{"product_id":"virtualization-technology-applied-to-rootkit-douglas-p-medley-9781288405619","title":"Virtualization Technology Applied to Rootkit Defense","description":"This research effort examines the idea of applying virtualization hardware to enhance operating system security against rootkits. Rootkits are sets of tools used to hide code and\/or functionality from the user and operating system. Rootkits can accomplish this feat through using access to one part of an operating system to change another part that resides at the same privilege level. Hardware assisted virtualization (HAV) provides an opportunity to defeat this tactic through the introduction of a new operating mode. Created to aid operating system virtualization, HAV provides hardware support for managing and saving multiple states of the processor. This hardware support overcomes a problem in pure software virtualization, which is the need to modify guest software to run at a less privileged level. Using HAV, guest software can operate at the pre-HAV most privileged level. This thesis provides a plan to protect data structures targeted by rootkits through unconventional use of HAV technology to secure system resources such as memory. This method of protection will provide true real-time security through OS attack prevention, rather than reaction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas P. Medley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1288405618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781288405619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioscholar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.20d","brand":"Douglas P. Medley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444506079487,"sku":"9781288405619","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d36d6794-01c4-498b-b2d9-b21968bb9d32.jpg?v=1777212711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virtualization-technology-applied-to-rootkit-douglas-p-medley-9781288405619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}