Venkat Lakshmi

42 papers C 15Journal 25Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2022 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Jessica R. P. Sutton, Alexandra Jakobsen, Kathryn Lanyon, Venkat Lakshmi
2022 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Sananda Kundu, Venkat Lakshmi, Raymond Torres
2022 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Pang-Wei Liu, Rajat Bindlish, Peggy O'Neill, Bin Fang, Venkat Lakshmi, Zhengwei Yang, Michael H. Cosh, Tara Bongiovanni, Chandra D. Holifield Collins, Patrick J. Starks, John H. Prueger, David D. Bosch, Mark S. Seyfried, Mark R. Williams
2021 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Pang-Wei Liu, Rajat Bindlish, Bin Fang, Venkat Lakshmi, Peggy E. O'Neill, Zhengwei Yang, Michael H. Cosh, Tara Bongiovanni, David D. Bosch, Chandra D. Holifield Collins, Patrick J. Starks, John H. Prueger, Mark S. Seyfried, Stanley Livingston
2021 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Bin Fang, Venkat Lakshmi, Michael H. Cosh, Christopher Hain
2020 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Wenzhao Li, Hesham M. El-Askary, Venkat Lakshmi, Thomas C. Piechota, Daniele C. Struppa
2019 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Quyet Manh Vu, Venkat Lakshmi, John D. Bolten
2019 C conf
IGARSS
Bin Fang, Venkat Lakshmi, Rajat Bindlish, Thomas J. Jackson, Pang-Wei Liu
2019 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Chelsea Dandridge, Venkat Lakshmi, John D. Bolten, Raghavan Srinivasan
2019 J jnl
Environ. Model. Softw.
Spencer McDonald, Ibrahim Nourein Mohammed, John D. Bolten, Sarva T. Pulla, Chinaporn Meechaiya, Amanda M. Markert, E. James Nelson, Raghavan Srinivasan, Venkat Lakshmi
2018 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Bin Fang, Venkat Lakshmi, Rajat Bindlish, Thomas J. Jackson
2018 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Joseph Spruce, John D. Bolten, Raghavan Srinivasan, Venkat Lakshmi
2018 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Ibrahim Nourein Mohammed, John D. Bolten, Raghavan Srinivasan, Venkat Lakshmi
2018 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Sananda Kundu, Arun Mondal, Deepak Khare, Christopher Hain, Venkat Lakshmi
2018 C conf
IGARSS
Bin Fang, Venkat Lakshmi, Rajat Bindlish, Thomas J. Jackson
2018 C conf
IGARSS
Shray Pathak, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, Rahul Dev Garg, Venkat Lakshmi
2018 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Reyadh Albarakat, Venkat Lakshmi, Compton J. Tucker
2017 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Jessica R. P. Sutton, Venkat Lakshmi
2017 C conf
IGARSS
Bin Fang, Venkat Lakshmi, Rajat Bindlish, Tom Jackson, Michael H. Cosh, Andreas Colliander
2016 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Robert M. Parinussa, Venkat Lakshmi, Fiona M. Johnson, Ashish Sharma
2016 C conf
IGARSS
Venkat Lakshmi, Huixuan Li
2016 J jnl
Environ. Model. Softw.
Mirza M. Billah, Jonathan L. Goodall, Ujjwal Narayan, Bakinam T. Essawy, Venkat Lakshmi, Arcot Rajasekar, Reagan W. Moore
2013 C conf
IGARSS
Venkat Lakshmi, Bin Fang, Ujjwal Narayan
2010 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Iliana Mladenova, Venkat Lakshmi, Jeffrey P. Walker, Rocco Panciera, Wolfgang Wagner, Marcela Doubková
2010 J jnl
Comput. Geosci.
Rahul Kanwar, Ujjwal Narayan, Venkat Lakshmi
2009 conf
KDD Workshop on Knowledge Discovery from Sensor Data
Cody L. Moser, Oubeidillah Aziz, Glenn A. Tootle, Venkat Lakshmi, Greg Kerr
2009 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Iliana Mladenova, Venkat Lakshmi, Jeffrey P. Walker, David G. Long, Richard de Jeu
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Iliana Mladenova, Venkat Lakshmi
2008 conf
IGARSS (2)
Iliana Mladenova, Venkat Lakshmi, Thomas J. Jackson, Jeffrey P. Walker
2006 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Ujjwal Narayan, Venkat Lakshmi, Thomas J. Jackson
2006 C conf
IGARSS
Rahul Kanwar, Venkat Lakshmi
2006 C conf
IGARSS
Thomas J. Jackson, Michael H. Cosh, Xiwu Zhan, David D. Bosch, Mark S. Seyfried, Patrick J. Starks, T. Keefer, Venkat Lakshmi
2005 C conf
IGARSS
Ujjwal Narayan, Venkat Lakshmi
2005 C conf
IGARSS
Seungbum Hong, Venkat Lakshmi
2004 C conf
IGARSS
Ujjwal Narayan, Venkat Lakshmi, Eni G. Njoku
2004 C conf
IGARSS
John D. Bolten, Venkat Lakshmi
2004 C conf
IGARSS
David D. Bosch, Venkat Lakshmi, Thomas J. Jackson, Jennifer M. Jacobs, Mary Susan Moran
2004 C conf
IGARSS
Venkat Lakshmi, John D. Bolten, Ujjwal Narayan
2003 C conf
IGARSS
Venkat Lakshmi, John D. Bolten, Ujjwal Narayan, Thomas J. Jackson
2003 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Eni G. Njoku, Thomas J. Jackson, Venkat Lakshmi, Steven Tsz K. Chan, Son V. Nghiem
2002 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Eni G. Njoku, William J. Wilson, Simon H. Yueh, Steve J. Dinardo, Fuk K. Li, Thomas J. Jackson, Venkat Lakshmi, John D. Bolten
2001 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Thomas J. Jackson, Venkat Lakshmi
redb/extractors/capa.py
← Index redb/extractors/capa.py python
from dataclasses import asdict
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
import magic
from magika import Magika
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import CAPA
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)

class CAPAExtractor(Extractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, 
            log, 
            exporters,
            index_prefix, 
            elastic_index, 
            known_benign, 
            known_malicious
        )
        self.capa = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-capa"

    def _replace_empty_keys(self, dictionary, replacement="default_empty_key"):
        """
        Replace empty keys in a dictionary with a specified replacement.

        Args:
        dictionary (dict): The input dictionary
        replacement (str): The replacement for empty keys (default: 'empty_key')

        Returns:
        dict: A new dictionary with empty keys replaced
        """
        # tmp_dict = {}
        # for k, v in dictionary.items():
        #     if k == '':
        #         tmp_dict[replacement] = dictionary[k]
        #     else:
        #         tmp_dict[k] = dictionary[k]
        # return tmp_dict
        return {(replacement if k == "" else k): v for k, v in dictionary.items()}

    def _extract_capa(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("CAPA_TIMEOUT")) # 5 minutes in seconds
        capa_command = [os.getenv("CAPA_PATH"), "-j", self.filepath] # COMMENT FOR TESTING ON MAC

        import signal

        # try:
        #     result = subprocess.run(
        #         capa_command, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, timeout=TIMEOUT
        #     )
        # except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
        #     self.log.error(f"The capa command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds")
        #     return {}
        # except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        #     self.log.error(f"Error running capa: {e}")
        #     return {}

        # try:
        #     capa_output = json.loads(result.stdout)
        # except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
        #     self.log.error("Error parsing capa output: {e}")
        #     return {}

        # Create a process group for easier termination of all child processes
        try:
            # Start the process in a new process group
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                capa_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid  # Use os.setsid() to create a new process group
            )
            
            # Implement timeout handling manually
            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                # Process completed within timeout
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running capa, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                # Kill the entire process group on timeout
                self.log.warning(f"The capa command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                
                try:
                    # Send SIGTERM to the entire process group
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    
                    # Give it a moment to terminate gracefully
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        # If it's still running after 3 seconds, send SIGKILL
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                        
                    process.wait()  # Make sure process resources are fully cleaned up
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                    
                return {}
                
            try:
                capa_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing capa output: {e}")
                return {}

            capa_dump = {}  # dictionalry of capabilities
            capabilities = set()  # list of capabilities
            namespaces = set()  # list of namespaces
            attack_dump = {}  # dictionary of tuples [tactic](technique, technique_id)
            tactics = set()  # list of tactics
            techniques = set()  # list of techniques
            techniques_id = set()  # list of techniques_id
            mbc_dump = {}  # dictionary of tuples [objective](behavior, behavior_id)
            mbc_objectives = set()  # list of objectives
            mbc_behaviors = set()  # list of behaviors
            mbc_behaviors_id = set()  # list of behaviors_id

            if isinstance(capa_output, dict) and "rules" in capa_output:
                rules = capa_output["rules"]
                if isinstance(rules, dict):
                    for rule_name, rule_data in rules.items():
                        if isinstance(rule_data, dict) and "meta" in rule_data:
                            meta = rule_data["meta"]
                            if isinstance(meta, dict):
                                # Process capabilities
                                namespace = meta.get("namespace", "").lower()
                                # if namespace != 'lib':
                                if namespace not in capa_dump:
                                    capa_dump[namespace] = []
                                    namespaces.add(namespace)
                                capa_dump[namespace].append(rule_name)
                                capabilities.add(rule_name)

                                # Process ATTACK information
                                if "attack" in meta:
                                    for attack_entry in meta["attack"]:
                                        tactic = attack_entry.get("tactic", "")
                                        technique = attack_entry.get("technique", "")
                                        id = attack_entry.get("id", "")
                                        if tactic and technique:
                                            if tactic in attack_dump:
                                                attack_dump[tactic].append((technique, id))
                                            else:
                                                attack_dump[tactic] = [(technique, id)]
                                            tactics.add(tactic)
                                            techniques.add(technique)
                                            techniques_id.add(id)

                                # Process MBC information
                                if "mbc" in meta:
                                    for mbc_entry in meta["mbc"]:
                                        objective = mbc_entry.get("objective", "")
                                        behavior = mbc_entry.get("behavior", "")
                                        id = mbc_entry.get("id", "")
                                        if objective and behavior:
                                            if objective in mbc_dump:
                                                mbc_dump[objective].append((behavior, id))
                                            else:
                                                mbc_dump[objective] = [(behavior, id)]
                                            mbc_objectives.add(objective)
                                            mbc_behaviors.add(behavior)
                                            mbc_behaviors_id.add(id)

            # return {
            #     'capabilities_all': json.dumps(capabilities_all, indent=2),
            #     'capabilities': list(capabilities),
            #     'namespaces': list(namespaces),
            #     'attack': json.dumps(attack, indent=2),
            #     'tactics': list(tactics),
            #     'techniques': list(techniques),
            #     'techniques_id': list(techniques_id),
            #     'mbc': json.dumps(mbc, indent=2),
            #     'mbc_objectives': list(mbc_objectives),
            #     'mbc_behaviors': list(mbc_behaviors),
            #     'mbc_behaviors_id': list(mbc_behaviors_id)
            # }

            capa_dump = self._replace_empty_keys(capa_dump)
            attack_dump = self._replace_empty_keys(attack_dump)
            mbc_dump = self._replace_empty_keys(mbc_dump)
            self.capa = CAPA(
                json.dumps(capa_dump, indent=2),
                list(capabilities),
                list(namespaces),
                json.dumps(attack_dump, indent=2),
                list(tactics),
                list(techniques),
                list(techniques_id),
                json.dumps(mbc_dump, indent=2),
                list(mbc_objectives),
                list(mbc_behaviors),
                list(mbc_behaviors_id),
            )
            self.log.debug(f"CAPA dump: {self.capa})")
            
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in CAPA extraction: {str(e)}")
            # Try to clean up any process if possible
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.capa
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            # Prepare data for multiple tables
            tables_data = {
                'multi_table': True,  # Flag for multi-table export
                
                # Raw data table
                'raw': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa',
                    'data': [[
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        current_time,
                        self.capa.capa_dump,  # capa_dump
                        self.capa.attack_dump,            # attack_dump
                        self.capa.mbc_dump                # mbc_dump
                    ]],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'capa_dump', 'attack_dump', 'mbc_dump'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'JSON', 'JSON', 'JSON'
                    ]
                },
                
                # Capabilities table
                'capabilities': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa_capabilities',
                    'data': [
                        [self.sha256, self.md5, self.sha1, current_time, namespace, capability]
                        for namespace, capabilities in json.loads(self.capa.capa_dump).items()
                        for capability in capabilities
                    ],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'namespace', 'capability'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)'
                    ]
                },
                
                # MITRE ATT&CK table
                'attack': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa_attack',
                    'data': [
                        [self.sha256, self.md5, self.sha1, current_time, 
                         tactic, technique[0], technique[1]]  # technique[0] is the name, technique[1] is the ID
                        for tactic, techniques in json.loads(self.capa.attack_dump).items()
                        for technique in techniques
                    ],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'tactic', 'technique', 'technique_id'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 
                        'LowCardinality(String)'
                    ]
                },
                
                # MBC table
                'mbc': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa_mbc',
                    'data': [
                        [self.sha256, self.md5, self.sha1, current_time,
                         objective, behavior[0], behavior[1]]  # behavior[0] is the name, behavior[1] is the ID
                        for objective, behaviors in json.loads(self.capa.mbc_dump).items()
                        for behavior in behaviors
                    ],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'objective', 'behavior', 'behavior_id'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                        'LowCardinality(String)'
                    ]
                }
            }
            
            return tables_data

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_capa"  # Return the main table name

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_capa()
            return self.capa  # Return the extracted data instead of exporting directly
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting CAPA: {e}")
            return None

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