Najah AbuAli

29 papers B 6C 1Journal 14Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Comput. Sci. Rev.
Shumayla Yaqoob, Farman Ullah, Najah AbuAli, Hafeez Anwar, Nasir Saeed, Mohammad Hayajneh
2025 J jnl
Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
Mubarak Albarka Umar, Najah AbuAli, Khaled Shuaib, Ali Ismail Awad
2025 J jnl
Cogn. Comput.
Hikmat Ullah, Najah AbuAli, Farman Ullah, Mohammad Hayajneh, Muhammad Bilal Khan
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ihtesham Jadoon, Najah AbuAli, Farman Ullah, Mubashir Rehman, Mohammad Hayajneh, Shayma Alkobaisi
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Abdulla Alshamsi, Najah AbuAli
2025 J jnl
IEEE Open J. Comput. Soc.
Najah AbuAli, Ihtesham Jadoon, Farman Ullah, Mohammad Hayajneh, Shayma Alkobaisi
2024 conf
CommNet
Farman Ullah, Mohammad Hayajneh, Najah AbuAli, Haroon Asad, Fiza Saeed Malik, Bisni Fahad Mon
2024 J jnl
J. King Saud Univ. Comput. Inf. Sci.
Najah AbuAli, Zulqurnain Sabir
2024 J jnl
Inf. Fusion
Najah AbuAli, Mohammad Bilal Khan, Farman Ullah, Mohammad Hayajneh, Hikmat Ullah, Shahid Mumtaz
2023 conf
WF-IoT
Hikmat Ullah, Najah AbuAli, Mohammad Hayajneh
2023 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Stand. Mag.
Najah AbuAli, Muhammad Bilal Khan, Mohammad Hayajneh, Mubashir Rehman
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Abdalla E. Abdelrahman, Hossam S. Hassanein, Najah AbuAli
2018 B conf
GLOBECOM
Abdalla E. Abdelrahman, Hossam S. Hassanein, Najah AbuAli
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Najah AbuAli, Sam Aleyadeh, Fatiha Djebbar, Akram Alomainy, Maha Almaazmi, Sheikha Al Ghaithi
2018 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Najah AbuAli
2017 conf
ICC
Najah AbuAli, Abd-Elhamid M. Taha
2017 B conf
GLOBECOM
Abdalla E. Abdelrahman, Najah AbuAli, Hossam S. Hassanein
2016 B conf
GLOBECOM
Sherin Abdel Hamid, Sara A. Elsayed, Najah AbuAli, Hossam S. Hassanein
2015 C conf
ISCC
Najah AbuAli
2015 B conf
WCNC
Hatem Abou-Zeid, Hossam S. Hassanein, Zohaib Tanveer, Najah AbuAli
2015 B conf
WiMob
Najah AbuAli, Mervat Abu-Elkheir
2014 conf
MobiHealth
Mervat Abu-Elkheir, Karel Heurtefeux, Najah AbuAli, Hamid Menouar
2014 conf
MobiHealth
Karel Heurtefeux, Nasreen Mohsin, Hamid Menouar, Najah AbuAli
2013 J jnl
Secur. Commun. Networks
Issa Khalil, Saurabh Bagchi, Najah AbuAli, Mohammad Hayajneh
2013 conf
LCN Workshops
Najah AbuAli
2013 J jnl
IEEE Wirel. Commun.
Najah AbuAli
2013 B conf
WiMob
Karel Heurtefeux, Hamid Menouar, Najah AbuAli
2012 conf
ICC
Najah AbuAli
2012 conf
GLOBECOM Workshops
Najah AbuAli, Mervat Abu-Elkheir
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_imports.py python
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 MachOImport


class MachOImportExtractor(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_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_imports(self, arch_name=None):
        """Extract import information from the MachO binary for a specific architecture.

        Handles machofile v2026.2.4+ API where get_imported_functions() returns:
        Dict[str, List[Dict]] where each dict has {'name': str, 'sources': [str, ...]}
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if not self.macho:
            return None

        try:
            # Get imported functions using API for specific architecture
            imported_functions = self.macho.get_imported_functions(arch=arch_name)
            if not imported_functions:
                return None

            # Keep the library→functions mapping (like PE does)
            library_names = []
            imports_with_mapping = []  # List of {library: [(name, source), ...]}

            for dylib_name, functions in imported_functions.items():
                # v2026.2.4+: dylib_name is already str, but handle bytes for compatibility
                if isinstance(dylib_name, bytes):
                    dylib_name = dylib_name.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                library_names.append(dylib_name)

                # Process function entries
                func_list = []
                for func_entry in functions:
                    # v2026.2.4+: func_entry is {'name': str, 'sources': [str, ...]}
                    if isinstance(func_entry, dict):
                        func_name = func_entry.get('name', '')
                        # Join sources if multiple, take first if single
                        sources = func_entry.get('sources', [])
                        import_source = sources[0] if sources else None
                        func_list.append((func_name, import_source))
                    else:
                        # Legacy format: func_entry is str or bytes
                        if isinstance(func_entry, bytes):
                            func_entry = func_entry.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                        func_list.append((func_entry, None))

                imports_with_mapping.append({dylib_name: func_list})

            # Count total functions
            total_functions = sum(len(list(d.values())[0]) for d in imports_with_mapping)

            # Create import dataclass with mapping preserved
            macho_import = MachOImport(
                macho_imports_total=total_functions,
                macho_import_libraryName=library_names if library_names else None,
                macho_import_functions=imports_with_mapping if imports_with_mapping else None
            )

            return macho_import

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO imports for arch {arch_name}: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            if len(architectures) > 1:
                # FAT binary - return list of imports for each architecture
                results = []
                for arch_name in architectures:
                    imports = self._extract_imports(arch_name)
                    if imports:
                        imports.arch_identifier = arch_name
                        results.append(imports)
                return results
            else:
                # Single architecture - return single result
                return self._extract_imports(architectures[0] if architectures else None)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO imports: {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

            # Flatten the data - one row per function import (like PE imports)
            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 imports for this architecture
                macho_import = self._extract_imports(arch_name)
                if not macho_import or not macho_import.macho_import_functions:
                    continue

                # Flatten to one row per (library, function) pair
                for lib_funcs in macho_import.macho_import_functions:
                    for lib, funcs in lib_funcs.items():
                        for func_name, import_source in funcs:
                            data.append([
                                arch_sha256,        # sha256 (arch-specific)
                                lib,                # library_name
                                func_name,          # function_name
                                import_source,      # import_source (chained_fixups, bind_opcodes, symtab)
                                current_time,       # analysis_date
                            ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'library_name', 'function_name', 'import_source',
                'analysis_date'
            ]

            if not data:
                return None

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

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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