Venkatraman Ramakrishna

28 papers A* 2B 2C 4Journal 10Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Angelo De Caro, Kaoutar Elkhiyaoui, Sandeep Nishad, Sikhar Patranabis, Venkatraman Ramakrishna
2023 A* conf
NDSS
Bishakh Chandra Ghosh, Sikhar Patranabis, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Krishnasuri Narayanam, Sandip Chakraborty
2022 B conf
AFT
Krishnasuri Narayanam, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, Sandeep Nishad
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Krishnasuri Narayanam, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, Sandeep Nishad
2022 C conf
ICBC
Bishakh Chandra Ghosh, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Krishnasuri Narayanam, Sandip Chakraborty
2022 J jnl
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Bishakh Chandra Ghosh, Sikhar Patranabis, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Krishnasuri Narayanam, Sandip Chakraborty
2021 conf
IEEE ICBC
Bishakh Chandra Ghosh, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Chander Govindarajan, Dushyant Behl, Dileban Karunamoorthy, Ermyas Abebe, Sandip Chakraborty
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Bishakh Chandra Ghosh, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Chander Govindarajan, Dushyant Behl, Dileban Karunamoorthy, Ermyas Abebe, Sandip Chakraborty
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Dushyant Behl, Palanivel A. Kodeswaran, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Sayandeep Sen, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy
2021 conf
IEEE ICBC
Ermyas Abebe, Yining Hu, Allison Irvin, Dileban Karunamoorthy, Vinayaka Pandit, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Jiangshan Yu
2020 conf
Blockchain
Dushyant Behl, Palanivel A. Kodeswaran, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Sayandeep Sen, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ermyas Abebe, Yining Hu, Allison Irvin, Dileban Karunamoorthy, Vinayaka Pandit, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Jiangshan Yu
2019 conf
Middleware Industry
Ermyas Abebe, Dushyant Behl, Chander Govindarajan, Yining Hu, Dileban Karunamoorthy, Petr Novotný, Vinayaka Pandit, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Christian Vecchiola
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Ermyas Abebe, Dushyant Behl, Chander Govindarajan, Yining Hu, Dileban Karunamoorthy, Petr Novotný, Vinayaka Pandit, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Christian Vecchiola
2018 B conf
IC2E
Kumar Bhaskaran, Peter Ilfrich, Dain Liffman, Christian Vecchiola, Praveen Jayachandran, Apurva Kumar, Fabian Lim, Karthik Nandakumar, Zhengquan Qin, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Ernie G. S. Teo, Chun Hui Suen
2017 J jnl
IBM J. Res. Dev.
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Nitendra Rajput, Sougata Mukherjea, Kuntal Dey
2014 J jnl
EAI Endorsed Trans. Ubiquitous Environ.
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Saurabh Srivastava, Jerome White
2013 C conf
MobiQuitous
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Saurabh Srivastava, Jerome White, Nitendra Rajput, Kundan Shrivastava, Sourav Bhattacharya, Yetesh Chaudhary
2012 C conf
MobiQuitous
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Apurva Kumar, Sougata Mukherjea
2009 A* conf
PerCom
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Peter L. Reiher, Leonard Kleinrock
2008 conf
CCNC
Kevin Eustice, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Nam T. Nguyen, Peter L. Reiher
2007 conf
SOCA
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Kevin Eustice, Peter L. Reiher
2007 conf
HCI (3)
Kevin Eustice, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Alison Walker, Matthew Schnaider, Nam T. Nguyen, Peter L. Reiher
2006 J jnl
Clust. Comput.
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Max Robinson, Kevin Eustice, Peter L. Reiher
2003 conf
Active Middleware Services
Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Max Robinson, Kevin Eustice, Peter L. Reiher
2003 conf
Middleware Workshops
Kevin Eustice, Leonard Kleinrock, Shane Markstrum, Gerald J. Popek, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Peter L. Reiher
2003 C conf
NSPW
Kevin Eustice, Leonard Kleinrock, Shane Markstrum, Gerald J. Popek, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Peter L. Reiher
2002 conf
DANCE
Vincent Ferreria, Alexey Rudenko, Kevin Eustice, Richard G. Guy, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Peter L. Reiher
docs/apk-feature-schema.md
← Index docs/apk-feature-schema.md markdown
# APK Feature Analysis — ClickHouse Schema

All tables follow the `ReplacingMergeTree()` pattern (no version column — latest
insert wins on deduplication).

**Companion schema:** `docs/apk-code-schema.md` (code-analysis tables)

---

## Table overview

| # | Table | Engine | Key |
|---|-------|--------|-----|
| 1 | `redb_apk_features` | ReplacingMergeTree | `sha256` |
| 2 | `redb_apk_components` | ReplacingMergeTree | `(sha256, component_type, class_name)` |
| 3 | `redb_apk_manifest` | ReplacingMergeTree | `sha256` |
| 4 | `redb_apk_permissions` | ReplacingMergeTree | `(sha256, permission_name)` |
| 5 | `redb_apk_signature` | ReplacingMergeTree | `sha256` |
| 6 | `redb_apk_certificates` | ReplacingMergeTree | `(sha256, certificate_thumbprint)` |
| 7 | `redb_apk_dex` | ReplacingMergeTree | `(sha256, dex_sha256)` |
| 8 | `redb_apk_dex_api_usage` | ReplacingMergeTree | `(sha256, dex_sha256, api_category)` |
| 9 | `redb_apk_resources` | ReplacingMergeTree | `(sha256, resource_path)` |
| 10 | `redb_apk_native_libs` | ReplacingMergeTree | `(sha256, lib_abi, lib_filename)` |
| 11 | `redb_apk_inconsistency_tests` | ReplacingMergeTree | `sha256` |

---

## Table 1: `redb_apk_features`

Core metadata — one row per APK.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_features (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    package_name        Nullable(String),
    app_name            Nullable(String),
    version_code        Nullable(UInt32),
    version_name        Nullable(String),
    min_sdk_version     Nullable(UInt16),
    target_sdk_version  Nullable(UInt16),
    compile_sdk_version Nullable(UInt16),
    main_activity       Nullable(String),
    is_debuggable       UInt8,
    allow_backup        UInt8,
    uses_cleartext_traffic UInt8,
    supported_abis      Array(String),
    dex_count           UInt16,
    total_dex_size      UInt64,
    total_file_count    UInt32,
    has_native_code     UInt8,
    has_assets          UInt8,
    uses_libraries      Array(String),
    earliest_content_modification Nullable(String),
    latest_content_modification   Nullable(String),
    contains_embedded_apk UInt8,
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY sha256;
```

## Table 2: `redb_apk_components`

Manifest components — one row per component.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_components (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    component_type      LowCardinality(String),   -- 'activity', 'service', 'receiver', 'provider'
    class_name          String,
    is_exported         UInt8,
    intent_actions      Array(String),
    intent_categories   Array(String),
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY (sha256, component_type, class_name);
```

## Table 3: `redb_apk_manifest`

Manifest summary — one row per APK.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_manifest (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    activity_count      UInt16,
    service_count       UInt16,
    receiver_count      UInt16,
    provider_count      UInt16,
    intent_filters_by_action   Array(String),
    intent_filters_by_category Array(String),
    uses_features       Array(String),
    manifest_xml        Nullable(String),
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY sha256;
```

## Table 4: `redb_apk_permissions`

Permissions — one row per permission per APK.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_permissions (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    permission_name     String,
    protection_level    LowCardinality(String),
    is_custom           UInt8,
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY (sha256, permission_name);
```

## Table 5: `redb_apk_signature`

Signing info — one row per APK. The `apk_signer_*` fields identify the actual
signer certificate using V3→V2→V1 priority (V2/V3: `certificates[0]` per spec;
V1: `SignerInfo.issuerAndSerialNumber` matching). Prefixed with `apk_` to
distinguish from PE/Mach-O signer fields in cross-format queries.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_signature (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    is_signed           UInt8,
    signature_scheme_versions Array(UInt8),
    number_of_certificates UInt8,
    apk_signer_subject  Nullable(String),
    apk_signer_issuer   Nullable(String),
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY sha256;
```

## Table 6: `redb_apk_certificates`

Certificate details — one row per certificate per APK. The
`certificate_source_scheme` column tracks which signing scheme(s) the
certificate was found in (`'v1'`, `'v2'`, `'v3'`, or `'v1,v2'` when the same
certificate appears across multiple schemes).

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_certificates (
    sha256                    FixedString(64),
    certificate_subject       String,
    certificate_issuer        String,
    certificate_serial_number String,
    certificate_valid_from    DateTime64(3, 'UTC'),
    certificate_valid_to      DateTime64(3, 'UTC'),
    certificate_thumbprint    FixedString(40),
    certificate_algorithm     LowCardinality(String),
    key_size                  Nullable(UInt16),
    is_self_signed            UInt8,
    certificate_source_scheme LowCardinality(String),
    analysis_date             DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY (sha256, certificate_thumbprint);
```

## Table 7: `redb_apk_dex`

DEX file analysis — one row per DEX file.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_dex (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    dex_sha256          FixedString(64),
    dex_filename        String,
    dex_tlsh            Nullable(String),
    dex_class_count     UInt32,
    dex_method_count    UInt32,
    dex_string_count    UInt32,
    dex_top_packages    String,                    -- JSON
    dex_obfuscation_indicators String,             -- JSON
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY (sha256, dex_sha256);
```

## Table 8: `redb_apk_dex_api_usage`

DEX API usage — one row per category per DEX.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_dex_api_usage (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    dex_sha256          FixedString(64),
    api_category        LowCardinality(String),
    api_calls           Array(String),
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY (sha256, dex_sha256, api_category);
```

## Table 9: `redb_apk_resources`

Resource inventory — one row per resource.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_resources (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    resource_path       String,
    resource_size       UInt64,
    resource_sha256     FixedString(64),
    resource_magika     LowCardinality(String),
    resource_entropy             Float32,
    is_suspicious       UInt8,
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY (sha256, resource_path);
```

## Table 10: `redb_apk_native_libs`

Native libraries — one row per `.so` file.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_native_libs (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    lib_abi             LowCardinality(String),
    lib_filename        String,
    lib_size            UInt64,
    lib_sha256          FixedString(64),
    lib_is_known_packer UInt8,
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY (sha256, lib_abi, lib_filename);
```

## Table 11: `redb_apk_inconsistency_tests`

Inconsistency tests — one row per APK.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS redb_apk_inconsistency_tests (
    sha256              FixedString(64),
    test_zip_bomb                    Nullable(UInt8),
    test_zip_duplicate_entries       Nullable(UInt8),
    test_zip_path_traversal          Nullable(UInt8),
    test_zip_suspicious_timestamps   Nullable(UInt8),
    test_hidden_dex_files            Nullable(UInt8),
    test_manifest_component_mismatch Nullable(UInt8),
    test_debuggable_release          Nullable(UInt8),
    test_emulator_detection_strings  Nullable(UInt8),
    test_debugger_detection          Nullable(UInt8),
    test_root_detection              Nullable(UInt8),
    analysis_date       DateTime64(3, 'UTC')
) ENGINE = ReplacingMergeTree()
ORDER BY sha256;
```