M. Cynthia Hipwell

13 papers C 2Journal 7Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Pijuan Yu, Anzu Kawazoe, Alexis Urquhart, Thomas K. Ferris, M. Cynthia Hipwell, Rebecca Fenton Friesen
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Pijuan Yu, Gwilym Couch, Thomas K. Ferris, M. Cynthia Hipwell, Rebecca Fenton Friesen
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Pijuan Yu, Luke C. Batteas, Thomas K. Ferris, M. Cynthia Hipwell, Francis Quek, Rebecca Fenton Friesen
2025 conf
UR
Pijuan Yu, Alexis Urquhart, Anzu Kawazoe, Thomas K. Ferris, M. Cynthia Hipwell, Rebecca Fenton Friesen
2025 conf
HAPTICS
Anzu Kawazoe, Pijuan Yu, Thomas K. Ferris, Rebecca Fenton Friesen, M. Cynthia Hipwell
2024 J jnl
Comput. Educ. Artif. Intell.
Rujun Gao, Hillary E. Merzdorf, Saira Anwar, M. Cynthia Hipwell, Arun R. Srinivasa
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Rujun Gao, Hillary E. Merzdorf, Saira Anwar, M. Cynthia Hipwell, Arun R. Srinivasa
2023 C conf
FIE
Rujun Gao, M. Cynthia Hipwell, Chris Seets, Luis Rodriguez, Karan L. Watson, Mindy E. Bergman, Guillermo Aguilar, Arun R. Srinivasa
2023 C conf
FIE
M. Cynthia Hipwell, Hadear Ibrahim Hassan, Luis Rodriguez, Rujun Gao, Karan L. Watson, Astrid Layton, Chris Seets
2022 conf
HAPTICS
Xinyi Li, Yuan Ma, Yinzhong Guo, M. Cynthia Hipwell
2022 J jnl
Sci. Robotics
Changhyun Choi, Yuan Ma, Xinyi Li, Sitangshu Chatterjee, Sneha Sequeira, Rebecca Fenton Friesen, Jonathan R. Felts, M. Cynthia Hipwell
2021 conf
WHC
Changhyun Choi, Yuan Ma, Sneha Sequeira, Sitangshu Chatterjee, Xinyi Li, Jonathan R. Felts, M. Cynthia Hipwell
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Xinyi Li, Changhyun Choi, Yuan Ma, Perawat Boonpuek, Jonathan R. Felts, Joe Mullenbach, Craig D. Shultz, J. Edward Colgate, M. Cynthia Hipwell
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_resources.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_resources.py python
from hashlib import sha256
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

import magic
from magika import Magika
import pefile
from pefile import UnicodeStringWrapperPostProcessor

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


class PEResourceExtractor(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_resources"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_resources(self):
        """
        Returns:
        resources: a list of dictionaries, one per each resources type found.
                    each dictionary the key represents the name of the content,
                    which is the value itself.
                    Empty list if no resources present.
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        resources_list = []
        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for resource_type in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    # if resource_type.name is not None:
                    #     name = resource_type.name
                    # else:
                    #     name = pefile.RESOURCE_TYPE.get(resource_type.struct.Id)
                    # if not name:
                    #     name = resource_type.struct.Id
                    name = (
                        resource_type.name
                        if resource_type.name is not None
                        else pefile.RESOURCE_TYPE.get(resource_type.struct.Id)
                    )
                    if isinstance(name, UnicodeStringWrapperPostProcessor):
                        name = name.decode()
                    try:
                        if hasattr(resource_type, "directory"):
                            for resource_id in resource_type.directory.entries:
                                if hasattr(resource_id, "directory"):
                                    for resource_lang in resource_id.directory.entries:
                                        rsrc_data = self.pe.get_data(
                                            resource_lang.data.struct.OffsetToData,
                                            resource_lang.data.struct.Size,
                                        )
                                        file_type = magic.from_buffer(rsrc_data)
                                        magik = Magika().identify_bytes(rsrc_data).output.label

                                        rsrc_entropy = (
                                            "%.2f"
                                            % pefile.SectionStructure.entropy_H(
                                                self.pe, rsrc_data
                                            )
                                        )
                                        rsrc_sha256 = sha256(rsrc_data).hexdigest()
                                        lang = pefile.LANG.get(
                                            resource_lang.data.lang, "*unknown*"
                                        )
                                        sublang = pefile.get_sublang_name_for_lang(
                                            resource_lang.data.lang,
                                            resource_lang.data.sublang,
                                        )
                                        pe_resource = PEResource(
                                            _id=rsrc_sha256,
                                            resource_type=name,
                                            resource_entropy=rsrc_entropy,
                                            resource_sha256=rsrc_sha256,
                                            resource_filetype=file_type,
                                            resource_magika=magik,
                                            resource_language=lang,
                                            resource_rva=resource_lang.data.struct.OffsetToData,
                                            resource_size=resource_lang.data.struct.Size,
                                            resource_sub_lang=sublang,
                                        )
                                        resources_list.append(pe_resource)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(
                            f"Continue after Error in {self.hash.sha256}: {resource_type.name} "
                            f"Exception: {e}",
                            stack_info=True,
                        )
                        # resources_list.append({f"{e} - {resource_type.name}"})
                        continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.exception(
                f"Extract exports error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}"
            )
        self.log.debug(f"Resource list {resources_list}")
        return resources_list

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            resources = self._extract_resources()
            # self.export_to_elastic(resources)  # Let the exporters handle this
            return resources
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract resources 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":
            resources = self.extract()
            if resources is None:
                return None
            
            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            for resource in resources:
                data.append([
                    self.sha256,                    # sha256
                    self.md5,                       # md5
                    self.sha1,                      # sha1
                    resource.resource_type,         # resource_type
                    resource.resource_entropy,      # resource_entropy
                    resource.resource_sha256,       # resource_sha256
                    resource.resource_filetype,     # resource_filetype
                    resource.resource_magika,       # resource_magika
                    resource.resource_language,     # resource_language
                    resource.resource_sub_lang,     # resource_sub_lang
                    resource.resource_size,         # resource_size
                    resource.resource_rva,          # resource_rva
                    current_time                    # analysis_date
                ])
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'resource_type', 'resource_entropy',
                'resource_sha256', 'resource_filetype', 'resource_magika',
                'resource_language', 'resource_sub_lang', 'resource_size',
                'resource_rva', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'Float64',
                'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))',
                'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))', 'UInt64',
                'UInt64', 'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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