Mahmoud Tavakoli

39 papers A* 1A 15Journal 17Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Afsaneh L. Sanati, Timur Nikitin, Rui Fausto, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Aníbal T. de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carmel Majidi
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Abdollah Hajalilou, Elahe Parvini, Tiago A. Morgado, Pedro Alhais Lopes, M. Estrela Melo Jorge, Marta Freitas, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2024 J jnl
Medical Biol. Eng. Comput.
Tânia Nunes, Luís Gaspar, José N. Faria, David Portugal, Telmo Lopes, Pedro Fernandes, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2023 conf
RFID-TA
Armin Gharibi, Mahmoud Tavakoli, André F. Silva, Filippo Costa, Simone Genovesi
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Andriy Sayuk, João Lourenço, Pedro Neto
2023 conf
SENSORS
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Luís Pedro Rosa, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2022 conf
RoboSoft
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Luís Pedro Rosa, Aníbal T. de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2021 A conf
IROS
Matteo Virone, Pedro Lopes, Rui Pedro Rocha, Aníbal T. de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2020 J jnl
Sensors
André F. Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2020 A conf
IROS
Rui Pedro Rocha, Aníbal T. de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2018 J jnl
Biomed. Signal Process. Control.
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlo Benussi, Pedro Lopes, Luis Bica Osorio, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2018 J jnl
J. Intell. Robotic Syst.
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlos Viegas, Lucio Sgrigna, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2017 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlo Benussi, Joao Luis Lourenco
2017 A conf
IROS
Rui Pedro Rocha, Pedro Lopes, Aníbal T. de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carmel Majidi
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Rafael Batista, Pedro Neto
2015 A conf
IROS
Jose Carlos Romao, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlos Viegas, Pedro Neto, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2015 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lucio Sgrigna, Carlos Viegas, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2015 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlos Viegas, Jose Carlos Romao, Pedro Neto, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2015 J jnl
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Baptiste Enes, Joana Santos, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2014 A conf
IROS
Carlos Viegas, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2014 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Baptiste Enes, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2014 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Nat. Comput. Res.
Vitor Gaspar Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques
2013 conf
ROBOT (2)
Vitor Gaspar Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques
2013 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2013 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlos Viegas, Lino Marques, J. Norberto Pires, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2013 A* conf
ICRA
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlos Viegas, Lino Marques, J. Norberto Pires, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2013 J jnl
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carlos Viegas, Lino Marques, J. Norberto Pires, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2012 J jnl
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Gonçalo Cabrita, Ricardo Faria, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2012 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2011 J jnl
Robotica
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2011 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Ricardo Faria, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2010 J jnl
Ind. Robot
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2009 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2008 A conf
IROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Ali Marjovi, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2008 conf
ROBIO
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2008 conf
EUROS
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de Almeida
2005 J jnl
Ind. Robot
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Mohammad Reza Zakerzadeh, G. R. Vossoughi, S. Bagheri
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import json
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

import tlsh

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKDexFile

# Sensitive API patterns categorized for malware analysis
SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES = {
    "reflection": [
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;->invoke",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->get",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->set",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;->newInstance",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->forName",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredField",
        "Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;->loadClass",
    ],
    "crypto": [
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->init",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/SecretKeySpec;-><init>",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/IvParameterSpec;-><init>",
        "Ljava/security/MessageDigest;->getInstance",
        "Ljava/security/KeyStore;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Mac;->getInstance",
    ],
    "dynamic_loading": [
        "Ldalvik/system/DexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/PathClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/InMemoryDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/BaseDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->exec",
        "Ljava/lang/ProcessBuilder;->start",
    ],
    "telephony": [
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getDeviceId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSubscriberId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getLine1Number",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimSerialNumber",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getNetworkOperator",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimOperator",
    ],
    "sms": [
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendMultipartTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendDataMessage",
    ],
    "network": [
        "Ljava/net/HttpURLConnection;->connect",
        "Ljava/net/URL;->openConnection",
        "Lokhttp3/OkHttpClient;-><init>",
        "Lokhttp3/Request$Builder;->build",
        "Lorg/apache/http/client/HttpClient;->execute",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->loadUrl",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->setWebViewClient",
    ],
    "native": [
        "Ljava/lang/System;->loadLibrary",
        "Ljava/lang/System;->load",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->loadLibrary",
    ],
    "device_info": [
        "Landroid/os/Build;->FINGERPRINT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MODEL",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MANUFACTURER",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->PRODUCT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->BRAND",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->DEVICE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->HARDWARE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->SERIAL",
        "Landroid/os/Build$VERSION;->SDK_INT",
        "Landroid/provider/Settings$Secure;->getString",
    ],
    "file_io": [
        "Ljava/io/FileOutputStream;-><init>",
        "Ljava/io/FileInputStream;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/SharedPreferences;->edit",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->execSQL",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->rawQuery",
    ],
    "ipc": [
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->query",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->insert",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->delete",
        "Landroid/content/Intent;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->sendBroadcast",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->startService",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->bindService",
    ],
}


class APKDexExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.dex_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _analyze_api_usage(self, dex):
        """Categorize sensitive API calls found in DEX bytecode."""
        api_usage = {cat: set() for cat in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES}

        try:
            for method in dex.get_encoded_methods():
                code = method.get_code()
                if not code:
                    continue
                try:
                    bytecode = code.get_bc()
                    if not bytecode:
                        continue
                    for instruction in bytecode.get_instructions():
                        op_name = instruction.get_name()
                        if not op_name or not op_name.startswith("invoke"):
                            continue
                        output = instruction.get_output()
                        if not output:
                            continue
                        for category, patterns in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES.items():
                            for pattern in patterns:
                                if pattern in output:
                                    api_usage[category].add(output.strip())
                                    break
                except Exception:
                    continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage: {e}")

        # Convert sets to sorted lists
        return {cat: sorted(calls) for cat, calls in api_usage.items() if calls}

    def _compute_obfuscation_indicators(self, classes, methods):
        """Compute obfuscation indicators from class/method names."""
        class_names = []
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()
                if name:
                    class_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        method_names = []
        for m in methods:
            try:
                name = m.get_name()
                if name and name not in ("<init>", "<clinit>"):
                    method_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        if not class_names:
            return None

        # Short class names: extract just the class part from Dalvik notation
        short_class = 0
        for n in class_names:
            simple = n.split("/")[-1].rstrip(";")
            if len(simple) <= 2:
                short_class += 1

        short_method = sum(1 for n in method_names if len(n) <= 2)

        return {
            "short_class_names_pct": round(short_class / max(len(class_names), 1), 4),
            "short_method_names_pct": round(short_method / max(len(method_names), 1), 4),
            "non_ascii_identifiers": sum(1 for n in class_names if not n.isascii()),
            "avg_class_name_length": round(
                sum(len(n) for n in class_names) / max(len(class_names), 1), 2
            ),
        }

    def _compute_top_packages(self, classes):
        """Compute top packages by class count."""
        package_counter = Counter()
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()  # "Lcom/example/foo/Bar;"
                if not name:
                    continue
                parts = name[1:].replace("/", ".").rsplit(".", 1)
                if len(parts) > 1:
                    package = parts[0]
                else:
                    package = "(default)"
                package_counter[package] += 1
            except Exception:
                continue

        return [
            {"package": pkg, "class_count": count}
            for pkg, count in package_counter.most_common(20)
        ]

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        from androguard.core.dex import DEX

        try:
            dex_names = list(self.apk.get_dex_names() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error getting DEX names for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            dex_names = []

        try:
            dex_buffers = list(self.apk.get_all_dex() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting DEX buffers for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

        if not dex_buffers:
            self.log.debug("No DEX files found in APK")
            return None

        self.dex_files = []
        for i, dex_data in enumerate(dex_buffers):
            dex_name = dex_names[i] if i < len(dex_names) else f"classes{i}.dex"

            dex_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(dex_data).hexdigest()
            dex_tlsh = None
            if len(dex_data) >= 50:
                try:
                    dex_tlsh = tlsh.hash(dex_data) or None
                except Exception:
                    pass

            try:
                d = DEX(dex_data)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Failed to parse DEX {dex_name}: {e}")
                continue

            try:
                classes = list(d.get_classes() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting classes from {dex_name}: {e}")
                classes = []
            try:
                methods = list(d.get_methods() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting methods from {dex_name}: {e}")
                methods = []
            try:
                strings = list(d.get_strings() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting strings from {dex_name}: {e}")
                strings = []

            try:
                top_packages = self._compute_top_packages(classes)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing top packages for {dex_name}: {e}")
                top_packages = []
            try:
                api_usage = self._analyze_api_usage(d)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage for {dex_name}: {e}")
                api_usage = {}
            try:
                obfuscation_indicators = self._compute_obfuscation_indicators(classes, methods)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing obfuscation indicators for {dex_name}: {e}")
                obfuscation_indicators = None

            self.dex_files.append(APKDexFile(
                filename=dex_name,
                sha256=dex_sha256,
                class_count=len(classes),
                method_count=len(methods),
                string_count=len(strings),
                tlsh=dex_tlsh,
                top_packages=top_packages,
                api_usage=api_usage if api_usage else None,
                obfuscation_indicators=obfuscation_indicators,
            ))

        return self.dex_files if self.dex_files else None

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # DEX table: one row per DEX file
            dex_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                dex_data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    dex.sha256,
                    dex.filename,
                    dex.tlsh,
                    dex.class_count,
                    dex.method_count,
                    dex.string_count,
                    json.dumps(dex.top_packages) if dex.top_packages else None,
                    json.dumps(dex.obfuscation_indicators) if dex.obfuscation_indicators else None,
                    current_time,
                ])

            # API usage table: one row per category per DEX
            api_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                if dex.api_usage:
                    for category, api_calls in dex.api_usage.items():
                        api_data.append([
                            self.sha256,
                            dex.sha256,
                            category,
                            api_calls,
                            current_time,
                        ])

            return {
                'multi_table': True,
                'dex': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex',
                    'data': dex_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'dex_filename', 'dex_tlsh',
                        'dex_class_count', 'dex_method_count', 'dex_string_count',
                        'dex_top_packages', 'dex_obfuscation_indicators',
                        'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'Nullable(String)',
                        'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt32',
                        'Nullable(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
                'api_usage': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex_api_usage',
                    'data': api_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'api_category',
                        'api_calls', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                        'Array(String)', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
            }

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