Ransomware Classification Using Hardware Performance Counters on a Non-Virtualized System
Jennie E. Hill,
T. Owens Walker,
Justin A. Blanco
et al.
Abstract:Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to encrypt a user's important data for the purpose of extortion, with a global annual impact of billions of dollars in damages. This research proposes a side-channel-based ransomware detection method that utilizes the microarchitectural sidechannel accessed through hardware performance counters. Unlike most ransomware research, which relies on virtual machines to easily restore a system to its uncompromised, pre-encrypted state, this work leverages thousands … Show more
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