Xiao Zhan

41 papers A* 9A 1C 2Journal 23Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Shijing He, Yaxiong Lei, Xiao Zhan, Ruba Abu-Salma, Jose Such
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Ina Kaleva, Xiao Zhan, Ruba Abu-Salma, Jose Such
2026 A* conf
CHI
Ina Kaleva, Xiao Zhan, Ruba Abu-Salma, Jose Such
2026 A* conf
CHI
Rongjun Ma, Shijing He, Jose Luis Martin-Navarro, Xiao Zhan, Jose Such
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Rongjun Ma, Shijing He, Jose Luis Martin-Navarro, Xiao Zhan, Jose Such
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhan, Yifan Xu, Rongjun Ma, Shijing He, Jose Luis Martin-Navarro, Jose Such
2025 J jnl
J. Artif. Intell. Res.
Xiao Zhan, Yifan Xu, Noura Abdi, Joe Collenette, Stefan Sarkadi
2025 A* conf
ICML
Guangzhi Sun, Xiao Zhan, Shutong Feng, Philip C. Woodland, Jose Such
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Guangzhi Sun, Xiao Zhan, Shutong Feng, Philip C. Woodland, Jose Such
2025 A* conf
CHI
Shijing He, Xiao Zhan, Yaxiong Lei, Yueyan Liu, Ruba Abu-Salma, Jose Such
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Shijing He, Xiao Zhan, Yaxiong Lei, Yueyan Liu, Ruba Abu-Salma, Jose Such
2025 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Xiao Zhan, Juan Carlos Carrillo, William Seymour, Jose Such
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhan, Juan Carlos Carrillo, William Seymour, Jose Such
2025 conf
SCF Adjunct
Xiao Zhan, Clément Jambon, Evan Thompson, Kenney Ng, Mina Konakovic-Lukovic
2025 A* conf
SIGGRAPH Asia
Xiao Zhan, Clément Jambon, Evan Thompson, Kenney Ng, Mina Konakovic-Lukovic
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Shijing He, Yaxiong Lei, Xiao Zhan, Chi Zhang, Juan Ye, Ruba Abu-Salma, Jose Such
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhan, Guangzhi Sun, Jose Such, Philip C. Woodland
2025 A* conf
EMNLP
Guangzhi Sun, Potsawee Manakul, Xiao Zhan, Mark J. F. Gales
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Guangzhi Sun, Potsawee Manakul, Xiao Zhan, Mark J. F. Gales
2025 J jnl
Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol.
Alisa Frik, Xiao Zhan, Noura Abdi, Julia Bernd
2024 J jnl
Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol.
Tess Despres, Marcelino Ayala Constantino, Naomi Zacarias Lizola, Gerardo Sánchez Romero, Shijing He, Xiao Zhan, Noura Abdi, Ruba Abu-Salma, Jose Such, Julia Bernd
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhan, Yifan Xu, Noura Abdi, Joe Collenette, Ruba Abu-Salma, Stefan Sarkadi
2024 conf
CUI
Xiao Zhan, William Seymour, Jose Such
2024 conf
CUI
Guangzhi Sun, Xiao Zhan, Jose Such
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Guangzhi Sun, Xiao Zhan, Jose Such
2024 J jnl
Comput. Graph. Forum
Xiao Zhan, Rao Fu, Daniel Ritchie
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhan, Rao Fu, Daniel Ritchie
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhan, Noura Abdi, William Seymour, Jose M. Such
2024 J jnl
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Xiao Zhan, Noura Abdi, William Seymour, Jose Such
2024 conf
MAI-XAI@ECAI
Yifan Xu, Xiao Zhan, Hazel Taylor
2023 C conf
AIES
William Seymour, Xiao Zhan, Mark Coté, Jose M. Such
2023 conf
CUI
Xiao Zhan, Yifan Xu, Stefan Sarkadi
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhan, Yifan Xu, Stefan Sarkadi
2023 A conf
ECAI
Xiao Zhan, Stefan Sarkadi, Jose M. Such
2023 conf
CUI
William Seymour, Xiao Zhan, Mark Coté, Jose M. Such
2023 J jnl
CoRR
William Seymour, Xiao Zhan, Mark Coté, Jose M. Such
2022 C conf
AIES
Xiao Zhan, Stefan Sarkadi, Natalia Criado, Jose M. Such
2022 J jnl
CoRR
William Seymour, Xiao Zhan, Mark Coté, Jose M. Such
2022 A* conf
NeurIPS
Rao Fu, Xiao Zhan, Yiwen Chen, Daniel Ritchie, Srinath Sridhar
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Rao Fu, Xiao Zhan, Yiwen Chen, Daniel Ritchie, Srinath Sridhar
2021 A* conf
CHI
Noura Abdi, Xiao Zhan, Kopo M. Ramokapane, Jose M. Such
redb/extractors/capa.py
← Index redb/extractors/capa.py python
from dataclasses import asdict
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
import magic
from magika import Magika
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import CAPA
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)

class CAPAExtractor(Extractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, 
            log, 
            exporters,
            index_prefix, 
            elastic_index, 
            known_benign, 
            known_malicious
        )
        self.capa = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-capa"

    def _replace_empty_keys(self, dictionary, replacement="default_empty_key"):
        """
        Replace empty keys in a dictionary with a specified replacement.

        Args:
        dictionary (dict): The input dictionary
        replacement (str): The replacement for empty keys (default: 'empty_key')

        Returns:
        dict: A new dictionary with empty keys replaced
        """
        # tmp_dict = {}
        # for k, v in dictionary.items():
        #     if k == '':
        #         tmp_dict[replacement] = dictionary[k]
        #     else:
        #         tmp_dict[k] = dictionary[k]
        # return tmp_dict
        return {(replacement if k == "" else k): v for k, v in dictionary.items()}

    def _extract_capa(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("CAPA_TIMEOUT")) # 5 minutes in seconds
        capa_command = [os.getenv("CAPA_PATH"), "-j", self.filepath] # COMMENT FOR TESTING ON MAC

        import signal

        # try:
        #     result = subprocess.run(
        #         capa_command, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, timeout=TIMEOUT
        #     )
        # except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
        #     self.log.error(f"The capa command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds")
        #     return {}
        # except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        #     self.log.error(f"Error running capa: {e}")
        #     return {}

        # try:
        #     capa_output = json.loads(result.stdout)
        # except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
        #     self.log.error("Error parsing capa output: {e}")
        #     return {}

        # Create a process group for easier termination of all child processes
        try:
            # Start the process in a new process group
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                capa_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid  # Use os.setsid() to create a new process group
            )
            
            # Implement timeout handling manually
            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                # Process completed within timeout
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running capa, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                # Kill the entire process group on timeout
                self.log.warning(f"The capa command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                
                try:
                    # Send SIGTERM to the entire process group
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    
                    # Give it a moment to terminate gracefully
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        # If it's still running after 3 seconds, send SIGKILL
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                        
                    process.wait()  # Make sure process resources are fully cleaned up
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                    
                return {}
                
            try:
                capa_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing capa output: {e}")
                return {}

            capa_dump = {}  # dictionalry of capabilities
            capabilities = set()  # list of capabilities
            namespaces = set()  # list of namespaces
            attack_dump = {}  # dictionary of tuples [tactic](technique, technique_id)
            tactics = set()  # list of tactics
            techniques = set()  # list of techniques
            techniques_id = set()  # list of techniques_id
            mbc_dump = {}  # dictionary of tuples [objective](behavior, behavior_id)
            mbc_objectives = set()  # list of objectives
            mbc_behaviors = set()  # list of behaviors
            mbc_behaviors_id = set()  # list of behaviors_id

            if isinstance(capa_output, dict) and "rules" in capa_output:
                rules = capa_output["rules"]
                if isinstance(rules, dict):
                    for rule_name, rule_data in rules.items():
                        if isinstance(rule_data, dict) and "meta" in rule_data:
                            meta = rule_data["meta"]
                            if isinstance(meta, dict):
                                # Process capabilities
                                namespace = meta.get("namespace", "").lower()
                                # if namespace != 'lib':
                                if namespace not in capa_dump:
                                    capa_dump[namespace] = []
                                    namespaces.add(namespace)
                                capa_dump[namespace].append(rule_name)
                                capabilities.add(rule_name)

                                # Process ATTACK information
                                if "attack" in meta:
                                    for attack_entry in meta["attack"]:
                                        tactic = attack_entry.get("tactic", "")
                                        technique = attack_entry.get("technique", "")
                                        id = attack_entry.get("id", "")
                                        if tactic and technique:
                                            if tactic in attack_dump:
                                                attack_dump[tactic].append((technique, id))
                                            else:
                                                attack_dump[tactic] = [(technique, id)]
                                            tactics.add(tactic)
                                            techniques.add(technique)
                                            techniques_id.add(id)

                                # Process MBC information
                                if "mbc" in meta:
                                    for mbc_entry in meta["mbc"]:
                                        objective = mbc_entry.get("objective", "")
                                        behavior = mbc_entry.get("behavior", "")
                                        id = mbc_entry.get("id", "")
                                        if objective and behavior:
                                            if objective in mbc_dump:
                                                mbc_dump[objective].append((behavior, id))
                                            else:
                                                mbc_dump[objective] = [(behavior, id)]
                                            mbc_objectives.add(objective)
                                            mbc_behaviors.add(behavior)
                                            mbc_behaviors_id.add(id)

            # return {
            #     'capabilities_all': json.dumps(capabilities_all, indent=2),
            #     'capabilities': list(capabilities),
            #     'namespaces': list(namespaces),
            #     'attack': json.dumps(attack, indent=2),
            #     'tactics': list(tactics),
            #     'techniques': list(techniques),
            #     'techniques_id': list(techniques_id),
            #     'mbc': json.dumps(mbc, indent=2),
            #     'mbc_objectives': list(mbc_objectives),
            #     'mbc_behaviors': list(mbc_behaviors),
            #     'mbc_behaviors_id': list(mbc_behaviors_id)
            # }

            capa_dump = self._replace_empty_keys(capa_dump)
            attack_dump = self._replace_empty_keys(attack_dump)
            mbc_dump = self._replace_empty_keys(mbc_dump)
            self.capa = CAPA(
                json.dumps(capa_dump, indent=2),
                list(capabilities),
                list(namespaces),
                json.dumps(attack_dump, indent=2),
                list(tactics),
                list(techniques),
                list(techniques_id),
                json.dumps(mbc_dump, indent=2),
                list(mbc_objectives),
                list(mbc_behaviors),
                list(mbc_behaviors_id),
            )
            self.log.debug(f"CAPA dump: {self.capa})")
            
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in CAPA extraction: {str(e)}")
            # Try to clean up any process if possible
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.capa
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            # Prepare data for multiple tables
            tables_data = {
                'multi_table': True,  # Flag for multi-table export
                
                # Raw data table
                'raw': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa',
                    'data': [[
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        current_time,
                        self.capa.capa_dump,  # capa_dump
                        self.capa.attack_dump,            # attack_dump
                        self.capa.mbc_dump                # mbc_dump
                    ]],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'capa_dump', 'attack_dump', 'mbc_dump'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'JSON', 'JSON', 'JSON'
                    ]
                },
                
                # Capabilities table
                'capabilities': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa_capabilities',
                    'data': [
                        [self.sha256, self.md5, self.sha1, current_time, namespace, capability]
                        for namespace, capabilities in json.loads(self.capa.capa_dump).items()
                        for capability in capabilities
                    ],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'namespace', 'capability'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)'
                    ]
                },
                
                # MITRE ATT&CK table
                'attack': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa_attack',
                    'data': [
                        [self.sha256, self.md5, self.sha1, current_time, 
                         tactic, technique[0], technique[1]]  # technique[0] is the name, technique[1] is the ID
                        for tactic, techniques in json.loads(self.capa.attack_dump).items()
                        for technique in techniques
                    ],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'tactic', 'technique', 'technique_id'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 
                        'LowCardinality(String)'
                    ]
                },
                
                # MBC table
                'mbc': {
                    'table': 'redb_capa_mbc',
                    'data': [
                        [self.sha256, self.md5, self.sha1, current_time,
                         objective, behavior[0], behavior[1]]  # behavior[0] is the name, behavior[1] is the ID
                        for objective, behaviors in json.loads(self.capa.mbc_dump).items()
                        for behavior in behaviors
                    ],
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'analysis_date',
                        'objective', 'behavior', 'behavior_id'
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                        'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                        'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                        'LowCardinality(String)'
                    ]
                }
            }
            
            return tables_data

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_capa"  # Return the main table name

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_capa()
            return self.capa  # Return the extracted data instead of exporting directly
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting CAPA: {e}")
            return None

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