Watch Out Your TV Box: Reversing and Blocking a P2P-based Illegal Streaming Ecosystem (USENIX Security '25) [Public Artifact]

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.