Motivation
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Hypervisors are
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Cool
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Foundation of cloud-platforms: KVM (GCP), Hyper-V (Azure), Nitro Hypervisor (AWS), Oracle Cloud (Xen)
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Interesting
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Foundation of major security features: Virtualization Based Security, Secured-core PC (Platform Properties Assessment Module)
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Used in security research: BitVisor, Intel’s Virtualization Based Hardening
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Convenient
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System-level isolation: VMware Workstation/Fusion, ACRN, Nitro Hypervisor, Qubes OS
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System-level inspection: Asahi Linux m1n1 Hypervisor, Cuckoo Sandbox, [HV…
Motivation
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Hypervisors are
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Cool
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Foundation of cloud-platforms: KVM (GCP), Hyper-V (Azure), Nitro Hypervisor (AWS), Oracle Cloud (Xen)
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Interesting
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Foundation of major security features: Virtualization Based Security, Secured-core PC (Platform Properties Assessment Module)
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Used in security research: BitVisor, Intel’s Virtualization Based Hardening
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Convenient
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System-level isolation: VMware Workstation/Fusion, ACRN, Nitro Hypervisor, Qubes OS
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System-level inspection: Asahi Linux m1n1 Hypervisor, Cuckoo Sandbox, HVMI, kAFL/Nyx, Cheat Engine DBVM, Blue Pill, antivirus-hypervisors (eg, Avast Premium Security)
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Understanding of essentials are important for anything with it
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Want to audit code?
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Want to customize them?
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Want to write your own ones?
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Want to join a team doing those?