GRAMMATECH INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: We propose technology to automatically detect software exploits that hijack the execution
GRAMMATECH INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $150,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2011.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NY
- Period
- 2012-05-14
Description
We propose technology to automatically detect software exploits that hijack the execution of a running Linux kernel or one of its hosted applications. The key enabling technology for the proposed work is provided by KATE, the Kernel Analysis and Translation Engine. KATE uses a combination of software dynamic translation and hardware virtualization to provide fine-grained, efficient monitoring of an entire system. We propose to use KATE to enforce execution invariants on a running system. Violations of the invariants will indicate that the system is under attack.