Karyn Benson

17 papers A* 2A 1B 2Misc 1Journal 7Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2018 A* conf
INFOCOM
Ioana Livadariu, Karyn Benson, Ahmed Elmokashfi, Amogh Dhamdhere, Alberto Dainotti
2016
Karyn Benson
2016 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun.
Alberto Dainotti, Karyn Benson, Alistair King, Bradley Huffaker, Eduard Glatz, Xenofontas A. Dimitropoulos, Philipp Richter, Alessandro Finamore, Alex C. Snoeren
2015 A conf
Internet Measurement Conference
Karyn Benson, Alberto Dainotti, K. C. Claffy, Alex C. Snoeren, Michael G. Kallitsis
2014 J jnl
Comput. Commun. Rev.
Alberto Dainotti, Karyn Benson, Alistair King, K. C. Claffy, Michael G. Kallitsis, Eduard Glatz, Xenofontas A. Dimitropoulos
2014 J jnl
Comput. Commun. Rev.
Alberto Dainotti, Karyn Benson, Alistair King, K. C. Claffy, Michael G. Kallitsis, Eduard Glatz, Xenofontas A. Dimitropoulos
2014 J jnl
CoRR
Alberto Dainotti, Karyn Benson, Alistair King, K. C. Claffy, Eduard Glatz, Xenofontas A. Dimitropoulos, Philipp Richter, Alessandro Finamore, Alex C. Snoeren
2013 conf
INFOCOM Workshops
Karyn Benson, Alberto Dainotti, Kimberly C. Claffy, Emile Aben
2013 A* conf
INFOCOM
Karyn Benson, Alberto Dainotti, K. C. Claffy, Emile Aben
2013 B conf
CT-RSA
Karyn Benson, Hovav Shacham, Brent Waters
2012 conf
StudentWorkshop@CoNEXT
Karyn Benson, Alberto Dainotti, K. C. Claffy, Emile Aben
2012 J jnl
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Karyn Benson, Hovav Shacham, Brent Waters
2011 conf
CCSW
Karyn Benson, Rafael Dowsley, Hovav Shacham
2009 B conf
CT-RSA
Giuseppe Ateniese, Karyn Benson, Susan Hohenberger
2009 Misc conf
CISS
Karyn Benson, Lisa M. Marvel
2008 J jnl
IEEE/ACM Trans. Netw.
Karyn Benson, Benjamin E. Birnbaum, Esteban Molina-Estolano, Ran Libeskind-Hadas
2008 J jnl
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Giuseppe Ateniese, Karyn Benson, Susan Hohenberger
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