Hypervisor Security and Vulnerabilities

  1. Advanced Hypervisor Security Architectures
    1. Hardware-Assisted Security
      1. Intel Trusted Execution Technology
        1. Measured Boot
          1. Platform Attestation
          2. AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization
            1. Memory Encryption for VMs
              1. SEV-ES
                1. Register State Encryption
                  1. Guest State Protection
                  2. SEV-SNP
                    1. Page Table Integrity
                      1. Protection against Hypervisor Attacks
                    2. Intel Software Guard Extensions in Virtualized Contexts
                      1. Enclave Creation and Management
                        1. Use Cases in Multi-Tenant Environments
                      2. VM Introspection
                        1. Agentless Security Monitoring
                          1. Out-of-Band Monitoring
                            1. Detection of Rootkits and Malware
                            2. Memory Introspection for Malware Detection
                              1. Real-Time Memory Analysis
                                1. Signature and Heuristic Detection
                                2. Network Introspection
                                  1. Monitoring Virtual Network Traffic
                                    1. Detecting Lateral Movement
                                  2. Micro-hypervisors and Minimalist Architectures
                                    1. Reducing the Attack Surface
                                      1. Minimal Codebase Design
                                        1. Removal of Non-Essential Features
                                        2. Formal Verification of Hypervisor Code
                                          1. Formal Methods and Proofs
                                            1. Verified Hypervisor Projects
                                          2. Confidential Computing
                                            1. Protecting Data-in-Use within VMs
                                              1. In-Memory Encryption
                                                1. Secure Execution Environments
                                                2. Creating Trusted Execution Environments
                                                  1. TEE Architecture
                                                    1. Attestation and Remote Verification

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