Programming & Computer Software

Active data technology in virtual machines with dynamic command system

S. V. Kuleshov, A. A. Zaytseva, A. Yu. Aksenov

St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract: In some application tasks it may be necessary to protect executable code from reverse engineering by copying a memory area containing a fragment of executable code. This type of reverse engineering can be realized by physical interception of one of the nodes of a distributed system. The paper discusses a defense approach against this type of attack based on the use of active data in conjunction with virtual machines using a dynamic instruction system.

Keywords: virtual machine, dynamic command system, active data.

UDC: 007.52:621.39

MSC: 68P30

Received: 12.12.2024

DOI: 10.14529/mmp250306