Owen Casha

51 papers C 7Journal 3Unranked 41
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
ICECS
Owen Casha
2025 C conf
CoDIT
Owen Casha
2024 C conf
CoDIT
Owen Casha, Joseph Cutajar, Clayton Sciberras, Joe Deguara, Gareth Gellel, Luke Catania, Dale Grixti, Leslie Zammit
2023 C conf
CoDIT
Keith George Ciantar, Owen Casha
2021 conf
ICECS
Russell Farrugia, Barnaby Portelli, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Owen Casha, Edward Gatt
2021 conf
CSCI
Matthew Meli, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef
2021 conf
ICIT
Clive Seguna, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Giacinto De Cataldo
2021 conf
ICECS
Francarl Galea, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2020 conf
ICECS
Matthew Meli, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef
2020 C conf
ISCAS
Francarl Galea, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2020 conf
ICECS
Barnaby Portelli, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Russell Farrugia, Owen Casha, Edward Gatt
2019 conf
PRIME
Jordan Lee Gauci, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Giacinto De Cataldo, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef
2019 J jnl
Integr.
Jeremy Scerri, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha
2019 C conf
CoDIT
Jordan Lee Gauci, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Giacinto De Cataldo, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef
2018 conf
NGCAS
Clive Seguna, Edward Gatt, Jordan Lee Gauci, Giacinto De Cataldo, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha
2018 conf
ICECS
Jordan Lee Gauci, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Giacinto De Cataldo, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef
2018 conf
PRIME
Jeremy Scerri, Barnaby Portelli, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha
2018 conf
PRIME
Jordan Lee Gauci, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Giacinto De Cataldo, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef
2018 conf
PRIME
Francarl Galea, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2017 conf
ICECS
Francarl Galea, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2017 conf
ICECS
Jeremy Scerri, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha
2017 conf
NGCAS
Jordan Lee Gauci, Edward Gatt, Giacinto De Cataldo, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech
2017 conf
ICECS
Josef Magri, Owen Casha, Keith Bugeja, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt
2017 C conf
CoDIT
Karl Buhagiar, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2016 conf
ICECS
Josef Magri, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2015 conf
ICECS
Eman O. Farhat, Kristian Zarb Adami, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Jan Geralt bij de Vaate
2014 conf
ISCCSP
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2013 conf
ICECS
Daniel Zammit, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2013 conf
EUROCON
Ansel Briffa, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Jean Marie Darmanin
2013 J jnl
IET Signal Process.
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2013 conf
EUROCON
Jean Marie Darmanin, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Ansel Briffa
2013 conf
EUROCON
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2013 conf
EUROCON
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2012 conf
ISCCSP
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2012 conf
ISCCSP
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2012 conf
ICECS
Neil Scicluna, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef
2012 conf
ICECS
Victoria Pisani, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Edward Gatt
2011 conf
ICECS
Jean Marie Darmanin, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha
2011 conf
ICECS
Christian Mugliette, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2011 C conf
ISPA
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2011 conf
ISSPIT
Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2010 conf
ICECS
Francarl Galea, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech
2010 conf
ICECS
Isabel Gambin, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2010 conf
ICECS
Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
2010 conf
ICECS
Nicholas Attard, Steve Camilleri, Roberto Drago, Maverick Hili, Owen Casha, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech
2010 conf
ICECS
Terence Zarb, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Franck Badets, Dominique Morche, Joseph Micallef
2008 conf
ICECS
Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Edward Gatt, Dominique Morche, Bernard Viala, Jean-Philippe Michel, Pierre Vincent, Emeric de Foucauld
2007 conf
ICECS
Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Edward Gatt
2006 conf
ICECS
Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Edward Gatt
2005 conf
ICECS
Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef
tests/unit/test_decompile_scores.py
← Index tests/unit/test_decompile_scores.py python
"""Unit tests for bninja/analysis/scores.py — ObfuscationScores."""
import sys
import pytest
from unittest.mock import MagicMock

# Install binaryninja stubs before importing
from tests.unit.conftest_binja_stubs import (
    install_binja_stubs,
    HighLevelILOperation,
)
bn_mock = install_binja_stubs()

from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.scores import (
    ObfuscationScores,
    get_dominated_by,
    uses_mba,
)
import binaryninja.highlevelil as hlil_mod


# ============================================================================
# Helper: Mock HLIL instruction
# ============================================================================

class MockHLILInstruction(hlil_mod.HighLevelILInstruction):
    """Mock HLIL instruction with operation and operands."""
    def __init__(self, operation, operands=None):
        self.operation = operation
        self.operands = operands or []


class MockHLILBasicBlock:
    """Mock HLIL basic block for flattened score testing."""
    def __init__(self, incoming_edges=None, dominator_tree_children=None):
        self.incoming_edges = incoming_edges or []
        self.dominator_tree_children = dominator_tree_children or []


# ============================================================================
# 5a. ObfuscationScores
# ============================================================================


class TestFlattenedScore:
    def test_flattened_score_no_back_edges(self):
        """Linear CFG with no back edges -> score 0.0."""
        block = MockHLILBasicBlock(incoming_edges=[], dominator_tree_children=[])
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = [block]
        scores = ObfuscationScores(func)
        assert scores.flattened_score() == 0.0

    def test_flattened_score_with_loop(self):
        """CFG with a back edge -> score > 0.0."""
        block = MockHLILBasicBlock(dominator_tree_children=[])
        # Create a back edge: an incoming edge whose source is in the dominated set
        edge = MagicMock()
        edge.source = block  # source IS the dominator -> back edge
        block.incoming_edges = [edge]
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = [block]
        scores = ObfuscationScores(func)
        assert scores.flattened_score() > 0.0

    def test_flattened_score_fully_flat(self):
        """Flattened CFG: one block dominates all -> ratio close to 1.0."""
        children = [MockHLILBasicBlock() for _ in range(4)]
        root = MockHLILBasicBlock(dominator_tree_children=children)
        # Back edge from root incoming
        edge = MagicMock()
        edge.source = root
        root.incoming_edges = [edge]
        all_blocks = [root] + children
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = all_blocks
        scores = ObfuscationScores(func)
        assert scores.flattened_score() == pytest.approx(1.0)


class TestMBAScore:
    def test_mba_score_no_mixed_ops(self):
        """Instructions with only arithmetic -> score 0.0."""
        instr = MockHLILInstruction(HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD, operands=[])
        func = MagicMock()
        func.instructions = [instr]
        scores = ObfuscationScores(func)
        assert scores.MBA_score() == 0.0

    def test_mba_score_mixed_ops(self):
        """Instructions with arithmetic + logic -> score > 0.0."""
        inner_logic = MockHLILInstruction(HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR, operands=[])
        outer_arith = MockHLILInstruction(
            HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD, operands=[inner_logic]
        )
        func = MagicMock()
        func.instructions = [outer_arith]
        scores = ObfuscationScores(func)
        assert scores.MBA_score() > 0.0

    def test_mba_score_all_mixed(self):
        """Every instruction has both -> score 1.0."""
        inner_logic = MockHLILInstruction(HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT, operands=[])
        outer_arith = MockHLILInstruction(
            HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB, operands=[inner_logic]
        )
        func = MagicMock()
        func.instructions = [outer_arith]
        scores = ObfuscationScores(func)
        assert scores.MBA_score() == 1.0


class TestGetDominatedBy:
    def test_get_dominated_by(self):
        child1 = MockHLILBasicBlock(dominator_tree_children=[])
        child2 = MockHLILBasicBlock(dominator_tree_children=[])
        root = MockHLILBasicBlock(dominator_tree_children=[child1, child2])
        result = get_dominated_by(root)
        assert root in result
        assert child1 in result
        assert child2 in result
        assert len(result) == 3


class TestUsesMBA:
    def test_uses_mba_arithmetic_only(self):
        instr = MockHLILInstruction(HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD, operands=[])
        assert uses_mba(instr) is False

    def test_uses_mba_logic_only(self):
        instr = MockHLILInstruction(HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR, operands=[])
        assert uses_mba(instr) is False

    def test_uses_mba_mixed(self):
        inner = MockHLILInstruction(HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND, operands=[])
        outer = MockHLILInstruction(HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD, operands=[inner])
        assert uses_mba(outer) is True