Motivation

• Hypervisors are

• Cool

• Foundation of cloud-platforms: KVM (GCP), Hyper-V (Azure), Nitro Hypervisor (AWS), Oracle Cloud (Xen)

• Interesting

• Foundation of major security features: Virtualization Based Security, Secured-core PC (Platform Properties Assessment Module)

• Used in security research: BitVisor, Intel’s Virtualization Based Hardening

• Convenient

• System-level isolation: VMware Workstation/Fusion, ACRN, Nitro Hypervisor, Qubes OS

• System-level inspection: Asahi Linux m1n1 Hypervisor, Cuckoo Sandbox, HVMI, kAFL/Nyx, Cheat Engine DBVM, Blue Pill, antivirus-hypervisors (eg, Avast Premium Security)

• Understanding of essentials are important for anything with it

• Want to audit code?

• Want to customize them?

• Want to write your own ones?

• Want to join a team doing those?