Neda Masoud

29 papers A 1C 1Journal 23Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Jason Lu, Tejas Santanam, Hongzhao Guan, Connor Riley, Meen-Sung Kim, Anthony Trasatti, Neda Masoud, Pascal Van Hentenryck
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Shiyue Zhao, Junzhi Zhang, Neda Masoud, Yuhong Jiang, Heye Huang, Tao Liu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Shiyue Zhao, Junzhi Zhang, Neda Masoud, Jianxiong Li, Yinan Zheng, Xiaohui Hou
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Shiyue Zhao, Junzhi Zhang, Neda Masoud, Heye Huang, Xingpeng Xia, Chengkun He
2024 J jnl
Transp. Sci.
Jisoon Lim, Neda Masoud
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Shiyue Zhao, Junzhi Zhang, Neda Masoud, Yuhong Jiang, Heye Huang, Tao Liu
2023 A conf
ICCAD
Shahrbanoo Rezaei, Jeremiah Gbadegoye, Neda Masoud, Anahita Khojandi
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Zhen Yang, Rusheng Zhang, Gaurav Pandey, Neda Masoud, Henry X. Liu
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Jeremy Watts, Franco van Wyk, Shahrbanoo Rezaei, Yiyang Wang, Neda Masoud, Anahita Khojandi
2022 J jnl
Transp. Sci.
Amirmahdi Tafreshian, Neda Masoud
2022 J jnl
Adv. Eng. Informatics
Dongmin Lee, Sanghyun Lee, Neda Masoud, M. S. Krishnan, Victor C. Li
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Ethan Zhang, Neda Masoud, Mahdi Bandegi, Rajesh K. Malhan
2021 conf
ITSC
Ethan Zhang, Sion Pizzi, Neda Masoud
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yiyang Wang, Neda Masoud
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Yiyang Wang, Neda Masoud
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Ethan Zhang, Neda Masoud
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Yiyang Wang, Neda Masoud, Anahita Khojandi
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Raed Kontar, Naichen Shi, Xubo Yue, Seokhyun Chung, Eunshin Byon, Mosharaf Chowdhury, Jionghua Jin, Wissam Kontar, Neda Masoud, Maher Nouiehed, Chinedum Emmanuel Okwudire, Garvesh Raskutti, Romesh Saigal, Karandeep Singh, Zhi-Sheng Ye
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Raed Kontar, Naichen Shi, Xubo Yue, Seokhyun Chung, Eunshin Byon, Mosharaf Chowdhury, Judy Jin, Wissam Kontar, Neda Masoud, Maher Nouiehed, Chinedum Emmanuel Okwudire, Garvesh Raskutti, Romesh Saigal, Karandeep Singh, Zhisheng Ye
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Yiyang Wang, Neda Masoud, Anahita Khojandi
2020 C conf
IV
Xiangguo Liu, Neda Masoud, Qi Zhu
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Mojtaba Abdolmaleki, Yafeng Yin, Neda Masoud
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Franco van Wyk, Yiyang Wang, Anahita Khojandi, Neda Masoud
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Xiangguo Liu, Guangchen Zhao, Neda Masoud, Qi Zhu
2020 conf
ITSC
Ethan Zhang, Neda Masoud
2019 conf
IntelliSys (2)
Franco van Wyk, Anahita Khojandi, Neda Masoud
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Sara Masoud, Young-Jun Son, Neda Masoud, Jay Jayakrishnan
2019 conf
ITSC
Ethan Zhang, Amirmahdi Tafreshian, Neda Masoud
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Neda Masoud, R. Jayakrishnan
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscation.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscation.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import re
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.js_extractor import JSExtractor
from redb.extractors.js_extractors.js_patterns import PATTERNS

# String literals of 4+ characters; only used by the deobfuscation diff to count
# strings revealed after deobfuscation. Compiled once at module load.
_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE = re.compile(r"[\"\']([^\"\']{4,})[\"\']")


class JSDeobfuscationExtractor(JSExtractor):
    """Compute pre/post-deobfuscation metrics for a JS sample.

    The actual deobfuscation pass (external tool with jsbeautifier fallback)
    lives on `JSContext.deobfuscated` and is cached per sample, so any other
    extractor that needs the deobfuscated text reads the same value without
    re-running the subprocess. Configure the external tool via env vars:
        JS_DEOBFUSCATOR_PATH    Path or name (default: webcrack)
        JS_DEOBFUSCATE_TIMEOUT  Seconds (default: 60)
    """

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False, source=None, context=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, source, context=context,
        )
        self.deobfuscation_result = None
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def extract(self):
        src = self.js_source
        if not src:
            return None

        deobfuscated, deobfuscator_used = self._context.deobfuscated
        if deobfuscated is None:
            return None

        original_size = len(src)
        original_entropy = self._context.text_entropy
        deobfuscated_size = len(deobfuscated)
        deobfuscated_entropy = self._calculate_text_entropy(deobfuscated)
        size_change_ratio = round(deobfuscated_size / original_size, 4) if original_size else 0.0

        # Strings revealed by deobfuscation: matched literals are extracted from
        # both versions and the set difference is the count of "new" strings.
        original_strings = set(_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE.findall(src))
        deobfuscated_strings = set(_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE.findall(deobfuscated))
        new_strings = deobfuscated_strings - original_strings

        # Suspicious APIs revealed by deobfuscation. Both sides of the diff
        # come from JSContext caches: the raw scan is computed once for the
        # whole pipeline; the deobfuscated scan is computed once and reused
        # by JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor's revealed_by_deobf rows.
        original_apis = {n for n in self._context.scan if n in PATTERNS}
        deobfuscated_apis = set(self._context.scan_deobfuscated)
        new_apis = deobfuscated_apis - original_apis

        deobfuscated_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(deobfuscated.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()

        self.deobfuscation_result = {
            'deobfuscator_used': deobfuscator_used,
            'deobfuscation_successful': True,
            'original_size': original_size,
            'deobfuscated_size': deobfuscated_size,
            'size_change_ratio': size_change_ratio,
            'original_entropy': original_entropy,
            'deobfuscated_entropy': deobfuscated_entropy,
            'new_strings_found': len(new_strings),
            'new_apis_found': len(new_apis),
            'deobfuscated_sha256': deobfuscated_sha256,
        }
        return self.deobfuscation_result

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

            r = self.deobfuscation_result
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                r['deobfuscator_used'],
                int(r['deobfuscation_successful']),
                r['original_size'],
                r['deobfuscated_size'],
                r['size_change_ratio'],
                r['original_entropy'],
                r['deobfuscated_entropy'],
                r['new_strings_found'],
                r['new_apis_found'],
                r['deobfuscated_sha256'],
                current_time,
            ]]

            column_names = [
                "sha256", "deobfuscator_used", "deobfuscation_successful",
                "original_size", "deobfuscated_size", "size_change_ratio",
                "original_entropy", "deobfuscated_entropy",
                "new_strings_found", "new_apis_found",
                "deobfuscated_sha256", "analysis_date",
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                "FixedString(64)", "LowCardinality(String)", "UInt8",
                "UInt64", "UInt64", "Float64",
                "Float64", "Float64",
                "UInt32", "UInt32",
                "FixedString(64)", "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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