Xiaobin Zhou

13 papers Journal 12Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaobin Zhou, Zihao Zheng, Aoxu Jin, Lei Qiang, Bo Zhu
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Xiaobin Zhou, Miao Wang, Chengao Li, Can Cui, Ruibin Zhang, Yongchao Wang, Chao Xu, Fei Gao
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaobin Zhou, Miao Wang, Chengao Li, Can Cui, Ruibin Zhang, Yongchao Wang, Chao Xu, Fei Gao
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yongchao Wang, Junjie Wang, Xiaobin Zhou, Tiankai Yang, Chao Xu, Fei Gao
2024 J jnl
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Can Cui, Xiaobin Zhou, Miao Wang, Fei Gao, Chao Xu
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cybern.
Xiaobin Zhou, Xiang Yu, Kexin Guo, Sicheng Zhou, Lei Guo, Youmin Zhang, Xiaoyan Peng
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Xiang Yu, Xiaobin Zhou, Youmin Zhang, Lei Guo, Sijun Ye, Xiaoyan Peng
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Xiang Yu, Xiaobin Zhou, Kexin Guo, Jindou Jia, Lei Guo, Youmin Zhang
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Xiaobin Zhou, Xiang Yu, Youmin Zhang, Yangyang Luo, Xiaoyan Peng
2019 J jnl
J. Intell. Robotic Syst.
Xiang Yu, Xiaobin Zhou, Youmin Zhang
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Xiaobin Zhou, Xiang Yu, Xiaoyan Peng
2010 conf
WKDD
Xiaobin Zhou
2002 J jnl
J. Comput. Sci. Technol.
Cungen Cao, Qiangze Feng, Ying Gao, Fang Gu, Jinxin Si, Yuefei Sui, Wen Tian, Haitao Wang, Lili Wang, Qingtian Zeng, Chunxia Zhang, Yufei Zheng, Xiaobin Zhou
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"