Valerio Venturi

12 papers A 1Journal 5Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2015 J jnl
J. Grid Comput.
Marco Bencivenni, Diego Michelotto, Roberto Alfieri, Riccardo Brunetti, Andrea Ceccanti, Daniele Cesini, Alessandro Costantini, Enrico Fattibene, Luciano Gaido, Giuseppe Misurelli, Elisabetta Ronchieri, Davide Salomoni, Paolo Veronesi, Valerio Venturi, Maria Cristina Vistoli
2014 conf
CTS
Daniele Spiga, Gian Mario Bilei, Hassen Riahi, Loriano Storchi, Enrico Fattibene, Matteo Manzali, Davide Salomoni, Valerio Venturi, Paolo Veronesi, Claudia Diamantini, Domenico Potena, Laura Raffaeli, Livio Fani, Andrea Valentini, Damiano Falcioni, Daniele Fanì, Barbara Re, Cinzia Amici, Serenella Carota, Francesco Cirillo
2012 J jnl
J. Integr. Des. Process. Sci.
Elisabetta Ronchieri, Valerio Venturi
2010 conf
HICSS
Elisabetta Ronchieri, Valerio Venturi, Maria Cristina Vistoli
2010 J jnl
J. Grid Comput.
Paolo Andreetto, Sergio Andreozzi, Antonia Ghiselli, Moreno Marzolla, Valerio Venturi, Luigi Zangrando
2009 J jnl
J. Grid Comput.
Gabriele Garzoglio, Ian Alderman, Mine Altunay, Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Joe Bester, Keith Chadwick, Vincenzo Ciaschini, Yuri Demchenko, Andrea Ferraro, Alberto Forti, David L. Groep, Ted Hesselroth, John Hover, Oscar Koeroo, Chad La Joie, Tanya Levshina, Zach Miller, Jay Packard, Håkon Sagehaug, Valery Sergeev, Igor Sfiligoi, Neha Sharma, Frank Siebenlist, Valerio Venturi, John Weigand
2009 A conf
IPDPS
Marco Bencivenni, Marco Canaparo, F. Capannini, Luciana Carota, Michele Carpenè, Alessandro Cavalli, Andrea Ceccanti, Marco Cecchi, Daniele Cesini, Andrea Chierici, Vincenzo Ciaschini, A. Cristofori, Stefano Dal Pra, Luca dell'Agnello, D. De Girolamo, Massimo Donatelli, Danilo N. Dongiovanni, Enrico Fattibene, Tiziana Ferrari, Andrea Ferraro, Alberto Forti, Antonia Ghiselli, D. Gregori, G. Guizzunti, Alessandro Italiano, Luca Magnoni, Barbara Martelli, Mirco Mazzucato, Giuseppe Misurelli, M. Onofri, A. Paolini, A. Prosperini, P. P. Ricci, Elisabetta Ronchieri, F. Rosso, Davide Salomoni, Vladimir Sapunenko, Valerio Venturi, R. Veraldi, Paolo Veronesi, Maria Cristina Vistoli, D. Vitlacil, S. Zani, Riccardo Zappi
2009 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
Morris Riedel, Erwin Laure, Thomas Soddemann, Laurence Field, John-Paul Navarro, James Casey, Maarten Litmaath, Jean-Philippe Baud, Birger Koblitz, Charlie Catlett, Dane Skow, Cindy Zheng, Philip M. Papadopoulos, Mason J. Katz, Neha Sharma, Oxana Smirnova, Balázs Kónya, Peter W. Arzberger, Frank Würthwein, Abhishek Singh Rana, Terrence Martin, M. Wan, Von Welch, Tony Rimovsky, Steven J. Newhouse, Andrea Vanni, Yoshio Tanaka, Yusuke Tanimura, Tsutomu Ikegami, David Abramson, Colin Enticott, Graham Jenkins, Ruth Pordes, Steven Timm, Gidon Moont, Mona Aggarwal, D. Colling, Olivier van der Aa, Alex Sim, Vijaya Natarajan, Arie Shoshani, Junmin Gu, S. Chen, Gerson Galang, Riccardo Zappi, Luca Magnoni, Vincenzo Ciaschini, Michele Pace, Valerio Venturi, Moreno Marzolla, Paolo Andreetto, Robert Cowles, Shaowen Wang, Yuji Saeki, Hitoshi Sato, Satoshi Matsuoka, Putchong Uthayopas, Somsak Sriprayoonsakul, Oscar Koeroo, Matthew Viljoen, Laura Pearlman, Stephen Pickles, David Wallom, Glenn Moloney, Jerome Lauret, Jim Marsteller, Paul Sheldon, Surya Pathak, Shaun De Witt, Jirí Mencák, Jens Jensen, Matt Hodges, Derek Ross, Sugree Phatanapherom, Gilbert Netzer, Anders Rhod Gregersen, Mike Jones, Péter Kacsuk, Achim Streit, Daniel Mallmann, Felix Wolf, Thomas Lippert, Thierry Delaitre, Eduardo Huedo, Neil Geddes
2007 conf
eScience
Moreno Marzolla, Paolo Andreetto, Valerio Venturi, Andrea Ferraro, A. Shiraz Memon, M. Shahbaz Memon, Bastian Tweddell, Morris Riedel, Daniel Mallmann, Achim Streit, Sven van den Berghe, Vivian Li, David F. Snelling, Katerina Stamou, Zeeshan Ali Shah, Fredrik Hedman
2007 conf
Euro-Par Workshops
Valerio Venturi, Morris Riedel, A. Shiraz Memon, M. Shahbaz Memon, Federico Stagni, Bernd Schuller, Daniel Mallmann, Bastian Tweddell, Alberto Gianoli, Sven van den Berghe, David F. Snelling, Achim Streit
2007 conf
eScience
Valerio Venturi, Federico Stagni, Alberto Gianoli, Andrea Ceccanti, Vincenzo Ciaschini
2006 conf
CTS
Yuri Demchenko, Leon Gommans, Cees de Laat, Martijn Steenbakkers, Vincenzo Ciaschini, Valerio Venturi
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import os
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

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


# ─── Suspicious file types ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# File types that are suspicious when found inside res/ or assets/.
# Excludes javascript/html (extremely common in legitimate hybrid apps)
# and common media/font types that are normal APK content.
SUSPICIOUS_TYPES = {
    # Executables — no legitimate reason in assets/res
    "elf", "pebin", "macho", "dex", "apk",
    # Java containers — DexClassLoader target
    "jar",
    # Archives — rare in legitimate assets (~135:1 malware-to-benign ratio)
    "zip", "gzip", "7z", "xz", "tar", "bzip2", "rar", "7zip", "lzma",
    # Scripts with system execution capability
    "shell", "python", "powershell", "batch",
}

# ─── Entropy thresholds ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
# For unrecognized/unknown types: encrypted payloads typically land > 7.0
ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN = 7.0
# For recognized-but-non-image types: stricter threshold
ENTROPY_EXTREME = 7.85

# ─── Android-specific binary format magic bytes ─────────────────────────
# These formats are common in legitimate APKs but unknown to Magika,
# causing misclassification (e.g., AXML → "gzip", profm → "unknown").
AXML_MAGIC = b'\x03\x00\x08\x00'       # Android Binary XML (compiled res/*.xml)
ARSC_MAGIC = b'\x02\x00\x0c\x00'       # Android compiled resource table
ART_PROF_MAGIC = b'pro\x00'            # ART baseline profile
ART_PROFM_MAGIC = b'prm\x00'           # ART baseline profile metadata

# ─── Allowlisted paths ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Fixed, hardcoded paths in the Android build system that are always benign.
# ART profiles at these exact paths are shipped by Jetpack ProfileInstaller.
ALLOWLISTED_PATHS = {
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.prof",
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.profm",
}

# ─── Image handling ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Magika-confirmed image types: high entropy is expected (lossy codecs
# like VP8/JPEG arithmetic-code toward entropy ~7.95-8.0 by design).
IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"png", "webp", "jpeg", "gif", "bmp", "tiff", "ico"}
IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {".png", ".webp", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".ico"}

# ─── Types Magika assigns when it can't identify the content ────────────
UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"unknown", "empty"}

# ─── Resource scan limits ───────────────────────────────────────────────
MAX_RESOURCE_FILES = 5000


class APKResourceExtractor(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.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    # ─── Core classification logic ──────────────────────────────────────

    def _identify_android_format(self, header: bytes) -> str | None:
        """
        Identify Android-specific binary formats that Magika doesn't know.
        Returns a corrected type label, or None to fall through to Magika.
        """
        if len(header) < 4:
            return None

        magic4 = header[:4]

        # Android Binary XML — all res/*.xml in a compiled APK.
        # Magika often misclassifies this as "gzip".
        if magic4 == AXML_MAGIC:
            return "android_binary_xml"

        # Android compiled resource table (resources.arsc chunks)
        if magic4 == ARSC_MAGIC:
            return "android_resource_table"

        # ART baseline profiles — high entropy (zlib inside) but benign.
        # The format is inert (method reference bitmaps/metadata, not
        # executable code) and some build configs place them at varying paths.
        if magic4 == ART_PROF_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile"
        if magic4 == ART_PROFM_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile_metadata"

        return None

    def _is_suspicious_resource(
        self, path: str, magika_type: str, entropy: float,
        android_type: str | None,
    ) -> bool:
        """
        Determine if a resource file is suspicious.

        Detection layers:
        1. Allowlisted paths → always benign
        2. Android-specific format override → reclassify Magika mislabels
        3. Image extension vs Magika type mismatch → encrypted blob detection
        4. Magika-confirmed images → benign regardless of entropy
        5. Suspicious type match → flag known-dangerous types
        6. High-entropy unknown blobs → likely encrypted payloads
        """

        # ── Layer 1: Allowlisted paths (hardcoded Android build artifacts) ──
        if path in ALLOWLISTED_PATHS:
            return False

        # ── Layer 2: Android-specific format detection ──────────────────────
        # Override Magika's label for formats it doesn't recognize.
        # All Android-specific formats (AXML, ARSC, ART profiles) are
        # legitimate build artifacts — never suspicious.
        if android_type is not None:
            return False

        # ── Layer 3: Image extension / Magika type mismatch ─────────────────
        # If the file extension claims "image" but Magika's content analysis
        # disagrees, this is a strong signal for an encrypted payload with
        # a fake image extension (e.g., ErrorFather's "rbyypivsnw.png").
        ext = os.path.splitext(path)[1].lower()
        if ext in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS and magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            # Exception: Magika might label a valid image as "unknown" if
            # the file is very small (< ~16 bytes). Don't flag tiny files.
            if entropy > 5.0:
                return True

        # ── Layer 4: Magika-confirmed images → benign ───────────────────────
        # Lossy codecs (VP8, JPEG) produce entropy up to ~8.0 by design.
        # If Magika confirms image structure, high entropy is expected.
        if magika_type in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            return False

        # ── Layer 5: Known suspicious file types ────────────────────────────
        if magika_type in SUSPICIOUS_TYPES:
            return True

        # ── Layer 6: High-entropy unrecognized blobs ────────────────────────
        # Files Magika can't identify with high entropy are likely encrypted
        # payloads. Most Android malware packers store encrypted DEX/SO
        # payloads as opaque blobs with random names and no valid magic.
        if magika_type in UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN:
            return True

        # ── Layer 7: Extreme entropy on any non-image recognized type ───────
        # Catches edge cases where Magika assigns a benign label (e.g.,
        # "xml", "txt") but the entropy is impossibly high for that format.
        if magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_EXTREME:
            return True

        return False

    # ─── Extraction pipeline ────────────────────────────────────────────

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

        try:
            from magika import Magika
            magika = Magika()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to initialize Magika for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            magika = None

        self.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        scanned = 0

        zf = self._get_zip_file()
        if not zf:
            return None

        with zf:
            for info in zf.infolist():
                if info.is_dir():
                    continue
                if not (info.filename.startswith("res/") or
                        info.filename.startswith("assets/")):
                    continue

                if scanned >= MAX_RESOURCE_FILES:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Resource scan limit reached ({MAX_RESOURCE_FILES}), "
                        f"stopping resource enumeration"
                    )
                    break
                scanned += 1

                try:
                    data = zf.read(info.filename)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error reading resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

                try:
                    file_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
                    file_entropy = round(self.calculate_entropy(data), 3)

                    # Read first bytes for Android-specific format detection
                    header = data[:16] if len(data) >= 16 else data

                    if magika:
                        try:
                            filetype = magika.identify_bytes(data).output.label
                        except Exception:
                            filetype = "unknown"
                    else:
                        filetype = "unknown"

                    # Identify Android-specific formats once, reuse for
                    # both stored type and suspicion classification
                    android_type = self._identify_android_format(header)
                    stored_type = android_type if android_type else filetype

                    suspicious = self._is_suspicious_resource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        magika_type=filetype,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                        android_type=android_type,
                    )

                    resource = APKResource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        size=info.file_size,
                        sha256=file_sha256,
                        filetype_magika=stored_type,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                    )

                    if suspicious:
                        resource.is_suspicious = True
                        self.suspicious_files.append(resource)

                    self.resources.append(resource)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error processing resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

        if not self.resources:
            return None

        return {
            "total_resource_count": len(self.resources),
            "total_resource_size": sum(r.size for r in self.resources),
            "suspicious_file_count": len(self.suspicious_files),
            "resources": self.resources,
            "suspicious_files": self.suspicious_files,
        }

    # ─── Export ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            data = []
            for res in self.resources:
                data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    res.path,
                    res.size,
                    res.sha256,
                    res.filetype_magika,
                    res.entropy,
                    int(res.is_suspicious),
                    current_time,
                ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'resource_path', 'resource_size',
                'resource_sha256', 'resource_magika', 'resource_entropy',
                'is_suspicious', 'analysis_date',
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'UInt64',
                'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'Float32',
                'UInt8', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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