Karlis Cerans

76 papers A* 4B 2Misc 8Journal 12Unranked 48
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
SEMANTiCS (Posters, Demos, Workshops & Tutorials)
Julija Ovcinnikova, Karlis Cerans
2025 conf
SEMANTiCS (Posters, Demos, Workshops & Tutorials)
Niks Kristofers Grislis, Karlis Cerans, Mikus Grasmanis, Heikki Rantala, Eero Hyvönen
2025 conf
ESWC (Satellite Events)
Sandra Silina, Lelde Lace, Mikus Grasmanis, Karlis Cerans
2025 conf
SEMANTiCS (Posters, Demos, Workshops & Tutorials)
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Mikus Grasmanis, Lelde Lace
2024 conf
ESWC Satellite Events (1)
Lelde Lace, Aiga Romane, Jana Fedotova, Mikus Grasmanis, Karlis Cerans
2024 J jnl
Balt. J. Mod. Comput.
Sergejs Rikacovs, Lelde Lace, Edgars Rencis, Agris Sostaks, Karlis Cerans
2024 conf
SEMANTiCS (Posters, Demos, Workshops & Tutorials)
Karlis Cerans, Uldis Bojars, Julija Ovcinnikova, Lelde Lace, Mikus Grasmanis, Arturs Sprogis
2024 conf
EKAW (Companion)
Sergejs Rikacovs, Karlis Cerans
2024 conf
KGSWC
Lelde Lace, Aiga Romane-Ritmane, Mikus Grasmanis, Arturs Sprogis, Julija Ovcinnikova, Uldis Bojars, Karlis Cerans
2023 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Lelde Lace, Aiga Romane, Mikus Grasmanis, Karlis Cerans
2023 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Uldis Bojars, Julija Ovcinnikova, Lelde Lace, Arturs Sprogis, Mikus Grasmanis, Karlis Cerans
2023 J jnl
Balt. J. Mod. Comput.
Julija Ovcinnikova, Agris Sostaks, Karlis Cerans
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Julija Ovcinnikova, Agris Sostaks, Karlis Cerans
2022 J jnl
J. Bioinform. Comput. Biol.
Gatis Melkus, Karlis Cerans, Karlis Freivalds, Lelde Lace, Darta Zajakina, Juris Viksna
2022 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Mikus Grasmanis, Lelde Lace
2022 conf
BIOINFORMATICS
Lelde Lace, Karlis Cerans, Karlis Freivalds, Gatis Melkus, Juris Viksna
2022 conf
ESWC (Satellite Events)
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Mikus Grasmanis, Lelde Lace
2021 conf
MTSR
Karlis Cerans, Lelde Lace, Mikus Grasmanis, Julija Ovcinnikova
2021 conf
ESWC (Satellite Events)
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Uldis Bojars, Mikus Grasmanis, Lelde Lace, Aiga Romane
2021 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Mikus Grasmanis, Lelde Lace, Aiga Romane
2020 J jnl
J. Bioinform. Comput. Biol.
Gatis Melkus, Peteris Rucevskis, Edgars Celms, Karlis Cerans, Karlis Freivalds, Paulis Kikusts, Lelde Lace, Martins Opmanis, Darta Rituma, Juris Viksna
2020 conf
ESWC (Satellite Events)
Guntis Barzdins, Didzis Gosko, Karlis Cerans, Oskars F. Barzdins, Arturs Znotins, Paulis F. Barzdins, Normunds Gruzitis, Mikus Grasmanis, Janis Barzdins, Uldis Lavrinovics, Sinty K. Mayer, Intars Students, Edgars Celms, Arturs Sprogis, Gunta Nespore-Berzkalne, Peteris Paikens
2019 conf
BIOSTEC (Selected Papers)
Lelde Lace, Gatis Melkus, Peteris Rucevskis, Edgars Celms, Karlis Cerans, Paulis Kikusts, Martins Opmanis, Darta Rituma, Juris Viksna
2019 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Dace Ruklisa, Alvis Brazma, Karlis Cerans, Thomas Schlitt, Juris Viksna
2019 conf
ESWC (Satellite Events)
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Renars Liepins, Mikus Grasmanis
2019 conf
BIOINFORMATICS
Lelde Lace, Gatis Melkus, Peteris Rucevskis, Edgars Celms, Karlis Cerans, Paulis Kikusts, Martins Opmanis, Darta Rituma, Juris Viksna
2019 J jnl
Balt. J. Mod. Comput.
Guntars Bumans, Karlis Cerans
2019 conf
MTSR
Karlis Cerans, Lelde Lace, Aiga Romane, Julija Ovcinnikova, Mikus Grasmanis, Arturs Sprogis, Agris Sostaks
2019 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Juris Viksna, Gatis Melkus, Edgars Celms, Karlis Cerans, Karlis Freivalds, Paulis Kikusts, Lelde Lace, Martins Opmanis, Darta Rituma, Peteris Rucevskis
2019 conf
ISWC (Satellites)
Karlis Cerans, Lelde Lace, Aiga Romane, Julija Ovcinnikova, Sergejs Kozlovics, Mikus Grasmanis, Julija Hodakovska, Arturs Sprogis, Agris Sostaks
2019 conf
SEMANTiCS (Posters & Demos)
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Lelde Lace, Julija Hodakovska, Aiga Romane, Mikus Grasmanis, Elina Kalnina, Arturs Sprogis, Agris Sostaks
2018 Misc conf
DB&IS
Edgars Celms, Karlis Cerans, Karlis Freivalds, Paulis Kikusts, Lelde Lace, Gatis Melkus, Martins Opmanis, Darta Rituma, Peteris Rucevskis, Juris Viksna
2018 conf
MTSR
Karlis Cerans, Agris Sostaks, Uldis Bojars, Juris Barzdins, Julija Ovcinnikova, Lelde Lace, Mikus Grasmanis, Arturs Sprogis
2018 conf
ESWC (Satellite Events)
Karlis Cerans, Agris Sostaks, Uldis Bojars, Julija Ovcinnikova, Lelde Lace, Mikus Grasmanis, Aiga Romane, Arturs Sprogis, Juris Barzdins
2017 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Karlis Cerans, Juris Barzdins, Agris Sostaks, Julija Ovcinnikova, Lelde Lace, Mikus Grasmanis, Arturs Sprogis
2016 conf
DB&IS (Selected Papers)
Renars Liepins, Normunds Gruzitis, Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Uldis Bojars, Edgars Celms
2016 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Julija Ovcinnikova, Karlis Cerans
2016 Misc conf
DB&IS
Karlis Cerans, Guntars Bumans
2016 conf
DB&IS (Selected Papers)
Guntars Bumans, Karlis Cerans
2016 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Uldis Bojars, Renars Liepins, Normunds Gruzitis, Karlis Cerans, Edgars Celms
2016 Misc conf
DB&IS
Renars Liepins, Uldis Bojars, Normunds Gruzitis, Karlis Cerans, Edgars Celms
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Renars Liepins, Uldis Bojars, Normunds Gruzitis, Karlis Cerans, Edgars Celms
2016 conf
VOILA@ISWC
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova
2015 conf
CAiSE Forum
Karlis Cerans, Aiga Romane
2015 conf
CAiSE Forum
Karlis Cerans, Guntars Bumans
2015 conf
ISWC (Posters & Demos)
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Martins Zviedris
2015 conf
BIR
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Martins Zviedris
2014 conf
HSB
Alvis Brazma, Karlis Cerans, Dace Ruklisa, Thomas Schlitt, Juris Viksna
2013 conf
JIST
Martins Zviedris, Aiga Romane, Guntis Barzdins, Karlis Cerans
2012 Misc conf
DB&IS
Karlis Cerans, Julija Ovcinnikova, Renars Liepins, Arturs Sprogis
2012 conf
ESWC (Satellite Events)
Karlis Cerans, Renars Liepins, Arturs Sprogis, Julija Ovcinnikova, Guntis Barzdins
2012 conf
OWLED
Karlis Cerans, Guntis Barzdins, Renars Liepins, Julija Ovcinnikova, Sergejs Rikacovs, Arturs Sprogis
2012 conf
I-SEMANTICS (Posters & Demos)
Renars Liepins, Karlis Cerans, Arturs Sprogis
2011 conf
OWLED
Janis Barzdins, Karlis Cerans, Renars Liepins, Arturs Sprogis
2011 conf
BIR
Guntars Bumans, Karlis Cerans
2010 Misc conf
DB&IS
Sergejs Kozlovics, Edgars Rencis, Sergejs Rikacovs, Karlis Cerans
2010 Misc conf
DB&IS
Martins Opmanis, Karlis Cerans
2010 conf
OWLED
Janis Barzdins, Guntis Barzdins, Karlis Cerans, Renars Liepins, Arturs Sprogis
2010 Misc conf
DB&IS
Karlis Cerans, Guntars Bumans
2010 conf
I-SEMANTICS
Guntars Bumans, Karlis Cerans
2010 conf
BIR
Janis Barzdins, Guntis Barzdins, Karlis Cerans, Renars Liepins, Arturs Sprogis
2009 ch.
Database Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Guntis Barzdins, Janis Barzdins, Karlis Cerans
2007 conf
MDDAUI@MoDELS
Janis Barzdins, Andris Zarins, Karlis Cerans, Audris Kalnins, Edgars Rencis, Lelde Lace, Renars Liepins, Arturs Sprogis
2000 J jnl
Inf. Comput.
Parosh Aziz Abdulla, Karlis Cerans, Bengt Jonsson, Yih-Kuen Tsay
1998 B conf
CONCUR
Parosh Aziz Abdulla, Karlis Cerans
1997 J jnl
New Gener. Comput.
Alvis Brazma, Karlis Cerans
1996 A* conf
LICS
Parosh Aziz Abdulla, Karlis Cerans, Bengt Jonsson, Yih-Kuen Tsay
1995 B conf
CONCUR
Karlis Cerans
1995 conf
Hybrid Systems
Karlis Cerans, Juris Viksna
1994 A* conf
ICALP
Karlis Cerans
1994 conf
AII/ALT
Alvis Brazma, Karlis Cerans
1993 A* conf
CAV
Karlis Cerans, Jens Chr. Godskesen, Kim Guldstrand Larsen
1992 A* conf
CAV
Karlis Cerans
1992 Misc conf
LFCS
Karlis Cerans
1991 ch.
Baltic Computer Science
Andrejs J. Auzins, Janis Barzdins, Janis Bicevskis, Karlis Cerans, Audris Kalnins
1991 J jnl
Comput. Intell.
Karlis Cerans, Carl H. Smith
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_segments.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_segments.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import base64
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.macho_extractor import MachOExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import MachOSegment


class MachOSegmentExtractor(MachOExtractor):

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

    def _is_empty_result(self, extracted_data) -> bool:
        """
        Override: Empty segments is an ERROR, not a valid empty case.
        A valid MachO file must have segments (at minimum __PAGEZERO, __TEXT).
        """
        # Always return False - empty segments should be treated as an error
        return False

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

    def _extract_segments_for_arch(self, arch_name):
        """Extract segment information for a specific architecture."""
        self.log.debug(f"Extracting segments for architecture: {arch_name}")
        segments = []

        try:
            # Get segments using new API with architecture parameter
            segments_data = self.macho.get_segments(arch=arch_name)
            if not segments_data:
                return segments

            # Extract segments for this architecture
            for segment in segments_data:
                try:
                    segment_name = segment.get('segname', 'Unknown')

                    # Calculate segment hash
                    segment_data = self._get_segment_data(segment)
                    if segment_data:
                        seg_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(segment_data).hexdigest()
                    else:
                        seg_sha256 = ""

                    # Use entropy already calculated by machofile module, rounded to 3 decimal places
                    seg_entropy = round(segment.get('entropy', 0.0), 3)

                    # Create segment dataclass with architecture info
                    macho_segment = MachOSegment(
                        segment_name=segment_name,
                        segment_vaddr=segment.get('vaddr', 0),
                        segment_vsize=segment.get('vsize', 0),
                        segment_offset=segment.get('offset', 0),
                        segment_size=segment.get('size', 0),
                        segment_max_vm_protection=segment.get('max_vm_protection', 0),
                        segment_initial_vm_protection=segment.get('initial_vm_protection', 0),
                        segment_nsects=segment.get('nsects', 0),
                        segment_flags=segment.get('flags', 0),
                        segment_entropy=seg_entropy,
                        segment_sha256=seg_sha256,
                    )
                    # Add architecture info to the segment
                    macho_segment.architecture = arch_name
                    segments.append(macho_segment)

                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f'Unable to process segment "{segment.get("segname", "Unknown")}" for architecture {arch_name} in {self.hash.sha256}: {e}'
                    )
                    continue

            return segments

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO segments for architecture {arch_name}: {e}")
            return segments

    def _extract_segments(self):
        """Extract segment information from all architectures in the MachO binary."""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        segments = []

        if not self.macho:
            return segments

        try:
            # Get architectures using new API (already parsed in base class)
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            if not architectures:
                return segments

            # Process each architecture
            for arch_name in architectures:
                arch_segments = self._extract_segments_for_arch(arch_name)
                segments.extend(arch_segments)

            return segments

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO segments: {e}")
            return segments

    def _get_segment_data(self, segment):
        """Get the raw data for a segment."""
        try:
            offset = segment.get('offset', 0)
            size = segment.get('size', 0)
            
            if size == 0:
                return None
            
            # Read segment data from file
            with open(self.filepath, 'rb') as f:
                f.seek(offset)
                return f.read(size)
                
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error reading segment data: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            segments = self._extract_segments()
            return segments
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO segments: {e}")
            return None

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

            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            try:
                architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
                is_fat = len(architectures) > 1
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Could not get architectures: {e}")
                return None

            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # Loop through each architecture (1 for single, multiple for FAT)
            for arch_name in architectures:
                # Extract segments for this specific architecture
                segments = self._extract_segments_for_arch(arch_name)
                if not segments:
                    continue

                # Get architecture-specific sha256 and header info
                try:
                    arch_general_info = self.macho.get_general_info(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_sha256 = arch_general_info.get('SHA256', self.sha256)

                    # Get raw architecture value
                    arch_header_raw = self.macho.get_macho_header(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_cputype_raw = arch_header_raw.get('cputype', 0) if arch_header_raw else 0
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Could not get arch-specific data for {arch_name}: {e}")
                    arch_sha256 = self.sha256
                    arch_cputype_raw = 0

                for segment in segments:
                    data.append([
                        arch_sha256,                          # sha256 (architecture-specific)
                        segment.segment_name,                 # segment_name
                        segment.segment_vaddr,                # segment_vaddr
                        segment.segment_vsize,                # segment_vsize
                        segment.segment_offset,               # segment_offset
                        segment.segment_size,                 # segment_size
                        segment.segment_max_vm_protection,    # segment_max_vm_protection
                        segment.segment_initial_vm_protection, # segment_initial_vm_protection
                        segment.segment_nsects,               # segment_nsects
                        segment.segment_flags,                # segment_flags
                        segment.segment_entropy,              # segment_entropy
                        segment.segment_sha256,               # segment_sha256
                        current_time,                         # analysis_date
                    ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'segment_name', 'segment_vaddr', 'segment_vsize', 'segment_offset',
                'segment_size', 'segment_max_vm_protection', 'segment_initial_vm_protection',
                'segment_nsects', 'segment_flags', 'segment_entropy', 'segment_sha256',
                'analysis_date'
            ]

            if not data:
                return None

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

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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