Xiao Zhang

69 papers A* 12A 2C 3Journal 37Unranked 14
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2026 J jnl
Frontiers Comput. Sci.
Yao-Yang Liu, Zhen Zheng, Feng Zhang, Jin-Cheng Feng, Yi-Yang Fu, Jidong Zhai, Bingsheng He, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Hanyan Yin, Dongxie Wen, Jiajun Li, Zhewei Wei, Xiao Zhang, Peng Zhao, Zhi-Hua Zhou
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computers
Puyun Hu, Minhui Xie, Linjiang Li, Kuiyaohui Zhang, Erge Xiang, Jing Wang, Size Zheng, Xiao Zhang, Yunpeng Chai
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Software Eng.
Shuang Liu, Ruifeng Wang, Yuanfeng Xie, Junjie Chen, Wei Lu, Xiao Zhang, Quanqing Xu, Chuanhui Yang, Xiaoyong Du
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cloud Comput.
Feng Zhang, Chenyang Zhang, Jiawei Guan, Qiangjun Zhou, Kuangyu Chen, Xiao Zhang, Bingsheng He, Jidong Zhai, Xiaoyong Du
2025 A* conf
AAAI
Jian Gao, Xiao Zhang, Miao Li, Ji Wu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Jiapeng Wang, Yiwen Hu, Yanzipeng Gao, Haoyu Wang, Shuo Wang, Hongyu Lu, Jiaxin Mao, Wayne Xin Zhao, Junyi Li, Xiao Zhang
2025 A* conf
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Yuxuan Zhou, Xien Liu, Chenwei Yan, Chen Ning, Xiao Zhang, Boxun Li, Xiangling Fu, Shijin Wang, Guoping Hu, Yu Wang, Ji Wu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yuxuan Zhou, Xien Liu, Chenwei Yan, Chen Ning, Xiao Zhang, Boxun Li, Xiangling Fu, Shijin Wang, Guoping Hu, Yu Wang, Ji Wu
2025 A* conf
ICLR
Yuxuan Zhou, Xien Liu, Chen Ning, Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu
2024 A* conf
NeurIPS
Xiao Zhang, Miao Li, Ji Wu
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhang, Miao Li, Ji Wu
2024 J jnl
CCF Trans. High Perform. Comput.
Yani Liu, Feng Zhang, Zaifeng Pan, Xiaoguang Guo, Yihua Hu, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du
2024 A* conf
ICML
Xiao Zhang, Miao Li, Ji Wu
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhang, Miao Li, Ji Wu
2024 conf
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Peiyu Liu, Ze-Feng Gao, Xiao Zhang, Wayne Xin Zhao, Ji-Rong Wen
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Jian Gao, Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu, Miao Li
2024 J jnl
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Dongxie Wen, Xiao Zhang, Zhewei Wei
2024 A* conf
AAAI
Xuhong Li, Haoyi Xiong, Xingjian Li, Xiao Zhang, Ji Liu, Haiyan Jiang, Zeyu Chen, Dejing Dou
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Hanyan Yin, Dongxie Wen, Jiajun Li, Zhewei Wei, Xiao Zhang, Zengfeng Huang, Feifei Li
2024 J jnl
Proc. VLDB Endow.
Hanyan Yin, Dongxie Wen, Jiajun Li, Zhewei Wei, Xiao Zhang, Zengfeng Huang, Feifei Li
2023 A* conf
ICDM
Xuhong Li, Xuanyu Wu, Linghe Kong, Xiao Zhang, Siyu Huang, Dejing Dou, Haoyi Xiong
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst.
Yihua Hu, Feng Zhang, Yifei Xia, Zhiming Yao, Letian Zeng, Haipeng Ding, Zhewei Wei, Xiao Zhang, Jidong Zhai, Xiaoyong Du, Siqi Ma
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Knowl. Data Eng.
Feng Zhang, Ruofan Wu, Jiawei Guan, Zhen Zheng, Xiaoguang Guo, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du, Xipeng Shen
2023 J jnl
Artif. Intell.
Xuhong Li, Haoyi Xiong, Xingjian Li, Xiao Zhang, Ji Liu, Haiyan Jiang, Zeyu Chen, Dejing Dou
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhang, Dejing Dou, Ji Wu
2022 J jnl
Knowl. Inf. Syst.
Xuhong Li, Haoyi Xiong, Xingjian Li, Xuanyu Wu, Xiao Zhang, Ji Liu, Jiang Bian, Dejing Dou
2022 A conf
SC
Feng Zhang, Yihua Hu, Haipeng Ding, Zhiming Yao, Zhewei Wei, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Knowl. Data Eng.
Feng Zhang, Yani Liu, Ningxuan Feng, Cheng Yang, Jidong Zhai, Shuhao Zhang, Bingsheng He, Jiazao Lin, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Xuhong Li, Haoyi Xiong, Xingjian Li, Xuanyu Wu, Xiao Zhang, Ji Liu, Jiang Bian, Dejing Dou
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Xuanyu Wu, Xuhong Li, Haoyi Xiong, Xiao Zhang, Siyu Huang, Dejing Dou
2021 A* conf
ICDE
Yuanzhe Hao, Xiongpai Qin, Yueguo Chen, Yaru Li, Xiaoguang Sun, Yu Tao, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst.
Chenyang Zhang, Feng Zhang, Xiaoguang Guo, Bingsheng He, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Xien Liu, Song Wang, Xiao Zhang, Xinxin You, Ji Wu, Dejing Dou
2020 A* conf
AAAI
Xiao Zhang, Dejing Dou, Ji Wu
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhang, Xingjian Li, Dejing Dou, Ji Wu
2020 A* conf
AAAI
Xien Liu, Xinxin You, Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu, Ping Lv
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Xien Liu, Xinxin You, Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu, Ping Lv
2019 conf
ACL (1)
Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu, Dejing Dou
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhang, Dejing Dou, Ji Wu
2019 J jnl
Frontiers Comput. Sci.
Ningnan Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu
2018 J jnl
Proc. VLDB Endow.
Wei Lu, Xinyi Zhang, Zhiyu Shui, Zhe Peng, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du, Hao Huang, Xiaoyu Wang, Anqun Pan, Haixiang Li
2018 A* conf
AAAI
Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu, Zhiyang He, Xien Liu, Ying Su
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Xiao Zhang, Ji Wu, Zhiyang He, Xien Liu, Ying Su
2017 conf
APWeb/WAIM (2)
Ningnan Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du, Shan Wang
2017 J jnl
Data Sci. Eng.
Ningnan Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du, Shan Wang
2016 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Knowl. Data Eng.
Ningnan Zhou, Wayne Xin Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Ji-Rong Wen, Shan Wang
2016 J jnl
Trans. Edutainment
Wanxing Sheng, Ke-yan Liu, Yixi Yu, Rungong An, Xin Zhou, Xiao Zhang
2016 conf
DASFAA (2)
Ningnan Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang, Ling Liu
2016 J jnl
Data Sci. Eng.
Ningnan Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang
2015 conf
ICA3PP (Workshops and Symposiums)
Xin Zhou, Hui Li, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang, Yanyu Ma, Ke-yan Liu, Ming Zhu, Menglin Huang
2015 conf
CIC
Hui Li, Ling Liu, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang
2015 conf
CIC
Ningnan Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang
2014 A conf
CIKM
Rui Li, Xiao Zhang, Xin Zhou, Shan Wang
2014 conf
WAIM
Ningnan Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang
2013 conf
WAIM
Xin Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Yanhao Wang, Rui Li, Shan Wang
2013 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
Chuitian Rong, Wei Lu, Xiaoyong Du, Xiao Zhang
2012 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
Yansong Zhang, Lisheng Yu, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang, Hui Li
2011 conf
DASFAA Workshops
Xue Wang, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du, Shan Wang, Kuicheng Liu
2011 C conf
APWeb
Qian Zhang, Shan Wang, Biao Qin, Xiao Zhang
2011 conf
WAIM
Chuitian Rong, Wei Lu, Xiaoyong Du, Xiao Zhang
2011 conf
WAIM
Xiao Zhang, Kuicheng Liu, Li Zou, Xiaoyong Du, Shan Wang
2010 C conf
APWeb
Xiao Zhang, Xiaoyong Du, Jinchuan Chen, Shan Wang
2010 conf
WAIM Workshops
Chuitian Rong, Wei Lu, Xiao Zhang, Zhen Liu, Xiaoyong Du
2010 C conf
APWeb
Hui Li, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang, Xiaoyong Du
2009 conf
APWeb/WAIM Workshops
Wenjing Zhou, Xiangwei Xie, Hui Li, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang
2009 ed.
APWeb/WAIM Workshops
Lei Chen, Chengfei Liu, Xiao Zhang, Shan Wang, Darijus Strasunskas, Stein L. Tomassen, Jinghai Rao, Wen-Syan Li, K. Selçuk Candan, Dickson K. W. Chiu, Yi Zhuang, Clarence A. Ellis, Kwanghoon Pio Kim
2007 A* conf
ICDE
Bolin Ding, Jeffrey Xu Yu, Shan Wang, Lu Qin, Xiao Zhang, Xuemin Lin
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_dex.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import json
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

import tlsh

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKDexFile

# Sensitive API patterns categorized for malware analysis
SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES = {
    "reflection": [
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;->invoke",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->get",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Field;->set",
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;->newInstance",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->forName",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredField",
        "Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;->loadClass",
    ],
    "crypto": [
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Cipher;->init",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/SecretKeySpec;-><init>",
        "Ljavax/crypto/spec/IvParameterSpec;-><init>",
        "Ljava/security/MessageDigest;->getInstance",
        "Ljava/security/KeyStore;->getInstance",
        "Ljavax/crypto/Mac;->getInstance",
    ],
    "dynamic_loading": [
        "Ldalvik/system/DexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/PathClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/InMemoryDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ldalvik/system/BaseDexClassLoader;-><init>",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->exec",
        "Ljava/lang/ProcessBuilder;->start",
    ],
    "telephony": [
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getDeviceId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSubscriberId",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getLine1Number",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimSerialNumber",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getNetworkOperator",
        "Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getSimOperator",
    ],
    "sms": [
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendMultipartTextMessage",
        "Landroid/telephony/SmsManager;->sendDataMessage",
    ],
    "network": [
        "Ljava/net/HttpURLConnection;->connect",
        "Ljava/net/URL;->openConnection",
        "Lokhttp3/OkHttpClient;-><init>",
        "Lokhttp3/Request$Builder;->build",
        "Lorg/apache/http/client/HttpClient;->execute",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->loadUrl",
        "Landroid/webkit/WebView;->setWebViewClient",
    ],
    "native": [
        "Ljava/lang/System;->loadLibrary",
        "Ljava/lang/System;->load",
        "Ljava/lang/Runtime;->loadLibrary",
    ],
    "device_info": [
        "Landroid/os/Build;->FINGERPRINT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MODEL",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->MANUFACTURER",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->PRODUCT",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->BRAND",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->DEVICE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->HARDWARE",
        "Landroid/os/Build;->SERIAL",
        "Landroid/os/Build$VERSION;->SDK_INT",
        "Landroid/provider/Settings$Secure;->getString",
    ],
    "file_io": [
        "Ljava/io/FileOutputStream;-><init>",
        "Ljava/io/FileInputStream;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/SharedPreferences;->edit",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->execSQL",
        "Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabase;->rawQuery",
    ],
    "ipc": [
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->query",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->insert",
        "Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->delete",
        "Landroid/content/Intent;-><init>",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->sendBroadcast",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->startService",
        "Landroid/content/Context;->bindService",
    ],
}


class APKDexExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.dex_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _analyze_api_usage(self, dex):
        """Categorize sensitive API calls found in DEX bytecode."""
        api_usage = {cat: set() for cat in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES}

        try:
            for method in dex.get_encoded_methods():
                code = method.get_code()
                if not code:
                    continue
                try:
                    bytecode = code.get_bc()
                    if not bytecode:
                        continue
                    for instruction in bytecode.get_instructions():
                        op_name = instruction.get_name()
                        if not op_name or not op_name.startswith("invoke"):
                            continue
                        output = instruction.get_output()
                        if not output:
                            continue
                        for category, patterns in SENSITIVE_API_CATEGORIES.items():
                            for pattern in patterns:
                                if pattern in output:
                                    api_usage[category].add(output.strip())
                                    break
                except Exception:
                    continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage: {e}")

        # Convert sets to sorted lists
        return {cat: sorted(calls) for cat, calls in api_usage.items() if calls}

    def _compute_obfuscation_indicators(self, classes, methods):
        """Compute obfuscation indicators from class/method names."""
        class_names = []
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()
                if name:
                    class_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        method_names = []
        for m in methods:
            try:
                name = m.get_name()
                if name and name not in ("<init>", "<clinit>"):
                    method_names.append(name)
            except Exception:
                continue

        if not class_names:
            return None

        # Short class names: extract just the class part from Dalvik notation
        short_class = 0
        for n in class_names:
            simple = n.split("/")[-1].rstrip(";")
            if len(simple) <= 2:
                short_class += 1

        short_method = sum(1 for n in method_names if len(n) <= 2)

        return {
            "short_class_names_pct": round(short_class / max(len(class_names), 1), 4),
            "short_method_names_pct": round(short_method / max(len(method_names), 1), 4),
            "non_ascii_identifiers": sum(1 for n in class_names if not n.isascii()),
            "avg_class_name_length": round(
                sum(len(n) for n in class_names) / max(len(class_names), 1), 2
            ),
        }

    def _compute_top_packages(self, classes):
        """Compute top packages by class count."""
        package_counter = Counter()
        for cls in classes:
            try:
                name = cls.get_name()  # "Lcom/example/foo/Bar;"
                if not name:
                    continue
                parts = name[1:].replace("/", ".").rsplit(".", 1)
                if len(parts) > 1:
                    package = parts[0]
                else:
                    package = "(default)"
                package_counter[package] += 1
            except Exception:
                continue

        return [
            {"package": pkg, "class_count": count}
            for pkg, count in package_counter.most_common(20)
        ]

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        from androguard.core.dex import DEX

        try:
            dex_names = list(self.apk.get_dex_names() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error getting DEX names for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            dex_names = []

        try:
            dex_buffers = list(self.apk.get_all_dex() or [])
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting DEX buffers for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

        if not dex_buffers:
            self.log.debug("No DEX files found in APK")
            return None

        self.dex_files = []
        for i, dex_data in enumerate(dex_buffers):
            dex_name = dex_names[i] if i < len(dex_names) else f"classes{i}.dex"

            dex_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(dex_data).hexdigest()
            dex_tlsh = None
            if len(dex_data) >= 50:
                try:
                    dex_tlsh = tlsh.hash(dex_data) or None
                except Exception:
                    pass

            try:
                d = DEX(dex_data)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Failed to parse DEX {dex_name}: {e}")
                continue

            try:
                classes = list(d.get_classes() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting classes from {dex_name}: {e}")
                classes = []
            try:
                methods = list(d.get_methods() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting methods from {dex_name}: {e}")
                methods = []
            try:
                strings = list(d.get_strings() or [])
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error getting strings from {dex_name}: {e}")
                strings = []

            try:
                top_packages = self._compute_top_packages(classes)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing top packages for {dex_name}: {e}")
                top_packages = []
            try:
                api_usage = self._analyze_api_usage(d)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error analyzing API usage for {dex_name}: {e}")
                api_usage = {}
            try:
                obfuscation_indicators = self._compute_obfuscation_indicators(classes, methods)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Error computing obfuscation indicators for {dex_name}: {e}")
                obfuscation_indicators = None

            self.dex_files.append(APKDexFile(
                filename=dex_name,
                sha256=dex_sha256,
                class_count=len(classes),
                method_count=len(methods),
                string_count=len(strings),
                tlsh=dex_tlsh,
                top_packages=top_packages,
                api_usage=api_usage if api_usage else None,
                obfuscation_indicators=obfuscation_indicators,
            ))

        return self.dex_files if self.dex_files else None

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # DEX table: one row per DEX file
            dex_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                dex_data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    dex.sha256,
                    dex.filename,
                    dex.tlsh,
                    dex.class_count,
                    dex.method_count,
                    dex.string_count,
                    json.dumps(dex.top_packages) if dex.top_packages else None,
                    json.dumps(dex.obfuscation_indicators) if dex.obfuscation_indicators else None,
                    current_time,
                ])

            # API usage table: one row per category per DEX
            api_data = []
            for dex in self.dex_files:
                if dex.api_usage:
                    for category, api_calls in dex.api_usage.items():
                        api_data.append([
                            self.sha256,
                            dex.sha256,
                            category,
                            api_calls,
                            current_time,
                        ])

            return {
                'multi_table': True,
                'dex': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex',
                    'data': dex_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'dex_filename', 'dex_tlsh',
                        'dex_class_count', 'dex_method_count', 'dex_string_count',
                        'dex_top_packages', 'dex_obfuscation_indicators',
                        'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'Nullable(String)',
                        'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt32',
                        'Nullable(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
                'api_usage': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_dex_api_usage',
                    'data': api_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'dex_sha256', 'api_category',
                        'api_calls', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                        'Array(String)', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
            }

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