This paper presents HyperSentry, a novel framework to enable integrity measurement of a
running hypervisor (or any other highest privileged software layer on a system). Unlike …

The advent of cloud computing and inexpensive multi-core desktop architectures has led to
the widespread adoption of virtualization technologies. Furthermore, security researchers …

Hardware has been constantly augmented for security considerations since the advent of
computers. There is also a common perception among computer users that hardware does a …

Fueled by an emerging underground economy, malware authors are exploiting
vulnerabilities at an alarming rate. To make matters worse, obfuscation tools are commonly …

Computing platforms used in practice are complex and require interaction between multiple
hardware components (such as processor, chipset, memory and peripherals) for their …

SICE is a novel framework to provide hardware-level isolation and protection for sensitive
workloads running on x86 platforms in compute clouds. Unlike existing isolation techniques …

Caches pose a significant challenge to formal proofs of security for code executing on
application processors, as the cache access pattern of security-critical services may leak …

With the rapid proliferation of malware attacks on the Internet, understanding these
malicious behaviors plays a critical role in crafting effective defense. Advanced malware …

SMM Cache Fun - final Page 1 Attacking SMM Memory via Intel® CPU Cache Poisoning Rafal
Wojtczuk Joanna Rutkowska rafal@invisiblethingslab.com joanna@invisiblethingslab.com …

Hardware-assisted Isolated Execution Environments (HIEEs) have been widely adopted to
build effective and efficient defensive tools for securing systems. Hardware vendors have …