Paranoid/LSParanoid deobfuscator

[!NOTE]

Only compatible with Paranoid v0.3.0+ (released in 25 Jan 2020)

A script to deobfuscate apps obfuscated with [Paranoid]/[LSParanoid] to help you with static analysis.

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Installation

Using pip

pip install paranoid-deobfuscator

Using pipx

pipx install paranoid-deobfuscator

Usage

$ paranoid-deobfuscator --help
Usage: paranoid-deobfuscator [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options:   -v, --verbose  Enables verbose mode   --help         Show this message and exit.
Commands:   deobfuscate  Deobfuscate a paranoid obfuscated APK smali files   helpers      Helper commands

$ paranoid-deobfuscator deobfuscate --help
Usage: paranoid-deobfuscator deobfuscate [OPTIONS] TARGET
Deobfuscate a paranoid obfuscated APK smali files
Options:   --help  Show this message and exit.

$ paranoid-deobfuscator helpers --help
Usage: paranoid-deobfuscator helpers [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Helper commands
Options:   --help  Show this message and exit.
Commands:   deobfuscate-string  Deobfuscate a string using extracted chunks   extract-chunks      Save the chunks from a paranoid obfuscated APK   extract-strings     Extracts the strings from a paranoid obfuscated APK

APK file (using [Apktool])

• Decode .apk file: apktool d app.apk
• Run deobfuscator: paranoid-deobfuscator deobfuscate app
• Build: apktool b app

DEX file (using [smali])

• Disassemble .dex file: baksmali d classes.dex
• Run deobfuscator: paranoid-deobfuscator deobfuscate out
• Assemble: smali a out

[paranoid]: https://github.com/MichaelRocks/paranoid [lsparanoid]: https://github.com/LSPosed/LSParanoid [apktool]: https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool [smali]: https://github.com/google/smali

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