Malka N. Halgamuge

45 papers B 2C 2Journal 33Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Sustain. Comput. Informatics Syst.
Malka N. Halgamuge, Narayan Srinivasa
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Artif. Intell.
Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Nalin A. G. Arachchilage, Tong Liu, Dan Xu, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2026 J jnl
IEEE Netw.
Malka N. Halgamuge
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cybern.
Teo Susnjak, Timothy R. McIntosh, Andre L. C. Barczak, Napoleon H. Reyes, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2025 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Malka N. Halgamuge, Dusit Niyato
2025 J jnl
ACM Trans. Intell. Syst. Technol.
Tong Liu, Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Artif. Intell.
Timothy R. McIntosh, Tong Liu, Teo Susnjak, Paul A. Watters, Alex Ng, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Artif. Intell.
Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Alex Ng, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst.
Timothy R. McIntosh, Tong Liu, Teo Susnjak, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Raza Nowrozy, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Dan Xu, Dongwei Liu, Raza Nowrozy, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials
Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Teo Susnjak, Timothy R. McIntosh, Andre L. C. Barczak, Napoleon H. Reyes, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst.
Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag.
Malka N. Halgamuge, Geetha K. Munasinghe, Moshe Zukerman
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Timothy R. McIntosh, Teo Susnjak, Tong Liu, Paul A. Watters, Malka N. Halgamuge
2023 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Uvini J. Munasinghe, Malka N. Halgamuge
2022 J jnl
Comput. Networks
Malka N. Halgamuge
2022 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Malka N. Halgamuge, Dilmi Guruge
2022 C conf
IECON
Nirosh Jayakody, Azeem Mohammad, Malka N. Halgamuge
2022 C conf
IECON
Thushara R. Bandara, Malka N. Halgamuge
2021 B conf
WCNC
Malka N. Halgamuge, Huseyin Caliskan, Azeem Mohammad
2021 J jnl
Inf. Process. Manag.
Omeshika A. S. Ekanayake, Malka N. Halgamuge
2021 J jnl
Comput. Networks
Malka N. Halgamuge
2021 conf
CCNC
Kamalani Aiyar, Malka N. Halgamuge, Azeem Mohammad
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Pubudu L. Indrasiri, Malka N. Halgamuge, Azeem Mohammad
2020 conf
AIKE
Malka N. Halgamuge, Samurdika C. Hettikankanamge, Azeem Mohammad
2019 ch.
Security, Privacy and Trust in the IoT Environment
G. A. Pramesha Chandrasiri, Malka N. Halgamuge, C. Subhashi Jayasekara
2019 conf
KSE
Harshvadan Talpada, Malka N. Halgamuge, Nguyen Tran Quoc Vinh
2019 conf
KSE
Saurav Pradha, Malka N. Halgamuge, Nguyen Tran Quoc Vinh
2019 conf
KSE
Mihiran Rupasinghe, Malka N. Halgamuge, Nguyen Tran Quoc Vinh
2019 ch.
Security, Privacy and Trust in the IoT Environment
Suvini P. Amaraweera, Malka N. Halgamuge
2019 conf
KSE
Mohib Hirani, Malka N. Halgamuge, Pham Duong Thu Hang
2018 J jnl
J. Commun.
Thulara N. Hewage, Malka N. Halgamuge, Ali Syed, Gullu Ekici
2017 J jnl
Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ.
Malka N. Halgamuge
2016 J jnl
Environ. Model. Softw.
Dilini Delgoda, Hector M. Malano, Syed Khusro Saleem, Malka N. Halgamuge
2013 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Chathurika D. Abeyrathne, Malka N. Halgamuge, Peter Mark Farrell, Efstratios Skafidas
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Commun. Syst.
Malka N. Halgamuge, Hai Le Vu, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao, Moshe Zukerman
2011 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Malka N. Halgamuge, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao, Moshe Zukerman, Hai Le Vu
2011 J jnl
Sensors
D. P. Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Malka N. Halgamuge, Prasanna Sridhar, Asad M. Madni
2011 J jnl
Digit. Investig.
Dung Vu Pham, Ali Syed, Malka N. Halgamuge
2006 B conf
WCNC
Malka N. Halgamuge, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao, Hai Le Vu, Moshe Zukerman
2005 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Malka N. Halgamuge, Hai Le Vu, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao, Moshe Zukerman
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Set

from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
from elftools.common.exceptions import ELFError

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.elf_extractor import ELFExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import ELFImport


class ELFImportExtractor(ELFExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        elf=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            elf,
        )
        self.elf_imports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_import_libraries(self, elf) -> List[str]:
        """Extract imported libraries from dynamic section."""
        libraries = []

        try:
            # Get the dynamic section
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if not dynamic_section:
                return libraries

            # Extract DT_NEEDED entries (required libraries)
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                    libraries.append(tag.needed)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting import libraries: {e}")

        return libraries

    def _get_imported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from dynamic symbol table."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic symbol table
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if not dynsym_section or not hasattr(dynsym_section, 'iter_symbols'):
                return imported_functions

            # Look for undefined symbols (imports)
            for symbol in dynsym_section.iter_symbols():
                # Check if symbol is undefined (imported)
                if (symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) == 'SHN_UNDEF' and
                    symbol.name and
                    symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK']):
                    imported_functions.add(symbol.name)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from symbols: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_imported_functions_from_relocations(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from relocation sections."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look through relocation sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                            # Get symbol associated with relocation
                            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                                symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name
                                if symbol_name:
                                    imported_functions.add(symbol_name)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process relocations in section {section.name}: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from relocations: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_plt_functions(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract functions from PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) sections."""
        plt_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look for PLT-related sections
            plt_sections = ['.plt', '.plt.got', '.plt.sec']

            for section_name in plt_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if section:
                    # PLT functions are typically associated with relocations
                    # We'll get them from the relocation analysis
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PLT functions: {e}")

        return plt_functions

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_IMPORTS.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_IMPORTS') else "elf_imports"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract import libraries
                import_libraries = self._get_import_libraries(elf)

                # Extract imported functions from multiple sources
                imported_functions = set()

                # From dynamic symbols
                symbol_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                imported_functions.update(symbol_imports)

                # From relocations
                relocation_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_relocations(elf)
                imported_functions.update(relocation_imports)

                # From PLT
                plt_imports = self._get_plt_functions(elf)
                imported_functions.update(plt_imports)

                # Convert to sorted lists for consistent output
                import_libraries_list = sorted(list(set(import_libraries)))
                import_functions_list = sorted(list(imported_functions))

                # Return ELFImport dataclass
                return ELFImport(
                    elf_imports_total=len(import_functions_list),
                    elf_import_libraries=import_libraries_list,
                    elf_import_functions=import_functions_list,
                )

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_imports = result
            return self.elf_imports

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF imports {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.elf_imports
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_imports:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_imports_total,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_libraries,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_imports_total',
                    'elf_import_libraries',
                    'elf_import_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error preparing export data: {e}")
                raise

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