Rami N. Khushaba

70 papers A 1B 5C 4Misc 3Journal 29Unranked 27
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Frank Kulwa, Pengrui Tai, Doreen Sebastian Sarwatt, Mojisola Grace Asogbon, Rami N. Khushaba, Tolulope Tofunmi Oyemakinde, Sunday Timothy Aboyeji, Guanglin Li, Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Yongcheng Li
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Hum. Mach. Syst.
Frank Kulwa, Haoshi Zhang, Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Mojisola Grace Asogbon, Erik J. Scheme, Rami N. Khushaba, Alistair A. McEwan, Guanglin Li
2024 conf
EMBC
Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Mojisola Grace Asogbon, Frank Kulwa, Alistair A. McEwan, Sunday Timothy Aboyeji, Rami N. Khushaba, Peng Fang, Guanglin Li
2024 conf
EMBC
Rami N. Khushaba, Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Guanglin Li
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Andrea Tigrini, Rami Mobarak, Alessandro Mengarelli, Rami N. Khushaba, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Federica Verdini, Ennio Gambi, Sandro Fioretti, Laura Burattini
2023 conf
SSP
Adel Al-Jumaily, Rami N. Khushaba
2023 conf
EMBC
Ahmed A. Al Taee, Rami N. Khushaba, Tanveer A. Zia, Adel Al-Jumaily
2023 conf
EMBC
Ali H. Al-Timemy, Youssef Serrestou, Slim Yacoub, Kosai Raoof, Rami N. Khushaba
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Mojisola Grace Asogbon, Rami N. Khushaba, Frank Kulwa, Guanglin Li
2022 C conf
ICARCV
Mehala Balamurali, Andrew John Hill, Javier Martinez, Rami N. Khushaba, Liyang Liu, Najmeh Kamyabpour, Ehsan Mihankhah
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Rami N. Khushaba, Arman Melkumyan, Andrew J. Hill
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ahmad A. Al-Taee, Seyedehmarzieh Hosseini, Rami N. Khushaba, Tanveer A. Zia, Chin-Teng Lin, Adel Al-Jumaily
2022 Misc conf
AI
Ahmad A. Al-Taee, Rami N. Khushaba, Tanveer A. Zia, Adel Al-Jumaily
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ali H. Al-Timemy, Youssef Serrestou, Rami N. Khushaba, Slim Yacoub, Kosai Raoof
2022 Misc conf
AI
Liyang Liu, Mehala Balamurali, Katherine L. Silversides, Rami N. Khushaba
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Mojisola Grace Asogbon, Rami N. Khushaba, Frank Kulwa, Guanglin Li
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Hum. Mach. Syst.
Rami N. Khushaba, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Oluwarotimi Williams Samuel, Erik J. Scheme
2022 Misc conf
AI
Oliver Fleming, Adrian Ball, Rami N. Khushaba
2022 J jnl
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Rami N. Khushaba, Andrew John Hill
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Rami N. Khushaba, Andrew J. Hill
2022 conf
EMBC
Ahmed A. Al Taee, Rami N. Khushaba, Tanveer A. Zia, Adel Al-Jumaily
2021 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Rami N. Khushaba, Erik J. Scheme, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Angkoon Phinyomark, Ahmed A. Al Taee, Adel Al-Jumaily
2021 conf
EMBC
Ahmed A. Al Taee, Rami N. Khushaba, Tanveer A. Zia, Adel Al-Jumaily
2021 conf
EMBC
Milad Jabbari, Rami N. Khushaba, Kianoush Nazarpour
2021 J jnl
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Rami N. Khushaba, Kianoush Nazarpour
2020 conf
EMBC
Abderrazak Chahid, Rami N. Khushaba, Adel Al-Jumaily, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ali H. Al-Timemy, Rami N. Khushaba, Zahraa M. Mosa, Javier Escudero
2020 conf
EMBC
Milad Jabbari, Rami N. Khushaba, Kianoush Nazarpour
2020 conf
EMBC
Ahmed A. Al Taee, Rami N. Khushaba, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Adel Al-Jumaily
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Artif. Intell.
Rami N. Khushaba, Angkoon Phinyomark, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Erik J. Scheme
2019 conf
NER
Evan Campbell, Angkoon Phinyomark, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Rami N. Khushaba, Giovanni Petri, Erik J. Scheme
2019 conf
EMBC
Ahmed A. Al Taee, Rami N. Khushaba, Adel Al-Jumaily
2018 conf
EMBC
Carolina Silveira, Emma Brunton, Rami N. Khushaba, Kianoush Nazarpour
2018 J jnl
Sensors
Angkoon Phinyomark, Rami N. Khushaba, Erik J. Scheme
2018 conf
EMBC
Rami N. Khushaba, Agamemnon Krasoulis, Adel Al-Jumaily, Kianoush Nazarpour
2017 conf
EMBC
Rami N. Khushaba, Jeff Armitstead, Klaus Schindhelm
2016 B conf
IJCNN
Ahmed Al-Ani, Irena Koprinska, Ganesh R. Naik, Rami N. Khushaba
2016 conf
SSCI
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Ali Al-Timemy, Adel Al-Jumaily
2016 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Rami N. Khushaba, Ali Al-Timemy, Sarath Kodagoda, Kianoush Nazarpour
2016 conf
EMBC
Rami N. Khushaba, Ali Al-Timemy, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily
2016 conf
EMBC
Ali Al-Timemy, Rami N. Khushaba, Javier Escudero
2015 conf
EMBC
Rami N. Khushaba, Ali Al-Timemy, Sarath Kodagoda
2014 J jnl
Neural Networks
Rami N. Khushaba, Maen Takruri, Jaime Valls Miró, Sarath Kodagoda
2013 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Rami N. Khushaba, Chelsea Wise, Sarath Kodagoda, Jordan J. Louviere, Barbara E. Kahn, Claudia Townsend
2013 J jnl
Swarm Evol. Comput.
Ahmed Al-Ani, Akram AlSukker, Rami N. Khushaba
2013 J jnl
Comput. Methods Programs Biomed.
Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda, Dikai Liu, Gamini Dissanayake
2013 conf
EMBC
Khairul Anam, Rami N. Khushaba, Adel Al-Jumaily
2013 J jnl
Fuzzy Sets Syst.
Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda, Sara Lal, Gamini Dissanayake
2012 conf
AMLTA
Ahmed Al-Ani, Rami N. Khushaba
2012 B conf
IJCNN
Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda, Gamini Dissanayake, Luke Greenacre, Sandra Burke, Jordan J. Louviere
2012 C conf
ICARCV
Lei Shi, Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda, Gamini Dissanayake
2012 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Rami N. Khushaba, Luke Greenacre, Sarath Kodagoda, Jordan J. Louviere, Sandra Burke, Gamini Dissanayake
2012 C conf
ICARCV
Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda
2012 conf
ISCIT
Rami N. Khushaba, Lei Shi, Sarath Kodagoda
2012 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda, Maen Takruri, Gamini Dissanayake
2012 C conf
ICARCV
Shifeng Wang, Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda, Sara Lal, Gamini Dissanayake
2011 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily
2011 A conf
IROS
Rami N. Khushaba, Sarath Kodagoda, Sara Lal, Gamini Dissanayake
2010
Rami N. Khushaba
2010 B conf
SMC
Akram AlSukker, Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani
2010 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily
2010 B conf
ICPR
Rami N. Khushaba, Rosalind Elliott, Akram AlSukker, Ahmed Al-Ani, Sharon McKinley
2010 conf
ANNPR
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily
2009 J jnl
J. Intell. Fuzzy Syst.
Rami N. Khushaba, Akram AlSukker, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily, Albert Y. Zomaya
2009 J jnl
Pattern Recognit. Lett.
Rami N. Khushaba, Adel Al-Jumaily, Ahmed Al-Ani
2008 conf
ANTS Conference
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Akram AlSukker, Adel Al-Jumaily
2008 conf
Australasian Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily, Hung T. Nguyen
2008 B conf
ICPR
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily
2008 conf
ICONIP (1)
Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, Adel Al-Jumaily
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import json
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

import tlsh

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKDexFile

# Sensitive API patterns categorized for malware analysis
SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES = {
    "reflection": [
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;->invoke",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->get",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->set",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;->newInstance",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->forName",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredField",
        "Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;->loadClass",
    ],
    "crypto": [
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->init",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/SecretKeySpec;-><init>",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/IvParameterSpec;-><init>",
        "Ljava/security/MessageDigest;->getInstance",
        "Ljava/security/KeyStore;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Mac;->getInstance",
    ],
    "dynamic_loading": [
        "Ldalvik/system/DexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/PathClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/InMemoryDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/BaseDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->exec",
        "Ljava/lang/ProcessBuilder;->start",
    ],
    "telephony": [
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getDeviceId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSubscriberId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getLine1Number",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimSerialNumber",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getNetworkOperator",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimOperator",
    ],
    "sms": [
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendMultipartTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendDataMessage",
    ],
    "network": [
        "Ljava/net/HttpURLConnection;->connect",
        "Ljava/net/URL;->openConnection",
        "Lokhttp3/OkHttpClient;-><init>",
        "Lokhttp3/Request$Builder;->build",
        "Lorg/apache/http/client/HttpClient;->execute",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->loadUrl",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->setWebViewClient",
    ],
    "native": [
        "Ljava/lang/System;->loadLibrary",
        "Ljava/lang/System;->load",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->loadLibrary",
    ],
    "device_info": [
        "Landroid/os/Build;->FINGERPRINT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MODEL",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MANUFACTURER",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->PRODUCT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->BRAND",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->DEVICE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->HARDWARE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->SERIAL",
        "Landroid/os/Build$VERSION;->SDK_INT",
        "Landroid/provider/Settings$Secure;->getString",
    ],
    "file_io": [
        "Ljava/io/FileOutputStream;-><init>",
        "Ljava/io/FileInputStream;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/SharedPreferences;->edit",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->execSQL",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->rawQuery",
    ],
    "ipc": [
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->query",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->insert",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->delete",
        "Landroid/content/Intent;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->sendBroadcast",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->startService",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->bindService",
    ],
}


class APKDexExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.dex_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _analyze_api_usage(self, dex):
        """Categorize sensitive API calls found in DEX bytecode."""
        api_usage = {cat: set() for cat in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES}

        try:
            for method in dex.get_encoded_methods():
                code = method.get_code()
                if not code:
                    continue
                try:
                    bytecode = code.get_bc()
                    if not bytecode:
                        continue
                    for instruction in bytecode.get_instructions():
                        op_name = instruction.get_name()
                        if not op_name or not op_name.startswith("invoke"):
                            continue
                        output = instruction.get_output()
                        if not output:
                            continue
                        for category, patterns in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES.items():
                            for pattern in patterns:
                                if pattern in output:
                                    api_usage[category].add(output.strip())
                                    break
                except Exception:
                    continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage: {e}")

        # Convert sets to sorted lists
        return {cat: sorted(calls) for cat, calls in api_usage.items() if calls}

    def _compute_obfuscation_indicators(self, classes, methods):
        """Compute obfuscation indicators from class/method names."""
        class_names = []
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()
                if name:
                    class_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        method_names = []
        for m in methods:
            try:
                name = m.get_name()
                if name and name not in ("<init>", "<clinit>"):
                    method_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        if not class_names:
            return None

        # Short class names: extract just the class part from Dalvik notation
        short_class = 0
        for n in class_names:
            simple = n.split("/")[-1].rstrip(";")
            if len(simple) <= 2:
                short_class += 1

        short_method = sum(1 for n in method_names if len(n) <= 2)

        return {
            "short_class_names_pct": round(short_class / max(len(class_names), 1), 4),
            "short_method_names_pct": round(short_method / max(len(method_names), 1), 4),
            "non_ascii_identifiers": sum(1 for n in class_names if not n.isascii()),
            "avg_class_name_length": round(
                sum(len(n) for n in class_names) / max(len(class_names), 1), 2
            ),
        }

    def _compute_top_packages(self, classes):
        """Compute top packages by class count."""
        package_counter = Counter()
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()  # "Lcom/example/foo/Bar;"
                if not name:
                    continue
                parts = name[1:].replace("/", ".").rsplit(".", 1)
                if len(parts) > 1:
                    package = parts[0]
                else:
                    package = "(default)"
                package_counter[package] += 1
            except Exception:
                continue

        return [
            {"package": pkg, "class_count": count}
            for pkg, count in package_counter.most_common(20)
        ]

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        from androguard.core.dex import DEX

        try:
            dex_names = list(self.apk.get_dex_names() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error getting DEX names for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            dex_names = []

        try:
            dex_buffers = list(self.apk.get_all_dex() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting DEX buffers for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

        if not dex_buffers:
            self.log.debug("No DEX files found in APK")
            return None

        self.dex_files = []
        for i, dex_data in enumerate(dex_buffers):
            dex_name = dex_names[i] if i < len(dex_names) else f"classes{i}.dex"

            dex_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(dex_data).hexdigest()
            dex_tlsh = None
            if len(dex_data) >= 50:
                try:
                    dex_tlsh = tlsh.hash(dex_data) or None
                except Exception:
                    pass

            try:
                d = DEX(dex_data)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Failed to parse DEX {dex_name}: {e}")
                continue

            try:
                classes = list(d.get_classes() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting classes from {dex_name}: {e}")
                classes = []
            try:
                methods = list(d.get_methods() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting methods from {dex_name}: {e}")
                methods = []
            try:
                strings = list(d.get_strings() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting strings from {dex_name}: {e}")
                strings = []

            try:
                top_packages = self._compute_top_packages(classes)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing top packages for {dex_name}: {e}")
                top_packages = []
            try:
                api_usage = self._analyze_api_usage(d)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage for {dex_name}: {e}")
                api_usage = {}
            try:
                obfuscation_indicators = self._compute_obfuscation_indicators(classes, methods)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing obfuscation indicators for {dex_name}: {e}")
                obfuscation_indicators = None

            self.dex_files.append(APKDexFile(
                filename=dex_name,
                sha256=dex_sha256,
                class_count=len(classes),
                method_count=len(methods),
                string_count=len(strings),
                tlsh=dex_tlsh,
                top_packages=top_packages,
                api_usage=api_usage if api_usage else None,
                obfuscation_indicators=obfuscation_indicators,
            ))

        return self.dex_files if self.dex_files else None

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # DEX table: one row per DEX file
            dex_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                dex_data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    dex.sha256,
                    dex.filename,
                    dex.tlsh,
                    dex.class_count,
                    dex.method_count,
                    dex.string_count,
                    json.dumps(dex.top_packages) if dex.top_packages else None,
                    json.dumps(dex.obfuscation_indicators) if dex.obfuscation_indicators else None,
                    current_time,
                ])

            # API usage table: one row per category per DEX
            api_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                if dex.api_usage:
                    for category, api_calls in dex.api_usage.items():
                        api_data.append([
                            self.sha256,
                            dex.sha256,
                            category,
                            api_calls,
                            current_time,
                        ])

            return {
                'multi_table': True,
                'dex': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex',
                    'data': dex_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'dex_filename', 'dex_tlsh',
                        'dex_class_count', 'dex_method_count', 'dex_string_count',
                        'dex_top_packages', 'dex_obfuscation_indicators',
                        'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'Nullable(String)',
                        'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt32',
                        'Nullable(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
                'api_usage': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex_api_usage',
                    'data': api_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'api_category',
                        'api_calls', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                        'Array(String)', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
            }

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