3 papers
cs.CR2024
Crypto-Ransomware and Their Defenses: In-depth Behavioral Characterization, Discussion of Deployability, and New Insights
Wenjia Song, Sanjula Karanam, Ya Xiao +6
Crypto-ransomware has caused an unprecedented scope of impact in recent years with an evolving level of sophistication. An extensive range of studies have been on defending against…
cs.CR2024
SoK: Software Compartmentalization
Hugo Lefeuvre, Nathan Dautenhahn, David Chisnall +1
Decomposing large systems into smaller components with limited privileges has long been recognized as an effective means to minimize the impact of exploits. Despite historical root…
cs.CR2024
Making 'syscall' a Privilege not a Right
Fangfei Yang, Anjo Vahldiek-Oberwagner, Chia-Che Tsai +2
Browsers, Library OSes, and system emulators rely on sandboxes and in-process isolation to emulate system resources and securely isolate untrusted components. All access to system…