Katherine J. Denby

11 papers B 1Journal 9Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 J jnl
J. Open Source Softw.
Juan Cordero, Kevin Donkers, Ian Harrison, Sarah Bridle, Angelina Frankowska, Michelle Cain, Neil Ward, Jez Frendenburgh, Edward Pope, Alana Kluczkovski, Ximena Schmidt, Jacqueline Silva, Christian Reynolds, Katherine J. Denby, Bob Doherty, Aled Jones
2018 J jnl
Bioinform.
Krzysztof Polanski, Bo Gao, Sam A. Mason, Paul Brown, Sascha Ott, Katherine J. Denby, David L. Wild
2014 J jnl
Bioinform.
Krzysztof Polanski, Johanna Rhodes, Claire Hill, Peijun Zhang, Dafyd J. Jenkins, Steven J. Kiddle, Aleksey Jironkin, Jim Beynon, Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston, Sascha Ott, Katherine J. Denby
2012 J jnl
Bioinform.
Christopher A. Penfold, Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston, Katherine J. Denby, David L. Wild
2010 J jnl
J. Comput. Biol.
Oliver Stegle, Katherine J. Denby, Emma J. Cooke, David L. Wild, Zoubin Ghahramani, Karsten M. Borgwardt
2010 J jnl
Bioinform.
Edward R. Morrissey, Miguel A. Juárez, Katherine J. Denby, Nigel J. Burroughs
2010 J jnl
Bioinform.
Steven J. Kiddle, Oliver P. F. Windram, Stuart McHattie, Andrew Meade, Jim Beynon, Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston, Katherine J. Denby, Sach Mukherjee
2009 B conf
RECOMB
Oliver Stegle, Katherine J. Denby, David L. Wild, Zoubin Ghahramani, Karsten M. Borgwardt
2009 conf
GCB
Oliver Stegle, Katherine J. Denby, David L. Wild, Stuart McHattie, Andrew Meade, Zoubin Ghahramani, Karsten M. Borgwardt
2009 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Cunlu Zou, Katherine J. Denby, Jianfeng Feng
2009 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Richard S. Savage, Katherine A. Heller, Yang Xu, Zoubin Ghahramani, William M. Truman, Murray Grant, Katherine J. Denby, David L. Wild
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