Mahmoud A. Alahmad

41 papers B 4C 14Journal 10Unranked 13
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 C conf
IECON
Mohannad Alkhalil, Sulaiman Mohaidat, Juhyun Bak, Kevin James, Xiaoqi Liu, Fadi Alsaleem, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif-Kashani, Jan Haase, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2024 C conf
IECON
Ahmad Almaghrebi, Kevin James, Fares Al Juheshi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2024 C conf
IECON
Mohannad Alkhalil, Sulaiman Mohaidat, Juhyun Bak, Kevin James, Xiaoqi Liu, Fadi Alsaleem, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif-Kashani, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sam Moayedi, Andrew Parker, Kevin James, Xiaoyue Cheng, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2023 conf
ISIE
Jan Haase, Ahmad Almaghrebi, Fares Al Juheshi, Sam Moayedi, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2022 C conf
IECON
Mohammad Bakhtiari, Yang Wei, Hiroaki Nishi, Kim Fung Tsang, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2022 conf
ICIT
Subhaditya Shom, Arpan Guha, Kim Fung Tsang, Hiroaki Nishi, Chung Kit Wu, Khaled Shuaib, Hamid Sharif, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Andrew Parker, Sam Moayedi, Kevin James, Dongming Peng, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Andrew Parker, Mhd Anas Alkrch, Kevin James, Ahmad Almaghrebi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2020 C conf
IECON
Sam Moayedi, Ahmad Almaghrebi, Jan Haase, Hiroaki Nishi, Gerhard Zucker, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Andrew Parker, Kevin James, Dongming Peng, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2019 conf
EIT
Amro Quedan, Fares Al Juheshi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2019 conf
EIT
Evans Sordiashie, Sam Moayedi, Alan Alahmad, Luigi Polese, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2019 B conf
IWCMC
Naji Albakay, Michael Hempel, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Hamid Sharif
2018 C conf
IECON
Sam Moayedi, Fares Al Juheshi, Ahmad Almaghrebi, Jan Haase, Hiroaki Nishi, Kim Fung Tsang, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2017 C conf
IECON
Jan Haase, Fares Al Juheshi, Hiroaki Nishi, Joern Ploennigs, Kim Fung Tsang, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2017 conf
EIT
Subhaditya Shom, Fares Al Juheshi, Ala'a Rayyan, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Mohammad Abdul-Hafez, Khaled Shuaib
2017 conf
EIT
Fares Al Juheshi, Amro Quedan, Ala'a Rayyan, Subhaditya Shom, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2017 B conf
IWCMC
Farag M. Sallabi, Khaled Shuaib, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2017 C conf
IECON
Faan Hei Hung, Chung Kit Wu, Zijie Zou, Yucheng Liu, Kim Fung Tsang, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Haili Gan, Hao Ran Chi
2016 J jnl
Comput.
Khaled Shuaib, Ezedin Barka, Nedaa Al Hussien, Mohammed Abdel-Hafez, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2016 J jnl
Int. J. Sens. Networks
Shichuan Ma, Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang, Yi Qian, Hamid Sharif, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2016 conf
ISIE
Fares Al Juheshi, Mohannad Khair Allah, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2016 conf
ISIE
Mohannad Khair Allah, Fares Aljuhishi, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2016 conf
IIT
Alan Alahmad, Ala'a Rayyan, Fares Al Juheshi, Hamid Sharif, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Khaled Shuaib, Mohammad Abdul-Hafez, Nassar A. Aljuhaishi
2016 C conf
INDIN
Jan Haase, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Hiroaki Nishi, Joern Ploennigs, Kim Fung Tsang
2015 C conf
IECON
Mohannad Khair Allah, Fares Al Juheshi, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Herbert L. Hess
2015 C conf
IECON
Jan Haase, Gerhard Zucker, Fares Al Juheshi, Mohannad Khair Allah, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2015 conf
EIT
Fares Aljuhishi, Hosen Hasna, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Mohannad Khair Allah, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Herbert L. Hess
2015 conf
ANT/SEIT
Khaled Shuaib, Zouheir Trabelsi, Mohammed Abed-Hafez, Ahmed M. Gaouda, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2014 C conf
IECON
Jan Haase, Gerhard Zucker, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2014 C conf
IECON
Sameena Khan, Muhammad F. Zulfiqar, Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Lim Nguyen, Hamid Sharif, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Ahmed M. Gaouda, Khaled Shuaib, Mohammed Abdel-Hafez
2014 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Emily Rieur, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2012 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Patrick G. Wheeler, Avery Schwer, Joshua Eiden, Adam Brumbaugh
2011 C conf
DeSE
Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Muhammad F. Zulfiqar, Hosen Hasna, Hamid Sharif, Evans Sordiashie, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi
2011 conf
ICITST
Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Muhammad F. Zulfiqar, Hosen Hasna, Timothy Wisnieski, Nasser A. Aljuhaishi, Hamid Sharif
2010 J jnl
IET Circuits Devices Syst.
Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Herbert L. Hess
2009 B conf
GLOBECOM
Jiucai Zhang, Song Ci, Hamid Sharif, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2009 conf
ICC
Jiucai Zhang, Song Ci, Hamid Sharif, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Mahmoud A. Alahmad, Herbert L. Hess
2007 B conf
GLOBECOM
Song Ci, Jiucai Zhang, Hamid Sharif, Mahmoud A. Alahmad
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_dylibs.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_dylibs.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
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 MachODylib


class MachODylibExtractor(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_dylibs"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_dylibs(self):
        """Extract dynamic library information from all architectures in the MachO binary."""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        dylibs = []

        if not self.macho:
            return dylibs

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

            # Process each architecture
            for arch_name in architectures:
                # Get dylib commands using new API with architecture parameter
                dylib_commands = self.macho.get_dylib_commands(arch=arch_name)
                if not dylib_commands:
                    continue

                # Extract dylib commands for this architecture
                for dylib_cmd in dylib_commands:
                    try:
                        dylib_name = dylib_cmd.get('dylib_name', 'Unknown')
                        if isinstance(dylib_name, bytes):
                            dylib_name = dylib_name.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')

                        # Create dylib dataclass with architecture info
                        macho_dylib = MachODylib(
                            dylib_name=dylib_name,
                            dylib_timestamp=dylib_cmd.get('dylib_timestamp', 0),
                            dylib_current_version=dylib_cmd.get('dylib_current_version', 0),
                            dylib_compat_version=dylib_cmd.get('dylib_compat_version', 0),
                        )
                        # Add architecture info to the dylib
                        macho_dylib.architecture = arch_name
                        dylibs.append(macho_dylib)

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

            return dylibs

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

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            dylibs = self._extract_dylibs()
            return dylibs
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO dylibs: {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:
                # Get architecture-specific sha256
                try:
                    arch_general_info = self.macho.get_general_info(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_header_raw = self.macho.get_macho_header(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_sha256 = arch_general_info.get('SHA256', self.sha256)
                    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

                # Get dylib commands for this architecture
                dylib_commands = self.macho.get_dylib_commands(arch=arch_name)
                if not dylib_commands:
                    continue

                # Process each dylib for this architecture
                for dylib_cmd in dylib_commands:
                    try:
                        dylib_name = dylib_cmd.get('dylib_name', 'Unknown')
                        if isinstance(dylib_name, bytes):
                            dylib_name = dylib_name.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')

                        data.append([
                            arch_sha256,                          # sha256 (architecture-specific)
                            dylib_name,                           # dylib_name
                            dylib_cmd.get('dylib_timestamp', 0), # dylib_timestamp
                            dylib_cmd.get('dylib_current_version', 0), # dylib_current_version
                            dylib_cmd.get('dylib_compat_version', 0),  # dylib_compat_version
                            current_time,                         # analysis_date
                        ])
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(
                            f'Unable to process dylib "{dylib_cmd.get("dylib_name", "Unknown")}" for architecture {arch_name}: {e}'
                        )
                        continue

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'dylib_name', 'dylib_timestamp', 'dylib_current_version',
                'dylib_compat_version', 'analysis_date'
            ]

            if not data:
                return None

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

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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