Wang-Cheng Kang

40 papers A* 10A 8Journal 19Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Zhouhang Xie, Bo Peng, Zhankui He, Ziqi Chen, Alice Han, Isabella Ye, Benjamin Coleman, Noveen Sachdeva, Fernando Pereira, Julian J. McAuley, Wang-Cheng Kang, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Beidou Wang, Randolph Brown
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Minghao Yan, Bo Peng, Benjamin Coleman, Ziqi Chen, Zhouhang Xie, Shuo Chen, Zhankui He, Noveen Sachdeva, Isabella Ye, Weili Wang, Chi Wang, Ed H. Chi, Fernando Pereira, Wang-Cheng Kang, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Beidou Wang
2026 A conf
WSDM
Narges Tabari, Aniket Deshmukh, Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley, James Caverlee, Neil Shah, George Karypis
2025 A* conf
ICML
Yupeng Hou, Jianmo Ni, Zhankui He, Noveen Sachdeva, Wang-Cheng Kang, Ed H. Chi, Julian J. McAuley, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yupeng Hou, Jianmo Ni, Zhankui He, Noveen Sachdeva, Wang-Cheng Kang, Ed H. Chi, Julian J. McAuley, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Tianxin Wei, Noveen Sachdeva, Benjamin Coleman, Zhankui He, Yuanchen Bei, Xuying Ning, Mengting Ai, Yunzhe Li, Jingrui He, Ed H. Chi, Chi Wang, Shuo Chen, Fernando Pereira, Wang-Cheng Kang, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2025 conf
KDD (2)
Narges Tabari, Aniket Deshmukh, Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley, James Caverlee, Neil Shah, George Karypis
2024 A* conf
KDD
Narges Tabari, Aniket Anand Deshmukh, Wang-Cheng Kang, Hamed Zamani, Rashmi Gangadharaiah, Julian J. McAuley, George Karypis
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Noveen Sachdeva, Benjamin Coleman, Wang-Cheng Kang, Jianmo Ni, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi, James Caverlee, Julian J. McAuley, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2024 A conf
RecSys
Noveen Sachdeva, Benjamin Coleman, Wang-Cheng Kang, Jianmo Ni, James Caverlee, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Jianmo Ni, Nikhil Mehta, Maheswaran Sathiamoorthy, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2023 A conf
RecSys
Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Ruoxi Wang, Wang-Cheng Kang, Benjamin Coleman, Yin Zhang, Jianmo Ni, Jonathan Valverde, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Noveen Sachdeva, Zexue He, Wang-Cheng Kang, Jianmo Ni, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Julian J. McAuley
2023 A* conf
NeurIPS
Benjamin Coleman, Wang-Cheng Kang, Matthew Fahrbach, Ruoxi Wang, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Benjamin Coleman, Wang-Cheng Kang, Matthew Fahrbach, Ruoxi Wang, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng
2021 A* conf
KDD
Wang-Cheng Kang, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Tiansheng Yao, Xinyang Yi, Ting Chen, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi
2020
Wang-Cheng Kang
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Tiansheng Yao, Xinyang Yi, Ting Chen, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi
2020 conf
WWW (Companion Volume)
Wang-Cheng Kang, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Ting Chen, Xinyang Yi, Dong Lin, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Derek Zhiyuan Cheng, Ting Chen, Xinyang Yi, Dong Lin, Lichan Hong, Ed H. Chi
2019 A conf
CIKM
Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian John McAuley
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2019 A* conf
CVPR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Eric Kim, Jure Leskovec, Charles Rosenberg, Julian J. McAuley
2019 A conf
CIKM
An Yan, Shuo Cheng, Wang-Cheng Kang, Mengting Wan, Julian J. McAuley
2019 J jnl
CoRR
An Yan, Shuo Cheng, Wang-Cheng Kang, Mengting Wan, Julian J. McAuley
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Eric Kim, Jure Leskovec, Charles Rosenberg, Julian J. McAuley
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2018 A conf
RecSys
Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2018 A conf
CIKM
Wang-Cheng Kang, Mengting Wan, Julian J. McAuley
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Mengting Wan, Julian J. McAuley
2018 A* conf
ICDM
Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2018 A* conf
IJCAI
Ruining He, Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2017 A conf
RecSys
Ruining He, Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Ruining He, Wang-Cheng Kang, Julian J. McAuley
2017 A* conf
ICDM
Wang-Cheng Kang, Chen Fang, Zhaowen Wang, Julian J. McAuley
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Wang-Cheng Kang, Chen Fang, Zhaowen Wang, Julian J. McAuley
2016 A* conf
AAAI
Wang-Cheng Kang, Wu-Jun Li, Zhi-Hua Zhou
2016 A* conf
IJCAI
Wu-Jun Li, Sheng Wang, Wang-Cheng Kang
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Wu-Jun Li, Sheng Wang, Wang-Cheng Kang
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_similarity_hashes.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_similarity_hashes.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.macho_extractor import MachOExtractor


class MachOSimilarityHashExtractor(MachOExtractor):
    """Extract Mach-O similarity hashes using machofile API.

    Similarity hashes are MD5 fingerprints of sorted, deduplicated binary components:
    - dylib_hash: MD5 of dynamic library names
    - import_hash: MD5 of imported function names
    - export_hash: MD5 of exported symbol names
    - entitlement_hash: MD5 of entitlement names and array values
    - symhash: MD5 of external undefined symbols

    For FAT binaries:
    - Inserts one row per architecture slice with per-slice hashes
    - Inserts one row for the FAT container with combined hashes

    For single-arch binaries:
    - Inserts one row with that architecture's hashes

    Note: parent_sha256 and architecture relationships are tracked in redb_basic_properties,
    not duplicated here. Use JOIN with redb_basic_properties when needed.
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        macho=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            macho,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-macho_hashes"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_similarity_hashes(self, arch_name=None):
        """Extract similarity hashes for a specific architecture."""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if not self.macho:
            return None

        try:
            similarity_hashes = self.macho.get_similarity_hashes(arch=arch_name)
            return similarity_hashes if similarity_hashes else None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting similarity hashes for arch {arch_name}: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            if not self.macho:
                return None

            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            if not architectures:
                return None

            if len(architectures) > 1:
                # FAT binary - return combined hashes + per-arch hashes
                results = []

                # First add combined hashes for the FAT container
                all_hashes = self.macho.get_similarity_hashes()
                combined_hashes = all_hashes.get('combined', {}) if all_hashes else {}
                if combined_hashes:
                    combined_hashes['arch_identifier'] = 'fat'
                    results.append(combined_hashes)

                # Then add per-arch hashes
                for arch_name in architectures:
                    hashes = self._extract_similarity_hashes(arch_name)
                    if hashes:
                        hashes['arch_identifier'] = arch_name
                        results.append(hashes)
                return results
            else:
                # Single architecture - return single result
                return self._extract_similarity_hashes(architectures[0])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting similarity hashes: {e}")
            return None

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

            try:
                architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
                is_fat = len(architectures) > 1
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Could not get architectures: {e}")
                return None

            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # For FAT binaries, first insert a row for the container with combined hashes
            if is_fat:
                all_hashes = self.macho.get_similarity_hashes()  # Without arch returns all including 'combined'
                combined_hashes = all_hashes.get('combined', {}) if all_hashes else {}
                if combined_hashes:
                    data.append([
                        self.sha256,                                    # sha256 (FAT container)
                        combined_hashes.get('dylib_hash'),              # dylib_hash
                        combined_hashes.get('import_hash'),             # import_hash
                        combined_hashes.get('export_hash'),             # export_hash
                        combined_hashes.get('entitlement_hash'),        # entitlement_hash
                        combined_hashes.get('symhash'),                 # symhash
                        current_time,                                   # analysis_date
                    ])

            # Insert rows for each architecture slice
            for arch_name in architectures:
                # Get architecture-specific sha256
                try:
                    arch_general_info = self.macho.get_general_info(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_sha256 = arch_general_info.get('SHA256', self.sha256)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Could not get arch-specific sha256 for {arch_name}: {e}")
                    arch_sha256 = self.sha256

                # Get similarity hashes for this architecture
                similarity_hashes = self._extract_similarity_hashes(arch_name)
                if not similarity_hashes:
                    continue

                data.append([
                    arch_sha256,                                    # sha256 (arch-specific)
                    similarity_hashes.get('dylib_hash'),            # dylib_hash
                    similarity_hashes.get('import_hash'),           # import_hash
                    similarity_hashes.get('export_hash'),           # export_hash
                    similarity_hashes.get('entitlement_hash'),      # entitlement_hash
                    similarity_hashes.get('symhash'),               # symhash
                    current_time,                                   # analysis_date
                ])

            if not data:
                return None

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'macho_dylib_hash', 'macho_import_hash', 'macho_export_hash',
                'macho_entitlement_hash', 'macho_symhash',
                'analysis_date'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'Nullable(FixedString(32))', 'Nullable(FixedString(32))', 'Nullable(FixedString(32))',
                'Nullable(FixedString(32))', 'Nullable(FixedString(32))',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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