from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import json
import os
import re
import sys
import time
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
USER_AGENT = (
"forensic-catalog-loobins-fetcher/0.1 "
"(+https://github.com/SecurityRonin/forensicnomicon)"
)
GITHUB_API = "https://api.github.com/repos/infosecB/LOOBins"
LOOBINS_BASE = "https://www.loobins.io/binaries"
DELAY = 0.4
def fetch(url: str, *, retries: int = 2) -> bytes:
req = urllib.request.Request(
url,
headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT, "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"},
)
last_exc: Exception | None = None
for attempt in range(retries + 1):
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
return resp.read()
except (urllib.error.HTTPError, urllib.error.URLError) as exc:
last_exc = exc
if isinstance(exc, urllib.error.HTTPError) and exc.code == 403:
print(" GitHub rate-limited — sleeping 60s", file=sys.stderr)
time.sleep(60)
else:
print(f" attempt {attempt + 1}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
if attempt < retries:
time.sleep(DELAY)
raise RuntimeError(f"failed to fetch {url}: {last_exc}") from last_exc
def list_loobins_files() -> list[str]:
url = f"{GITHUB_API}/contents/LOOBins"
raw = fetch(url)
files = json.loads(raw.decode("utf-8"))
return sorted(
f["name"] for f in files
if isinstance(f, dict) and f.get("name", "").endswith(".yml")
)
def parse_simple_yaml_entry(text: str) -> dict:
def extract_scalar(key: str) -> str:
m = re.search(rf"^{key}:\s*(.+)", text, re.MULTILINE)
return m.group(1).strip().strip("\"'") if m else ""
name = extract_scalar("Name")
description = extract_scalar("Description")
mitre = re.findall(r"mitre_attack_technique:\s*(T\d{4}(?:\.\d{3})?)", text)
inline = re.findall(r"\[([^\]]*T\d{4}[^\]]*)\]", text)
for group in inline:
for tid in re.findall(r"T\d{4}(?:\.\d{3})?", group):
if tid not in mitre:
mitre.append(tid)
use_cases: list[dict] = []
for block in re.finditer(
r"^\s*-\s+Name:\s+(.+?)\n(?:.*?Description:\s+(.+?)(?:\n|$))?",
text,
re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
):
uc_name = block.group(1).strip()
uc_desc = (block.group(2) or "").strip()
if uc_name:
use_cases.append({"name": uc_name, "description": uc_desc})
slug = name.lower().replace(" ", "-") if name else ""
url = f"{LOOBINS_BASE}/{slug}/" if slug else ""
return {
"name": name,
"description": description,
"mitre": mitre,
"use_cases": use_cases,
"url": url,
}
def scrape_all(filenames: list[str]) -> list[dict]:
entries: list[dict] = []
for i, fname in enumerate(filenames):
url = (
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/infosecB/LOOBins/main/LOOBins/"
+ fname
)
if i > 0:
time.sleep(DELAY)
try:
raw = fetch(url)
text = raw.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
except Exception as exc:
print(f" warn: skipping {fname}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
continue
entry = parse_simple_yaml_entry(text)
if entry.get("name"):
entries.append(entry)
if (i + 1) % 20 == 0:
print(f" scraped {i + 1}/{len(filenames)} …", file=sys.stderr)
return entries
def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
p.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true",
help="list file names only and exit without writing")
p.add_argument("--output", default=None,
help="output path (default: archive/sources/loobins_macos.json)")
return p.parse_args()
def default_output_path() -> str:
script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
return os.path.normpath(
os.path.join(script_dir, "..", "archive", "sources", "loobins_macos.json")
)
def main() -> int:
args = parse_args()
output_path = args.output or default_output_path()
print("fetching LOOBins file list …", file=sys.stderr)
try:
filenames = list_loobins_files()
except RuntimeError as exc:
print(f"error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
print(f"found {len(filenames)} YAML files", file=sys.stderr)
if args.dry_run:
print(json.dumps(filenames[:10], indent=2))
return 0
print("fetching individual entries …", file=sys.stderr)
entries = scrape_all(filenames)
if not entries:
print("error: no entries scraped", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
print(f"scraped {len(entries)} entries", file=sys.stderr)
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path), exist_ok=True)
with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
json.dump(entries, fh, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
fh.write("\n")
print(f"wrote {len(entries)} entries to {output_path}", file=sys.stderr)
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main())