Jiaxin Shi¹, Lin Ye^1,2,*, Zhongwei Li³, Dongyang Zhan¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.130, No.1, pp. 483-498, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.017467

Abstract With the rapid development of the Internet, a large number of private protocols emerge on the network. However, some of them are constructed by attackers to avoid being analyzed, posing a threat to computer network security. The blockchain uses the P2P protocol to implement various functions across the network. Furthermore, the P2P protocol format of blockchain may differ from the standard format specification, which leads to sniffing tools such as Wireshark and Fiddler not being able to recognize them. Therefore, the ability to distinguish different types of unknown network protocols is vital for network security. In this paper, we propose… More >

Shen Wang^1,*, Fanghui Sun¹, Hongli Zhang¹, Dongyang Zhan^1,2, Shuang Li³, Jun Wang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 3711-3725, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016562

Abstract Internet communication protocols define the behavior rules of network components when they communicate with each other. With the continuous development of network technologies, many private or unknown network protocols are emerging in endlessly various network environments. Herein, relevant protocol specifications become difficult or unavailable to translate in many situations such as network security management and intrusion detection. Although protocol reverse engineering is being investigated in recent years to perform reverse analysis on the specifications of unknown protocols, most existing methods have proven to be time-consuming with limited efficiency, especially when applied on unknown protocol state machines. This paper proposes a… More >

Huan Zhang^1,2, Jiliu Zhou^1,2,*, Xi Wu²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.3, pp. 1151-1175, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.015462

Abstract In hardware Trojan detection technology, destructive reverse engineering can restore an original integrated circuit with the highest accuracy. However, this method has a much higher overhead in terms of time, effort, and cost than bypass detection. This study proposes an algorithm, called mixed-feature gene expression programming, which applies non-destructive reverse engineering to the chip with bypass detection data. It aims to recover the original integrated circuit hardware, or else reveal the unknown circuit design in the chip. More >

Syeda Warda Asher¹, Sadeeq Jan^1,*, George Tsaramirsis², Fazal Qudus Khan³, Abdullah Khalil¹, Muhammad Obaidullah⁴

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.38, No.3, pp. 265-278, 2021, DOI:10.32604/csse.2021.016787

Abstract Software reverse engineering is the process of analyzing a software system to extract the design and implementation details. Reverse engineering provides the source code of an application, the insight view of the architecture and the third-party dependencies. From a security perspective, it is mostly used for finding vulnerabilities and attacking or cracking an application. The process is carried out either by obtaining the code in plaintext or reading it through the binaries or mnemonics. Nowadays, reverse engineering is widely used for mobile applications and is considered a security risk. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), a leading security research… More >

Özkan inik^1,∗, Erkan Ülker², ismail Koç²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.35, No.6, pp. 431-440, 2020, DOI:10.32604/csse.2020.35.431

Abstract The location of knot points and estimation of the number of knots are undoubtedly known as one of the most difficult problems in B-Spline curve approximation. In the literature, different researchers have been seen to use more than one optimization algorithm in order to solve this problem. In this paper, Big Bang-Big Crunch method (BB-BC) which is one of the evolutionary based optimization algorithms was introduced and then the approximation of B-Spline curve knots was conducted by this method. The technique of reverse engineering was implemented for the curve knot approximation. The detection of knot locations and the number of… More >

Kyeonghwan Lim¹, Nak Young Kim¹, Younsik Jeong¹, Seong-je Cho¹, Sangchul Han², Minkyu Park²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.25, No.1, pp. 143-153, 2019, DOI:10.31209/2018.100000051

Abstract The Android application package (APK) uses the DEX format as an executable file format. Since DEX files are in Java bytecode format, you can easily get Java source code using static reverse engineering tools. This feature makes it easy to steal Android applications. Tools such as ijiami, liapp, alibaba, etc. can be used to protect applications from static reverse engineering attacks. These tools typically save encrypted classes.dex in the APK file, and then decrypt and load dynamically when the application starts. However, these tools do not protect multidex Android applications. A multidex Android application is an APK that contains multiple… More >