Watch Out Your TV Box: Reversing and Blocking a P2P-based Illegal Streaming Ecosystem (USENIX Security '25) [Public Artifact]
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Overview The repository contains the public artifact of the paper: "Watch Out Your TV Box: Reversing and Blocking a P2P-based Illegal Streaming Ecosystem", which has been accepted by USENIX Security '25. Description of Files The public.zip archive file contains the publicly shareable materials for reversing and understanding EVPAD ecosystem. /binary Contains APK files and an EXE file for the streaming services analyzed in the research. /code Contains the Python and JavaScript codes developed during the research, organized into: dump_unpacked_dex: Codes for dumping the unpacked code of a target Android app (StarV10 of EVPAD 10P device) from memory in order to facilitate practical analysis. test_side_loading: Experimental codes that test the side-loading of a custom APK during the update process of StarV10 app via dynamic memory patch. /dataset Contains individual datasets collected during the research, including: live_streaming_channel_list: Worldwide live streaming channels collected on May 25, 2025. live_streaming_server_list: IP addresses of live streaming servers collected from January 19, 2025, to March 21, 2025. utility_server_list: Pairs of domains and IP addresses of utility servers for operating EVPAD's streaming and VoD services collected on April 14, 2025. vod_title_list: Video-on-Demand (VoD) titles collected on May 20, 2025.
Authors: Ahn, Jungun, Jung, Sueun, Yoo, Seungwan, Park, Jungheum, Lee, Sangjin
Institution: Korea University
Language: English
Subfield: Signal Processing
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6968465643
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