Michael Schwarz

Malware Guard Extension: abusing Intel SGX to conceal cache attacks

2020 · Cybersecurity

Abstract In modern computer systems, user processes are isolated from each other by the operating system and the hardware. Additionally, in a cloud scenario it is crucial that the hypervisor isolates tenants from other tenants …

PortPrint: Identifying Inaccessible Code with Port Contention

2025 · Proceedings of the Microarchitecture Security Conference

In many real-world scenarios, being able to infer specific software versions or variations of cryptographic libraries is critical to mounting targeted exploits. For this, traditional version-detection approaches often rely on direct inspection of programs. However, …