Wallace A. Martins

47 papers B 4Misc 3Journal 34Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Daniel Patricio Nicolalde Rodríguez, Wallace A. Martins, José Antonio Apolinário, Marcello L. R. de Campos
2025 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Steven Kisseleff, Victor Monzon Baeza, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Konstantinos Ntontin, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Geoffrey Eappen, Saed Daoud, Nicolas Skatchkovsky, Flor Ortiz, Eva Lagunas, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas
2024 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Vibhum Singh, Geoffrey Eappen, Wallace A. Martins, Rakesh Palisetty, Carlos Luis Marcos Rojas, Jorge Luis González Rios, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Commun.
Progress Zivuku, Steven Kisseleff, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Wallace A. Martins, Konstantinos Ntontin, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2024 J jnl
IEEE Wirel. Commun.
Eva Lagunas, Flor G. Ortiz-Gomez, Geoffrey Eappen, Saed Daoud, Wallace A. Martins, Jorge Querol, Symeon Chatzinotas, Nicolas Skatchkovsky, Bipin Rajendran, Osvaldo Simeone
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Clement Lacoste, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Luis D. Emiliani
2024 B conf
PIMRC
Wallace A. Martins, Eva Lagunas, Nicolas Skatchkovsky, Flor Ortiz, Geoffrey Eappen, Osvaldo Simeone, Bipin Rajendran, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 conf
SIoT
Túlio F. Moreira, Mateus de Lima Filomeno, Wallace A. Martins, Moisés Vidal Ribeiro
2023 conf
ICASSP Workshops
Saed Daoud, Geoffrey Eappen, Flor G. Ortiz-Gomez, Eva Lagunas, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Flor Ortiz, Nicolas Skatchkovsky, Eva Lagunas, Wallace A. Martins, Geoffrey Eappen, Saed Daoud, Osvaldo Simeone, Bipin Rajendran, Symeon Chatzinotas
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Clement Lacoste, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Luis D. Emiliani
2023 B conf
PIMRC
Progress Zivuku, Steven Kisseleff, Wallace A. Martins, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Progress Zivuku, Steven Kisseleff, Wallace A. Martins, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 conf
GLOBECOM (Workshops)
Haythem Chaker, Houcine Chougrani, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Joel Grotz
2022 J jnl
Wirel. Networks
Rafael S. Chaves, Ediz Cetin, Markus V. S. Lima, Wallace A. Martins
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Vitor Rosa Meireles Elias, Vinay Chakravarthi Gogineni, Wallace A. Martins, Stefan Werner
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Broadcast.
Haythem Chaker, Houcine Chougrani, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Joel Grotz
2022 B conf
WCNC
Progress Zivuku, Steven Kisseleff, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Konstantinos Ntontin, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2022 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Houcine Chougrani, Steven Kisseleff, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Felipe B. da Silva, Ediz Cetin, Wallace A. Martins
2022 J jnl
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Rafael S. Chaves, Markus V. S. Lima, Ediz Cetin, Wallace A. Martins
2021 B conf
WCNC
Abderrahmane Mayouche, Wallace A. Martins, Christos G. Tsinos, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 J jnl
Reliab. Eng. Syst. Saf.
Igor M. Quintanilha, Vitor Rosa Meireles Elias, Felipe B. da Silva, Pedro A. M. Fonini, Eduardo A. B. da Silva, Sergio L. Netto, José A. Apolinário Jr., Marcello L. R. de Campos, Wallace A. Martins, Lars E. Wold, Rune B. Andersen
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Inf. Process. over Networks
Vitor Rosa Meireles Elias, Vinay Chakravarthi Gogineni, Wallace A. Martins, Stefan Werner
2021 J jnl
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Abderrahmane Mayouche, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 Misc conf
ICASSP
Vitor Rosa Meireles Elias, Vinay Chakravarthi Gogineni, Wallace A. Martins, Stefan Werner
2021 conf
LASCAS
Daniel Patricio Nicolalde Rodríguez, José Antonio Apolinário, Wallace A. Martins
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Steven Kisseleff, Konstantinos Ntontin, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Steven Kisseleff, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Inf. Process. over Networks
Vitor Rosa Meireles Elias, Wallace A. Martins, Stefan Werner
2020 Misc conf
ACSSC
Vinay Chakravarthi Gogineni, Vitor Rosa Meireles Elias, Wallace A. Martins, Stefan Werner
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Inf. Process. over Networks
Gabriela Lewenfus, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Abderrahmane Mayouche, Wallace A. Martins, Christos G. Tsinos, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2020 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Rafael S. Chaves, Ediz Cetin, Markus V. S. Lima, Wallace A. Martins
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst.
Wallace A. Martins, M. R. Bhavani Shankar, Björn E. Ottersten
2020 J jnl
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Steven Kisseleff, Wallace A. Martins, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn E. Ottersten
2020 J jnl
Circuits Syst. Signal Process.
Felipe B. da Silva, Wallace A. Martins
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun.
Fernando Cruz-Roldán, Wallace A. Martins, Paulo S. R. Diniz, Marc Moonen
2019 Misc conf
ICASSP
Tadeu N. Ferreira, Wallace A. Martins, Markus V. S. Lima, Paulo S. R. Diniz
2018 J jnl
Circuits Syst. Signal Process.
Felipe B. da Silva, Wallace A. Martins
2018 conf
SSP
Marcelo J. M. Spelta, Wallace A. Martins
2017 J jnl
Wirel. Commun. Mob. Comput.
Diego B. Haddad, Markus V. S. Lima, Wallace A. Martins, Luiz W. P. Biscainho, Leonardo O. Nunes, Bowon Lee
2017 J jnl
Sensors
Iker Sobrón, Iñaki Eizmendi, Wallace A. Martins, Paulo S. R. Diniz, Juan L. Ordiales, Manuel Vélez
2017 J jnl
Circuits Syst. Signal Process.
Mauro L. de Freitas, Wallace A. Martins, Eddie Batista de Lima Filho, Waldir Sabino da Silva Júnior
2017 conf
EUSIPCO
Markus V. S. Lima, Tadeu N. Ferreira, Wallace A. Martins, Marcele O. K. Mendonca, Paulo S. R. Diniz
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/method_extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/method_extractor.py python
"""Per-method content extraction, hashing, and similarity computation.

Handles SHA-256 content hashing, ssdeep/TLSH fuzzy hashing, MinHash
computation, and obfuscation indicator detection for APK methods.
"""

import hashlib
import re
from typing import Dict, List, Optional

from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import (
    categorize_opcode,
    normalize_method_body,
)
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_parser import SmaliParser


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Smali Prime Product — semantic primes matching Binary Ninja's LLIL primes
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Each Dalvik semantic category maps to the same prime its LLIL counterpart
# uses in cfg_features.py. This makes prime products semantically comparable
# for APK-vs-APK similarity (not numerically comparable to Binja values).

SMALI_OP_PRIMES = {
    "ALU": 37,       # ADD/SUB → same prime as LLIL_ADD
    "CONV": 131,     # Type conversions → same as LLIL_SX
    "CMP": 103,      # Comparisons → same as LLIL_CMP_E
    "MOV": 2,        # Register moves → same as LLIL_SET_REG
    "CONST": 2,      # Constants → SET_REG equivalent
    "LOAD": 5,       # Field/array reads → same as LLIL_LOAD
    "STORE": 7,      # Field/array writes → same as LLIL_STORE
    "CALL": 17,      # invoke-* → same as LLIL_CALL
    "BRANCH": 29,    # if-* → same as LLIL_IF
    "JMP": 31,       # goto → same as LLIL_GOTO
    "SWITCH": 151,   # switch → same as LLIL_JUMP_TO
    "RET": 23,       # return → same as LLIL_RET
    "ALLOC": 5,      # new-instance/new-array → LOAD-adjacent (heap access)
    "TYPE": 1,       # check-cast/instance-of → identity (metadata)
    "ARR": 5,        # array-length/fill-array → LOAD-adjacent
    "EXC": 23,       # throw → RET-adjacent (control transfer out)
    "SYNC": 1,       # monitor → identity (no LLIL equivalent)
    "OTHER": 1,      # Unknown → identity
}


def compute_prime_product_smali(smali_body: str) -> int:
    """Multiplicative hash of normalized Dalvik opcodes. Mod 2^64.

    Same algorithm as cfg_features.compute_prime_product but using
    Dalvik semantic categories instead of LLIL operation enums.
    """
    if not smali_body:
        return 0

    product = 1
    for line in smali_body.splitlines():
        stripped = line.strip()
        if not stripped or stripped.startswith((".", ":", "#")):
            continue
        opcode = stripped.split()[0].split("/")[0] if stripped else ""
        category = categorize_opcode(opcode)
        prime = SMALI_OP_PRIMES.get(category, 1)
        product = (product * prime) % (2**64)

    return product


def count_call_instructions(smali_body: str) -> int:
    """Count invoke-* instructions in a smali method body."""
    if not smali_body:
        return 0
    count = 0
    for line in smali_body.splitlines():
        stripped = line.strip()
        if stripped.startswith("invoke-"):
            count += 1
    return count


def compute_sha256(content: str) -> str:
    """Compute SHA-256 hash of normalized content."""
    return hashlib.sha256(content.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()


def compute_ssdeep(content: str) -> Optional[str]:
    """Compute ssdeep fuzzy hash of content."""
    try:
        import ppdeep
        data = content.encode("utf-8")
        if len(data) < 50:
            return None
        result = ppdeep.hash(data)
        return result if result else None
    except (ImportError, Exception):
        return None


def compute_tlsh(content: str) -> Optional[str]:
    """Compute TLSH fuzzy hash of content."""
    try:
        import tlsh
        data = content.encode("utf-8")
        if len(data) < 50:
            return None
        result = tlsh.hash(data)
        return result if result else None
    except (ImportError, Exception):
        return None


def compute_minhash(
    content: str,
    n: int = 3,
    normalization_level: str = "opcode_api",
) -> Optional[List[int]]:
    """Compute MinHash signature from semantically normalized smali n-grams.

    Applies semantic normalization (analogous to Binary Ninja's LLIL) before
    computing the MinHash. This strips register allocation noise and
    instruction encoding variants while preserving operation semantics and
    API references.

    Uses the same algorithm and parameters as the Binary Ninja MinHasher
    (64 seeds from master seed 0xdeadbeef, 8-bit signature elements, mmh3)
    to ensure cross-platform similarity comparisons are compatible.

    Args:
        content: Raw smali method body.
        n: N-gram size (default 3).
        normalization_level: Normalization level for instructions.
            'opcode_api' (default) preserves API call/field references.
            'category' uses only semantic categories.
            'opcode' uses base opcodes without operands.
    """
    try:
        import mmh3
    except ImportError:
        return None

    HASH_MAX = 0xFFFFFFFF
    SIGNATURE_LENGTH = 64
    SIGNATURE_BITS = 8

    # Semantically normalize instructions (like LLIL for native code)
    lines = normalize_method_body(content, level=normalization_level)

    if len(lines) < n:
        return None

    # Build n-grams (tuples of normalized instruction strings)
    shingles = [tuple(lines[i:i + n]) for i in range(len(lines) - n + 1)]

    if not shingles:
        return None

    # Generate deterministic seeds matching the Binary Ninja pipeline
    import random
    rng = random.Random(0xDEADBEEF)
    seeds = [rng.randint(0, HASH_MAX) for _ in range(SIGNATURE_LENGTH)]

    # For each seed, hash all shingles and take the minimum
    signature = []
    for seed in seeds:
        min_val = HASH_MAX
        for shingle in shingles:
            text = "|".join(str(elem) for elem in shingle)
            h = mmh3.hash(text, seed) & HASH_MAX
            if h < min_val:
                min_val = h
        # Truncate to signature bits
        if SIGNATURE_BITS < 32:
            min_val %= (2 ** SIGNATURE_BITS)
        signature.append(min_val)

    return signature


def detect_obfuscation_indicators(
    method_name: str,
    class_name: str,
    smali_body: str,
    instruction_count: int,
) -> Dict[str, bool]:
    """Compute obfuscation indicators for a method.

    Returns dict with boolean indicators.
    """
    indicators = {}

    # Short method name (typical R8/ProGuard output)
    indicators["short_method_name"] = len(method_name) <= 2

    # Short class name — extract simple name from Dalvik descriptor
    simple_class = class_name
    if "/" in simple_class:
        simple_class = simple_class.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
    simple_class = simple_class.rstrip(";")
    indicators["short_class_name"] = len(simple_class) <= 2

    # String encryption: const-string followed by decryption-pattern call
    indicators["has_string_encryption"] = _detect_string_encryption(smali_body)

    # Reflection calls
    indicators["has_reflection_calls"] = _detect_reflection_calls(smali_body)

    # Excessive goto count (control flow flattening)
    goto_count = _count_goto_instructions(smali_body)
    threshold = max(5, int(instruction_count * 0.15))
    indicators["excessive_goto_count"] = goto_count > threshold

    return indicators


def _detect_string_encryption(smali_body: str) -> bool:
    """Detect const-string followed by decryption-pattern calls."""
    lines = smali_body.split("\n")
    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
        stripped = line.strip()
        if stripped.startswith("const-string"):
            # Check the next 3 lines for invoke-* to potential decryption
            for j in range(i + 1, min(i + 4, len(lines))):
                next_line = lines[j].strip()
                if next_line.startswith("invoke-"):
                    # Common decryption patterns
                    if any(
                        pat in next_line
                        for pat in [
                            "decrypt",
                            "decode",
                            "Cipher",
                            "DES",
                            "AES",
                            "Base64",
                            "getBytes",
                        ]
                    ):
                        return True
    return False


def _detect_reflection_calls(smali_body: str) -> bool:
    """Detect use of Java reflection APIs."""
    reflection_patterns = [
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->forName",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getField",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredField",
    ]
    for pattern in reflection_patterns:
        if pattern in smali_body:
            return True
    return False


def _count_goto_instructions(smali_body: str) -> int:
    """Count goto/goto_16/goto_32 instructions."""
    count = 0
    for line in smali_body.split("\n"):
        stripped = line.strip()
        if stripped.startswith(("goto ", "goto/16 ", "goto/32 ")):
            count += 1
        elif stripped in ("goto", "goto/16", "goto/32"):
            count += 1
    return count


def dalvik_to_java_class(descriptor: str) -> str:
    """Convert Dalvik class descriptor to Java dot notation.

    Lcom/example/Foo; -> com.example.Foo
    """
    if descriptor.startswith("L") and descriptor.endswith(";"):
        return descriptor[1:-1].replace("/", ".")
    return descriptor.replace("/", ".")


def dalvik_type_to_java(type_desc: str) -> str:
    """Convert a Dalvik type descriptor to Java type name."""
    type_map = {
        "V": "void",
        "Z": "boolean",
        "B": "byte",
        "S": "short",
        "C": "char",
        "I": "int",
        "J": "long",
        "F": "float",
        "D": "double",
    }

    if not type_desc:
        return "void"

    if type_desc in type_map:
        return type_map[type_desc]

    if type_desc.startswith("["):
        return dalvik_type_to_java(type_desc[1:]) + "[]"

    if type_desc.startswith("L") and type_desc.endswith(";"):
        full = type_desc[1:-1].replace("/", ".")
        # Return simple name
        return full.rsplit(".", 1)[-1] if "." in full else full

    return type_desc


def dalvik_to_java_prototype(
    method_name: str, signature: str, class_name: str = ""
) -> str:
    """Convert Dalvik method signature to Java-style prototype.

    Input: method_name='onCreate', signature='(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V'
    Output: 'void onCreate(Bundle)'
    """
    # Parse return type and param types from signature
    if not signature or not signature.startswith("("):
        return f"void {method_name}()"

    close_paren = signature.find(")")
    if close_paren == -1:
        return f"void {method_name}()"

    params_str = signature[1:close_paren]
    return_type_str = signature[close_paren + 1:]

    return_type = dalvik_type_to_java(return_type_str)
    params = _parse_dalvik_params(params_str)
    param_java = ", ".join(dalvik_type_to_java(p) for p in params)

    return f"{return_type} {method_name}({param_java})"


def _parse_dalvik_params(params_str: str) -> List[str]:
    """Parse Dalvik parameter descriptor string into individual types."""
    params = []
    i = 0
    while i < len(params_str):
        ch = params_str[i]
        if ch in "VZBSCIJFD":
            params.append(ch)
            i += 1
        elif ch == "[":
            # Array — find the base type
            array_prefix = "["
            i += 1
            while i < len(params_str) and params_str[i] == "[":
                array_prefix += "["
                i += 1
            if i < len(params_str):
                if params_str[i] == "L":
                    end = params_str.find(";", i)
                    if end != -1:
                        params.append(array_prefix + params_str[i : end + 1])
                        i = end + 1
                    else:
                        break
                else:
                    params.append(array_prefix + params_str[i])
                    i += 1
        elif ch == "L":
            end = params_str.find(";", i)
            if end != -1:
                params.append(params_str[i : end + 1])
                i = end + 1
            else:
                break
        else:
            i += 1
    return params