Applications of Hypervisors in Security
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JYU dissertationsTekijät
Päivämäärä
2019Tekijänoikeudet
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As malware continue to evolve, so do the countermeasures which attempt to fight
them. A modern computer system typically has many security services installed
on top of its operating system which include antivirus, application-control, IDS,
firewall, and many more.
Modern operating systems are a highly complex pieces of software which
typically contains millions of lines of code. Furthermore, primarily due to endless
hardware support, new code is regularly added, resulting in a security sink with
an open drain.
Most security services run on top of the operating system and, therefore,
are subject to the security of the operating system and its applications. In case of
a vulnerability, these services can be removed, thus rendering them them completely
useless. This thesis proposes a thin hypervisor-based architecture for a
system on top of which a variety of security services can be implemented. These
services run in a secure, isolated environment. Furthermore, the proposed system
can hide the presence of these security services. The proposed system architecture
provides strong security guarantees.
The thesis presents four common, heavily researched security problems and
proposes four solutions, which are all based on the proposed architecture. The
proposed solutions can compete, and even outperform current solutions, both in
terms of security and performance.
Keywords: trusted computing, virtualization, hypervisor, thin hypervisor, unauthorised
execution, malware analysis, code encryption, memory forensics
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Julkaisija
Jyväskylän yliopistoISBN
978-951-39-7854-9ISSN Hae Julkaisufoorumista
2489-9003Julkaisuun sisältyy osajulkaisuja
- Artikkeli I: Leon, Roee S; Kiperberg, Michael; Zabag, Anat Anatey Leon; Resh, Amit; Algawi, Asaf; Zaidenberg, Nezer J. (2019). Hypervisor-Based White Listing of Executables. IEEE Security & Privacy, 17 (5), 58-67. DOI: 10.1109/MSEC.2019.2910218
- Artikkeli II: Kiperberg, M., Leon, R., Resh, A., Algawi, A., & Zaidenberg, N. (2019). Hypervisor-assisted Atomic Memory Acquisition in Modern Systems. In P. Mori, S. Furnell, & O. Camp (Eds.), ICISSP 2019 : Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, Volume 1 (pp. 155-162). Setúbal: SCITEPRESS Science And Technology Publications. DOI: 10.5220/0007566101550162
- Artikkeli III: Kiperberg, M., Leon, R., Resh, A., Algawi, A., & Zaidenberg, N. J. (2019). Hypervisor-based Protection of Code. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 14 (8), 2203-2216. DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2019.2894577
- Artikkeli IV: Resh, A., Kiperberg, M., Leon, R., & Zaidenberg, N. J. (2017). Preventing Execution of Unauthorized Native-Code Software. International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications, 11 (3), 72-90.
- Artikkeli V: Resh, A., Kiperberg, M., Leon, R., & Zaidenberg, N. (2017). System for Executing Encrypted Native Programs. International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications, 11 (3), 56-71.
- Artikkeli VI:Leon, R.; Kiperberg, M.; Leon Zabag, A. A.; Zaidenberg. N.J. Hypervisor-assisted Dynamic Malware Analysis. ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS), submitted.
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