Xianbo Wang

24 papers A* 4A 2Journal 14Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Taosi Xu, Yinlong Liu, Xianbo Wang, Zhi-xin Yang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Smart Grid
Xing Huang, Donglian Qi, Yulin Chen, Yunfeng Yan, Shaohua Yang, Yaxin Wang, Xianbo Wang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Qihao Chen, Yunfeng Yan, Xianbo Wang, Jishen Peng
2025 A conf
ICDCS
Shan Chang, Xianbo Wang, Hao Yu, Denghui Li, Guanghao Liang, Hongzi Zhu, Bo Li
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Medical Informatics
Yanqiu Li, Zhuojun Li, Jinze Li, Long Liu, Yao Liu, Bingbing Zhu, Ke Shi, Yu Lu, Yongqi Li, Xuanwei Zeng, Ying Feng, Xianbo Wang
2025 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Kaixuan Luo, Xianbo Wang, Adonis P. H. Fung, Wing Cheong Lau, Julien Lecomte
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Yi Zheng, Yi Chen, Xianbo Wang, Donglian Qi, Yunfeng Yan
2024 J jnl
IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics
Yunlong Qiu, Haifeng Zhang, Chonghui Song, Xiaolong Zhao, Hao Li, Xianbo Wang
2024 J jnl
Adv. Eng. Informatics
Weixiong Jiang, Jun Wu, Chengjie Wang, Haiping Zhu, Xianbo Wang
2024 conf
ACNS (3)
Xianbo Wang, Kaixuan Luo, Wing Cheong Lau
2024 A* conf
CCS
Ronghai Yang, Xianbo Wang, Kaixuan Luo, Xin Lei, Ke Li, Jiayuan Xin, Wing Cheong Lau
2024 conf
HCI (30)
Haoran Wen, Zixuan Qiao, Bin Zhang, Ruilu Yu, Xiaoxuan Ge, Yuan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Xianbo Wang, Yujie Ma, Mengmeng Xu, Yang Guo, Jingpeng Jia
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Xianbo Wang, Hao Chen, Jing Zhao, Chonghui Song, Yongkang Zhang, Zhi-Xin Yang, Pak Kin Wong
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Yi Chen, Yunfeng Yan, Xianbo Wang, Yi Zheng
2022 A* conf
NDSS
Xianbo Wang, Shangcheng Shi, Yikang Chen, Wing Cheong Lau
2021 conf
SecureComm (2)
Shangcheng Shi, Xianbo Wang, Kyle Zeng, Ronghai Yang, Wing Cheong Lau
2021 conf
ACNS (2)
Shangcheng Shi, Xianbo Wang, Wing Cheong Lau
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yalan Jiang, Chaoshun Li, Zhixin Yang, Yujie Zhao, Xianbo Wang
2021 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Ronghai Yang, Xianbo Wang, Cheng Chi, Dawei Wang, Jiawei He, Siming Pang, Wing Cheong Lau
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Hongmei Chen, Xianbo Wang, Jianjuan Liu, Jun Wang, Wen Ye
2019 J jnl
Kybernetika
Junxiao Wang, Fengxiang Wang, Xianbo Wang, Li Yu
2019 A conf
AsiaCCS
Shangcheng Shi, Xianbo Wang, Wing Cheong Lau
2019 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Xianbo Wang, Pu Miao, Kun Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Jun Wang
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Zhi-Xin Yang, Xianbo Wang, Pak-Kin Wong
redb/extractors/extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/extractor.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
from dataclasses import asdict
from functools import cached_property
from datetime import datetime, timezone
import math
from typing import Counter, List, Optional, Dict, Any, Tuple
from redb import settings
from redb.models.dataclasses import Hash
from .database_exporters import DatabaseExporter, ElasticsearchExporter, ClickHouseExporter, PrintExporter

class Extractor(metaclass=ABCMeta):
    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath: str,
        log: Any,
        exporters: Optional[List[DatabaseExporter]] = None,
        index_prefix: Optional[str] = None,
        source: Optional[str] = None,
        elastic_index: Optional[str] = None,
        known_benign: bool = False,
        known_malicious: bool = False,
        precomputed_hashes: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ):
        self.log = log
        self.log.debug(f"Creating {self.__class__.__name__}")
        self.filepath = filepath
        self.source = source
        self.exporters = exporters or []
        self.index_prefix = index_prefix if index_prefix else settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + (elastic_index if elastic_index else "")
        self.known_benign = known_benign
        self.known_malicious = known_malicious

        # Use precomputed hashes if provided (e.g., from machofile, pefile)
        # Otherwise compute them from binary
        if precomputed_hashes:
            self.md5 = precomputed_hashes.get('md5') or precomputed_hashes.get('MD5')
            self.sha1 = precomputed_hashes.get('sha1') or precomputed_hashes.get('SHA1')
            self.sha256 = precomputed_hashes.get('sha256') or precomputed_hashes.get('SHA256')
        else:
            self.md5 = hashlib.md5(self.binary).hexdigest()
            self.sha1 = hashlib.sha1(self.binary).hexdigest()
            self.sha256 = hashlib.sha256(self.binary).hexdigest()
        self.hash = Hash(self.md5, self.sha1, self.sha256)

    @cached_property
    def binary(self):
        with open(self.filepath, "rb") as f:
            data = f.read()
        return data

    @property
    @abstractmethod
    def tag(self):
        pass

    @abstractmethod
    def extract(self):
        """
        this method defines the extracted data
        """

    @staticmethod
    def process_binary_string(s):
        # Remove \x00 padding
        s = s.rstrip(b"\x00")

        # Check if there are any non-printable characters
        has_non_printable = any(byte < 32 or byte > 126 for byte in s)

        if not has_non_printable:
            # If all characters are printable, decode the string
            return s.decode()
        else:
            # If there are non-printable characters, represent them as \xDD
            return "".join(
                [
                    f"\\x{byte:02x}" if byte < 32 or byte > 126 else chr(byte)
                    for byte in s
                ]
            )

    @staticmethod
    def remove_non_utf8(binary_string):
        decoded = b""
        for i in range(len(binary_string)):
            try:
                # Try to decode each byte
                char = binary_string[i : i + 1].decode("utf-8")
                decoded += char.encode("utf-8")
            except UnicodeDecodeError:
                # Skip this byte if it can't be decoded
                continue
        return decoded

    def calculate_entropy(self, data):
        """Calculate the entropy of a chunk of data.
        Based on pefile.SectionStructure.entropy_H.
        """
        # self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        if not data:
            return 0.0

        if type(data) == str:
            counts = Counter(data)
            frequencies = ((i / len(data)) for i in counts.values())
            return - sum(f * math.log(f, 2) for f in frequencies)
        else:
            occurences = Counter(bytearray(data))
            entropy = 0
            for x in occurences.values():
                p_x = float(x) / len(data)
                entropy -= p_x * math.log(p_x, 2)
            return entropy

    @abstractmethod
    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Tuple[List[Any], List[str], List[str]]:
        """
        Prepare data for specific export type
        Returns:
            Tuple containing:
            - data: List of values to insert
            - column_names: List of column names
            - column_type_names: List of column types
        """
        pass

    def export_data(self):
        """Export data to all configured exporters

        Returns:
            True: Export succeeded
            False: Export failed (actual error)
            None: No data to export (not an error, e.g., no overlay, no signature)
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        success = True
        extracted_data = self.extract()

        if extracted_data is None:
            self.log.debug("extract() returned None, skipping export")
            return None  # No data to export, not a failure
            
        for exporter in self.exporters:
            if isinstance(exporter, PrintExporter):
                # For PrintExporter, we pass the extracted data directly
                success &= exporter.export(extracted_data)
            else:
                # Get the data prepared for this specific exporter type
                export_data = self.prepare_export_data(exporter.__class__.__name__)
                
                if export_data is None:
                    self.log.debug(f"prepare_export_data returned None for {exporter.__class__.__name__}")
                    return False
                
                if isinstance(exporter, ElasticsearchExporter):
                    success &= exporter.export(
                        export_data,
                        index=self.elastic_index,
                        tag=self.tag(),
                        hashes=asdict(self.hash),
                        known_benign=self.known_benign,
                        known_malicious=self.known_malicious
                    )
                elif isinstance(exporter, ClickHouseExporter):
                    # For ClickHouse, we need to pass the table name and the prepared data
                    success &= exporter.export(
                        export_data,
                        table=self.get_clickhouse_table(),
                        # Add these parameters explicitly
                        column_names=export_data[1] if isinstance(export_data, tuple) else None,
                        column_type_names=export_data[2] if isinstance(export_data, tuple) else None
                    )
                
        return success

    @abstractmethod
    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        """Return the appropriate ClickHouse table name"""
        pass
    # def export_to_elastic(self, list_of_dataclasses, tag=None):
    #     self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    #     if not isinstance(list_of_dataclasses, list):
    #         self.log.error("Called export_to_elastic wrongly")

    #     now_t = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
    #     for dataclass_ in list_of_dataclasses:
    #         if not settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.ping():
    #             self.log.error("[CONNECTION ERROR] ping to elastic failed")
            
    #         # Convert dataclass to dict and filter out None values
    #         document = {k: v for k, v in asdict(dataclass_).items() if v is not None}
            
    #         if tag:
    #             document["tag"] = [tag, self.tag()]
    #         else:
    #             document["tag"] = self.tag()
    #         hashes = asdict(self.hash)
    #         document |= hashes
    #         document["timestamp_utc"] = now_t
    #         # document["source"] = self.source
    #         document["known_benign"] = self.known_benign
    #         document["known_malicious"] = self.known_malicious

    #         if "_id" in document:
    #             tmp_id = document.pop("_id") + document["sha256"]
    #             _id = hashlib.sha256(tmp_id.encode()).hexdigest()
    #         else:
    #             _id = document["sha256"]

    #         # self.log.debug(f"[DEBUG] about to export {type(document)} {document}")
    #         try:
    #             doc_dump = json.dumps(document)
    #         except TypeError as e:
    #             self.log.error(
    #                 f"Failed export of document. " f"full document: {document}"
    #             )
    #             raise e

    #         # body={"doc": doc_dump,
    #         #       "doc_as_upsert": True  # Create the document if it doesn't exist
    #         # }

    #         # Check if the index exists, and create it if it doesn't
    #         # if not settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.indices.exists(index=self.elastic_index):
    #         #     settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.indices.create(index=self.elastic_index)
    #         # pprint(doc_dump) #DEBUG
    #         # print("[DEBUG] _id: " + _id)
    #         # print("[DEBUG] index: " + self.elastic_index)
    #         settings.ELASTIC_CLIENT.index(
    #             index=self.elastic_index, id=_id, document=doc_dump
    #         )