Monitoring Translation Lookahead Buffers to Detect Code Injection Attacks
Title | Monitoring Translation Lookahead Buffers to Detect Code Injection Attacks |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Youngjung Ahn, Yongsuk Lee, Jin-Young Choi, Gyungho Lee, Dongkyun Ahn |
Journal | Computer |
Volume | 47 |
Pagination | 66-72 |
Date Published | July |
ISSN | 0018-9162 |
Keywords | blocks malicious injected code activation, Buffer storage, Code injection, code injection attack detection, Computer crime, data execution prevention, Decision support systems, external I/O operations, hackers, Handheld computers, invasive software, legitimate code injection attack, memory pages identification, security, system monitoring, TLB, translation lookahead buffers monitoring |
Abstract | By identifying memory pages that external I/O operations have modified, a proposed scheme blocks malicious injected code activation, accurately distinguishing an attack from legitimate code injection with negligible performance impact and no changes to the user application. |
DOI | 10.1109/MC.2013.228 |
Citation Key | 6560060 |
- hackers
- translation lookahead buffers monitoring
- TLB
- system monitoring
- security
- memory pages identification
- legitimate code injection attack
- invasive software
- Handheld computers
- blocks malicious injected code activation
- external I/O operations
- Decision support systems
- data execution prevention
- Computer crime
- code injection attack detection
- Code injection
- Buffer storage