Ran Xin

47 papers A* 1Misc 3Journal 36Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
ACL (1)
Ran Xin, Chenguang Xi, Jie Yang, Feng Chen, Hang Wu, Xia Xiao, Yifan Sun, Shen Zheng, Ming Ding
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Chenguang Xi, Jie Yang, Feng Chen, Hang Wu, Xia Xiao, Yifan Sun, Shen Zheng, Kai Shen
2025 J jnl
Future Internet
Ran Xin, Yapeng Wang, Xiaohong Huang, Xu Yang, Sio Kei Im
2025 conf
RoboSoft
Ran Xin, Arsen Abdulali, Fumiya Iida
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Zeyu Zheng, Yanchen Nie, Kun Yuan, Xia Xiao
2025 J jnl
SIAM J. Optim.
Liyuan Liang, Xinmeng Huang, Ran Xin, Kun Yuan
2024 J jnl
Artif. Intell. Medicine
Qianghua Liu, Yu Tian, Tianshu Zhou, Kewei Lyu, Ran Xin, Yong Shang, Ying Liu, Jingjing Ren, Jingsong Li
2023 conf
MedInfo
Ran Xin, Jia Chen, Feifei Bao, Yong Shang, Xu Han, Jingsong Li
2023 Misc conf
ACSSC
Muhammad I. Qureshi, Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2022 J jnl
SIAM J. Optim.
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2022 J jnl
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Muhammad I. Qureshi, Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Muhammad I. Qureshi, Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2021 Misc conf
ICASSP
Muhammad I. Qureshi, Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2021 A* conf
ICML
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2021 J jnl
IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics
Yong Shang, Yu Tian, Min Zhou, Tianshu Zhou, Kewei Lyu, Zhixiao Wang, Ran Xin, Tingbo Liang, Shiqiang Zhu, Jingsong Li
2021 J jnl
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Muhammad I. Qureshi, Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
Proc. IEEE
Ran Xin, Shi Pu, Angelia Nedic, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Shi Pu, Angelia Nedic, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Fakhteh Saadatniaki, Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Mag.
Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan
2020 conf
CDC
Ran Xin, Boyue Li, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Muhammad I. Qureshi, Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Muhammad I. Qureshi, Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2019 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Ran Xin, Dusan Jakovetic, Usman A. Khan
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Dusan Jakovetic, Usman A. Khan
2019 conf
DSW
Fakhteh Saadatniaki, Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan
2019 Misc conf
ACSSC
Ran Xin, Anit Kumar Sahu, Soummya Kar, Usman A. Khan
2019 conf
CDC
Ran Xin, Anit Kumar Sahu, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Anit Kumar Sahu, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2019 J jnl
EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process.
Ran Xin, Chenguang Xi, Usman A. Khan
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan, Soummya Kar
2018 J jnl
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Chenguang Xi, Ran Xin, Usman A. Khan
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Chenguang Xi, Van Sy Mai, Ran Xin, Eyad H. Abed, Usman A. Khan
2018 conf
DSW
Ran Xin, Chenguang Xi, Usman A. Khan
2014 J jnl
IEEE/ACM Trans. Netw.
Wei Li, Shengling Wang, Yong Cui, Xiuzhen Cheng, Ran Xin, Mznah Al-Rodhaan, Abdullah Al-Dhelaan
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"