Neil F. Doherty

52 papers B 2C 2Journal 31Unranked 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2020 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Michael J. Mortenson, Neil F. Doherty, Stewart Robinson
2018 J jnl
Inf. Technol. People
Neil F. Doherty, Sharul T. Tajuddin
2017 J jnl
J. Knowl. Manag.
Clive R. Trusson, Donald Hislop, Neil F. Doherty
2016 B conf
RCIS
Neil F. Doherty
2016 C conf
ICIS
Khalid Al Rawahi, Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty
2015 C conf
ICIS
Kayode Odusanya, Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty
2015 conf
ECIS
Kayode A. Odusanya, Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty
2015 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Michael J. Mortenson, Neil F. Doherty, Stewart Robinson
2015 conf
UKAIS
Andrrew Aitken, Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty
2014 conf
UKAIS
Colin Ashurst, Neil F. Doherty
2014 J jnl
Sci. Eng. Ethics
Bernd Carsten Stahl, Neil F. Doherty, Mark Christopher Shaw, Helge Janicke
2014 J jnl
Inf. Syst. J.
Clive R. Trusson, Neil F. Doherty, Donald Hislop
2014 conf
MCIS
Usman Aslam, Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty
2014 conf
UKAIS
Abdullah Othman, Neil F. Doherty
2014 conf
MCIS
Usman Aslam, Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty
2013 conf
UKAIS
Neil F. Doherty, Crispin R. Coombs
2013 ch.
Transforming Field and Service Operations
Neil F. Doherty, Crispin R. Coombs
2013 J jnl
Ind. Manag. Data Syst.
Neil F. Doherty, Mark Terry
2013 ch.
Transforming Field and Service Operations
Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty, Irina Neaga
2013 book
Gilbert Owusu, Paul O'Brien, John A. W. McCall, Neil F. Doherty
2012 conf
ECIS
Usman Aslam, Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty
2012 J jnl
J. Inf. Technol.
Neil F. Doherty, Colin Ashurst, Joe Peppard
2012 J jnl
Inf. Syst. J.
Bernd Carsten Stahl, Neil F. Doherty, Mark Christopher Shaw
2012 conf
CONF-IRM
Neil F. Doherty, Colin Ashurst
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Manag.
Neil F. Doherty, Leonidas Anastasakis, Heather Fulford
2010 J jnl
Inf. Technol. People
Neil F. Doherty, Donna Champion, Leitao Wang
2010 B conf
RCIS
Neil F. Doherty, Danny McConnell, Fiona E. Ellis-Chadwick
2009 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Manag.
Neil F. Doherty, Leonidas Anastasakis, Heather Fulford
2009 J jnl
J. Strateg. Inf. Syst.
Neil F. Doherty, Mark Terry
2008 J jnl
Eur. J. Inf. Syst.
Colin Ashurst, Neil F. Doherty, Joe Peppard
2007 ch.
Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security
Heather Fulford, Neil F. Doherty
2006 J jnl
Eur. J. Inf. Syst.
Neil F. Doherty, Crispin R. Coombs, John Loan-Clarke
2006 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Neil F. Doherty, Heather Fulford
2005 J jnl
Inf. Resour. Manag. J.
Neil F. Doherty, Heather Fulford
2005 J jnl
Eur. J. Inf. Syst.
Neil F. Doherty, Malcolm King
2005 ch.
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (IV)
Neil F. Doherty, Malcolm King
2003 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Engineering Management
Neil F. Doherty, Graham Doig
2003 J jnl
Inf. Manag. Comput. Secur.
Heather Fulford, Neil F. Doherty
2003 J jnl
Inf. Manag.
Neil F. Doherty, Malcolm King, Omar Al-Mushayt
2003 J jnl
Internet Res.
Neil F. Doherty, Fiona E. Ellis-Chadwick
2002 J jnl
J. Inf. Technol.
Laurie McAulay, Neil F. Doherty, Natasha Keval
2001 conf
IQ
Graham Doig, Neil F. Doherty, Chris Marples
2001 J jnl
Eur. J. Inf. Syst.
Neil F. Doherty, Malcolm King
2001 J jnl
J. Organ. End User Comput.
Crispin R. Coombs, Neil F. Doherty, John Loan-Clarke
1999 conf
ECIS
Neil F. Doherty, Chris Marples, A. Suhaimi
1999 J jnl
J. Strateg. Inf. Syst.
Neil F. Doherty, Chris Marples, A. Suhaimi
1999 J jnl
J. Inf. Technol.
Neil F. Doherty, Ivor Perry
1998 J jnl
Behav. Inf. Technol.
Neil F. Doherty, Malcolm King
1998 J jnl
Inf. Technol. People
Neil F. Doherty, Malcolm King
1998 conf
ECIS
Neil F. Doherty, Ivor Perry
1995 J jnl
J. Inf. Sci.
Neil F. Doherty, J. Saker, I. G. Smith
1994 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Neil F. Doherty, A. K. Kochhar
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py python
from collections import deque
from binaryninja import highlevelil
from binaryninja.enums import HighLevelILOperation


class ObfuscationScores:
    def __init__(self, hlil_function):
        self.function = hlil_function
        self._basic_blocks = list(hlil_function.basic_blocks) if hlil_function and hlil_function.basic_blocks else []
        self._block_count = len(self._basic_blocks)

    def flattened_score(self):
        """
        A heuristic for detecting control flow flattening from Tim Blazytko.
        Source: https://www.synthesis.to/2021/03/03/flattening_detection.html
        """
        if self._block_count == 0:
            return 0.0

        max_flattening_ratio = 0.0

        for basic_block in self._basic_blocks:
            dominated = get_dominated_by(basic_block)
            if not any(edge.source in dominated for edge in basic_block.incoming_edges):
                continue
            ratio = len(dominated) / self._block_count
            if ratio > max_flattening_ratio:
                max_flattening_ratio = ratio

        return max_flattening_ratio

    def MBA_score(self):
        """
        Score for MBA is obtained by the number of instructions that have at least one arithmetic operation and
        one logic operation DIVIDED by the number of instructions.
        """
        total = 0
        mba_count = 0

        for ins in self.function.instructions:
            total += 1
            if uses_mba(ins):
                mba_count += 1

        if total == 0:
            return 0.0

        return mba_count / total

def get_dominated_by(dominator):
    """
    Get the dominators that are dominated by the given dominator.
    (To recall the theory, a basic block B is called dominator for A if every path from START
    to A must include B)
    """
    result = set()
    worklist = deque([dominator])

    while worklist:
        block = worklist.popleft()
        if block in result:
            continue
        result.add(block)
        worklist.extend(block.dominator_tree_children)

    return result

_ARITHMETIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NEG,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MUL,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_DIVS,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MODS,
})

_LOGIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_OR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSL,
})

_MBA_OPS = _ARITHMETIC_OPS | _LOGIC_OPS

def uses_mba(hlil_instruction):
    uses_logic = False
    uses_arithmetic = False
    stack = [hlil_instruction]

    while stack:
        instruction = stack.pop()

        if not isinstance(instruction, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
            continue

        op = instruction.operation

        if op not in _MBA_OPS:
            for operand in instruction.operands:
                if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                    stack.append(operand)
            continue

        if op in _ARITHMETIC_OPS:
            uses_arithmetic = True
        else:
            uses_logic = True

        if uses_logic and uses_arithmetic:
            return True

        for operand in instruction.operands:
            if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                stack.append(operand)

    return False