Wei Zhou

17 papers A* 4B 1Journal 10Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Future Internet
Wei Zhou, Shandian Shen, Peng Liu
2024 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Nicolas Nino, Ruibo Lu, Wei Zhou, Kyu Hyung Lee, Ziming Zhao, Le Guan
2023 B conf
DIMVA
Anni Peng, Dongliang Fang, Wei Zhou, Erik van der Kouwe, Yin Li, Yuqing Zhang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Xixun He, Yiyu Yang, Wei Zhou, Wenjie Wang, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2022 A* conf
CCS
Wei Zhou, Lan Zhang, Le Guan, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Zhou, Lan Zhang, Le Guan, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Zhou, Le Guan, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2021 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Wei Zhou, Le Guan, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2021 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Wei Zhou, Chen Cao, Dongdong Huo, Kai Cheng, Lan Zhang, Le Guan, Tao Liu, Yan Jia, Yaowen Zheng, Yuqing Zhang, Limin Sun, Yazhe Wang, Peng Liu
2019 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Wei Zhou, Yan Jia, Yao Yao, Lipeng Zhu, Le Guan, Yuhang Mao, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Zhou, Le Guan, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2019 conf
ESORICS (1)
Yao Yao, Wei Zhou, Yan Jia, Lipeng Zhu, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Zhou, Chen Cao, Dongdong Huo, Kai Cheng, Lan Zhang, Le Guan, Tao Liu, Yaowen Zheng, Yuqing Zhang, Limin Sun, Yazhe Wang, Peng Liu
2019 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Wei Zhou, Yan Jia, Anni Peng, Yuqing Zhang, Peng Liu
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Zhou, Yan Jia, Yao Yao, Lipeng Zhu, Le Guan, Yuhang Mao, Peng Liu, Yuqing Zhang
2018 conf
CNS
Fannv He, Yuqing Zhang, Huizheng Liu, Wei Zhou
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Zhou, Yuqing Zhang, Peng Liu
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscation.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscation.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import re
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.js_extractor import JSExtractor
from redb.extractors.js_extractors.js_patterns import PATTERNS

# String literals of 4+ characters; only used by the deobfuscation diff to count
# strings revealed after deobfuscation. Compiled once at module load.
_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE = re.compile(r"[\"\']([^\"\']{4,})[\"\']")


class JSDeobfuscationExtractor(JSExtractor):
    """Compute pre/post-deobfuscation metrics for a JS sample.

    The actual deobfuscation pass (external tool with jsbeautifier fallback)
    lives on `JSContext.deobfuscated` and is cached per sample, so any other
    extractor that needs the deobfuscated text reads the same value without
    re-running the subprocess. Configure the external tool via env vars:
        JS_DEOBFUSCATOR_PATH    Path or name (default: webcrack)
        JS_DEOBFUSCATE_TIMEOUT  Seconds (default: 60)
    """

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False, source=None, context=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, source, context=context,
        )
        self.deobfuscation_result = None
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def extract(self):
        src = self.js_source
        if not src:
            return None

        deobfuscated, deobfuscator_used = self._context.deobfuscated
        if deobfuscated is None:
            return None

        original_size = len(src)
        original_entropy = self._context.text_entropy
        deobfuscated_size = len(deobfuscated)
        deobfuscated_entropy = self._calculate_text_entropy(deobfuscated)
        size_change_ratio = round(deobfuscated_size / original_size, 4) if original_size else 0.0

        # Strings revealed by deobfuscation: matched literals are extracted from
        # both versions and the set difference is the count of "new" strings.
        original_strings = set(_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE.findall(src))
        deobfuscated_strings = set(_STRING_LITERAL_4PLUS_RE.findall(deobfuscated))
        new_strings = deobfuscated_strings - original_strings

        # Suspicious APIs revealed by deobfuscation. Both sides of the diff
        # come from JSContext caches: the raw scan is computed once for the
        # whole pipeline; the deobfuscated scan is computed once and reused
        # by JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor's revealed_by_deobf rows.
        original_apis = {n for n in self._context.scan if n in PATTERNS}
        deobfuscated_apis = set(self._context.scan_deobfuscated)
        new_apis = deobfuscated_apis - original_apis

        deobfuscated_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(deobfuscated.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()

        self.deobfuscation_result = {
            'deobfuscator_used': deobfuscator_used,
            'deobfuscation_successful': True,
            'original_size': original_size,
            'deobfuscated_size': deobfuscated_size,
            'size_change_ratio': size_change_ratio,
            'original_entropy': original_entropy,
            'deobfuscated_entropy': deobfuscated_entropy,
            'new_strings_found': len(new_strings),
            'new_apis_found': len(new_apis),
            'deobfuscated_sha256': deobfuscated_sha256,
        }
        return self.deobfuscation_result

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

            r = self.deobfuscation_result
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                r['deobfuscator_used'],
                int(r['deobfuscation_successful']),
                r['original_size'],
                r['deobfuscated_size'],
                r['size_change_ratio'],
                r['original_entropy'],
                r['deobfuscated_entropy'],
                r['new_strings_found'],
                r['new_apis_found'],
                r['deobfuscated_sha256'],
                current_time,
            ]]

            column_names = [
                "sha256", "deobfuscator_used", "deobfuscation_successful",
                "original_size", "deobfuscated_size", "size_change_ratio",
                "original_entropy", "deobfuscated_entropy",
                "new_strings_found", "new_apis_found",
                "deobfuscated_sha256", "analysis_date",
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                "FixedString(64)", "LowCardinality(String)", "UInt8",
                "UInt64", "UInt64", "Float64",
                "Float64", "Float64",
                "UInt32", "UInt32",
                "FixedString(64)", "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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