James E. Katz
2024 J jnl
Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr.
Ekaterina Novozhilova, Kate K. Mays, Sejin Paik, James E. Katz
2022 J jnl
AI Soc.
Kate K. Mays, Yiming Lei, Rebecca Giovanetti, James E. Katz
2020 conf
HICSS
Kate K. Mays, James E. Katz, Jacob Groshek
2019 conf
HCI (13)
Daniel Halpern, Sebastián Valenzuela, James E. Katz, Juan Pablo Miranda
2017 J jnl
Comput. Hum. Behav.
Daniel Halpern, James E. Katz
2017 J jnl
Telematics Informatics
Daniel Halpern, James E. Katz, Camila Carril
2017 J jnl
J. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
Daniel Halpern, Sebastián Valenzuela, James E. Katz
2016 J jnl
Inf. Soc.
Chih-Hui Lai, James E. Katz
2015 J jnl
J. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
Sun Kyong Lee, James E. Katz
2014 J jnl
Behav. Inf. Technol.
James E. Katz, Daniel Halpern
2014 J jnl
First Monday
Sun Kyong Lee, James E. Katz
2014 J jnl
Comput. Hum. Behav.
Sebastián Valenzuela, Daniel Halpern, James E. Katz
2012 conf
WebSci
Daniel Halpern, James E. Katz
2012 A* conf
HRI
Daniel Halpern, James E. Katz
2009 J jnl
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.
Yi-Fan Chen, James E. Katz
2009 J jnl
Int. J. Medical Informatics
James E. Katz, Ronald E. Rice
2009 J jnl
Commun. ACM
James E. Katz, Ronald E. Rice
2007 J jnl
Inf. Process. Manag.
Katie M. Lever, James E. Katz
2006 J jnl
New Media Soc.
James E. Katz, Satomi Sugiyama
2002 conf
ASIST
Ronald E. Rice, James E. Katz
2001 J jnl
CoRR
James E. Katz, Ronald E. Rice, Philip Aspden
1997 J jnl
Commun. ACM
James E. Katz, Philip Aspden
1997 J jnl
Internet Res.
James E. Katz, Philip Aspden
1997 J jnl
Commun. ACM
James E. Katz, Philip Aspden
1997 J jnl
Behav. Inf. Technol.
James E. Katz, Philip Aspden, Warren A. Reich
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py python
from collections import deque
from binaryninja import highlevelil
from binaryninja.enums import HighLevelILOperation


class ObfuscationScores:
    def __init__(self, hlil_function):
        self.function = hlil_function
        self._basic_blocks = list(hlil_function.basic_blocks) if hlil_function and hlil_function.basic_blocks else []
        self._block_count = len(self._basic_blocks)

    def flattened_score(self):
        """
        A heuristic for detecting control flow flattening from Tim Blazytko.
        Source: https://www.synthesis.to/2021/03/03/flattening_detection.html
        """
        if self._block_count == 0:
            return 0.0

        max_flattening_ratio = 0.0

        for basic_block in self._basic_blocks:
            dominated = get_dominated_by(basic_block)
            if not any(edge.source in dominated for edge in basic_block.incoming_edges):
                continue
            ratio = len(dominated) / self._block_count
            if ratio > max_flattening_ratio:
                max_flattening_ratio = ratio

        return max_flattening_ratio

    def MBA_score(self):
        """
        Score for MBA is obtained by the number of instructions that have at least one arithmetic operation and
        one logic operation DIVIDED by the number of instructions.
        """
        total = 0
        mba_count = 0

        for ins in self.function.instructions:
            total += 1
            if uses_mba(ins):
                mba_count += 1

        if total == 0:
            return 0.0

        return mba_count / total

def get_dominated_by(dominator):
    """
    Get the dominators that are dominated by the given dominator.
    (To recall the theory, a basic block B is called dominator for A if every path from START
    to A must include B)
    """
    result = set()
    worklist = deque([dominator])

    while worklist:
        block = worklist.popleft()
        if block in result:
            continue
        result.add(block)
        worklist.extend(block.dominator_tree_children)

    return result

_ARITHMETIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NEG,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MUL,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_DIVS,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MODS,
})

_LOGIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_OR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSL,
})

_MBA_OPS = _ARITHMETIC_OPS | _LOGIC_OPS

def uses_mba(hlil_instruction):
    uses_logic = False
    uses_arithmetic = False
    stack = [hlil_instruction]

    while stack:
        instruction = stack.pop()

        if not isinstance(instruction, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
            continue

        op = instruction.operation

        if op not in _MBA_OPS:
            for operand in instruction.operands:
                if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                    stack.append(operand)
            continue

        if op in _ARITHMETIC_OPS:
            uses_arithmetic = True
        else:
            uses_logic = True

        if uses_logic and uses_arithmetic:
            return True

        for operand in instruction.operands:
            if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                stack.append(operand)

    return False