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Malware farm using accelerated virtual machines (시계가 가속된 가상머신을 이용한 악성코드 인큐베이터)

  • Suh, Hee-Won;Choi, Jin-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2012.06c
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    • pp.230-232
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    • 2012
  • 악성코드인지의 가부가 나지 않은 실행 파일이 언제, 어떻게 동작하는지 여부를 판단과 수집을 위해 분석가들은 악성코드에 노출되기 쉬운 환경으로 조성된 PC를 이용하여 악성코드를 수집, 분석을 해왔다.이러한 PC를 악성코드의 인큐베이터라고도 할 수 있겠다. 이러한 PC를 두는 것은 시간 등에 큰 제약을 받게 되며, 분석이 쉬운 환경이 아니다. 이러한 환경 개선을 위해서 앞선 분석가들은 샌드박스 형태의 도구를 이용하고자 했다. 하지만 샌드박스 형태의 도구는 굉장히 제한적인 기능만을 제공하고 악성코드의 가부가 결정된 실행 파일에게만 적용시킬 수 있는 등의 단점을 가지고 있었다. 이 후 제안된 방법은 실제 PC와 근접한 수준의 환경을 제공하는 가상 PC이다. 이러한 가상 PC는 분석자에게 많은 편의를 제공하였으나 시간적인 부분에서 가지는 제한점은 기존과 동일하다. 본 논문에서는 가상 PC 분석 환경에서 시계를 가속하여 이러한 시간적인 부분에 대해 분석시간을 단축할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 이 방법을 적용할 경우 특정 시기 혹은 특정 시간 뒤에 동작하는 악성 코드의 활동시기와 조건을 가속한 시간만큼 단축하여 확인할 수 있다. 즉, PC를 감염시킨 뒤에 48시간이 지난 뒤에 공격 활동을 시작하는 악성코드가 시계를 2배로 가속하는 가상머신이라면 24시간 뒤에 행위를 탐지할 수 있다.

A Task Scheduling Strategy in Cloud Computing with Service Differentiation

  • Xue, Yuanzheng;Jin, Shunfu;Wang, Xiushuang
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.5269-5286
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    • 2018
  • Task scheduling is one of the key issues in improving system performance and optimizing resource management in cloud computing environment. In order to provide appropriate services for heterogeneous users, we propose a novel task scheduling strategy with service differentiation, in which the delay sensitive tasks are assigned to the rapid cloud with high-speed processing, whereas the fault sensitive tasks are assigned to the reliable cloud with service restoration. Considering that a user can receive service from either local SaaS (Software as a Service) servers or public IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) cloud, we establish a hybrid queueing network based system model. With the assumption of Poisson arriving process, we analyze the system model in steady state. Moreover, we derive the performance measures in terms of average response time of the delay sensitive tasks and utilization of VMs (Virtual Machines) in reliable cloud. We provide experimental results to validate the proposed strategy and the system model. Furthermore, we investigate the Nash equilibrium behavior and the social optimization behavior of the delay sensitive tasks. Finally, we carry out an improved intelligent searching algorithm to obtain the optimal arrival rate of total tasks and present a pricing policy for the delay sensitive tasks.

Energy and Service Level Agreement Aware Resource Allocation Heuristics for Cloud Data Centers

  • Sutha, K.;Nawaz, G.M.Kadhar
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.5357-5381
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    • 2018
  • Cloud computing offers a wide range of on-demand resources over the internet. Utility-based resource allocation in cloud data centers significantly increases the number of cloud users. Heavy usage of cloud data center encounters many problems such as sacrificing system performance, increasing operational cost and high-energy consumption. Therefore, the result of the system damages the environment extremely due to heavy carbon (CO2) emission. However, dynamic allocation of energy-efficient resources in cloud data centers overcomes these problems. In this paper, we have proposed Energy and Service Level Agreement (SLA) Aware Resource Allocation Heuristic Algorithms. These algorithms are essential for reducing power consumption and SLA violation without diminishing the performance and Quality-of-Service (QoS) in cloud data centers. Our proposed model is organized as follows: a) SLA violation detection model is used to prevent Virtual Machines (VMs) from overloaded and underloaded host usage; b) for reducing power consumption of VMs, we have introduced Enhanced minPower and maxUtilization (EMPMU) VM migration policy; and c) efficient utilization of cloud resources and VM placement are achieved using SLA-aware Modified Best Fit Decreasing (MBFD) algorithm. We have validated our test results using CloudSim toolkit 3.0.3. Finally, experimental results have shown better resource utilization, reduced energy consumption and SLA violation in heterogeneous dynamic cloud environment.

A Novel Framework for Resource Orchestration in OpenStack Cloud Platform

  • Muhammad, Afaq;Song, Wang-Cheol
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.5404-5424
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    • 2018
  • This work is mainly focused on two major topics in cloud platforms by using OpenStack as a case study: management and provisioning of resources to meet the requirements of a service demanded by remote end-user and relocation of virtual machines (VMs) requests to offload the encumbered compute nodes. The general framework architecture contains two subsystems: 1) An orchestrator that allows to systematize provisioning and resource management in OpenStack, and 2) A resource utilization based subsystem for vibrant VM relocation in OpenStack. The suggested orchestrator provisions and manages resources by: 1) manipulating application program interfaces (APIs) delivered by the cloud supplier in order to allocate/control/manage storage and compute resources; 2) interrelating with software-defined networking (SDN) controller to acquire the details of the accessible resources, and training the variations/rules to manage the network based on the requirements of cloud service. For resource provisioning, an algorithm is suggested, which provisions resources on the basis of unused resources in a pool of VMs. A sub-system is suggested for VM relocation in a cloud computing platform. The framework decides the proposed overload recognition, VM allocation algorithms for VM relocation in clouds and VM selection.

Generative Interactive Psychotherapy Expert (GIPE) Bot

  • Ayesheh Ahrari Khalaf;Aisha Hassan Abdalla Hashim;Akeem Olowolayemo;Rashidah Funke Olanrewaju
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2023
  • One of the objectives and aspirations of scientists and engineers ever since the development of computers has been to interact naturally with machines. Hence features of artificial intelligence (AI) like natural language processing and natural language generation were developed. The field of AI that is thought to be expanding the fastest is interactive conversational systems. Numerous businesses have created various Virtual Personal Assistants (VPAs) using these technologies, including Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Google Assistant, among others. Even though many chatbots have been introduced through the years to diagnose or treat psychological disorders, we are yet to have a user-friendly chatbot available. A smart generative cognitive behavioral therapy with spoken dialogue systems support was then developed using a model Persona Perception (P2) bot with Generative Pre-trained Transformer-2 (GPT-2). The model was then implemented using modern technologies in VPAs like voice recognition, Natural Language Understanding (NLU), and text-to-speech. This system is a magnificent device to help with voice-based systems because it can have therapeutic discussions with the users utilizing text and vocal interactive user experience.

Fine Grained Security in Cloud with Cryptographic Access Control

  • Aparna Manikonda;Nalini N
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.7
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    • pp.123-127
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    • 2024
  • Cloud computing services has gained increasing popularity in recent years for supporting various on demand and scalable services for IT consumers where there is a need of less investment towards infrastructure. While storage architecture of cloud enjoys a more robust and fault-tolerant cloud computing network, such architecture also poses a number of security challenges especially when applied in applications related to social networks, Financial transactions, etc. First, as data are stored and maintained by individual virtual machines so Cloud resources are prone to hijacked. Such attacks allow attackers to create, modify and delete machine images, and change administrative passwords and settings successfully. hence, it is significantly harder to ensure data security. Second, Due to dynamic and shared nature of the Cloud, data may be compromised in many ways. Last but not least, Service hijacking may lead to redirect client to an illegitimate website. User accounts and service instances could in turn make a new base for attackers. To address the above challenges, we propose in this paper a distributed data access control scheme that is able to fulfil fine-grained access control over cloud data and is resilient against strong attacks such as compromise and user colluding. The proposed framework exploits a novel cryptographic primitive called attribute-based encryption (ABE), tailors, and adapts it for cloud computing with respect to security requirements

Performance Testing of Satellite Image Processing based on OGC WPS 2.0 in the OpenStack Cloud Environment (오픈스택 클라우드 환경 OGC WPS 2.0 기반 위성영상처리 성능측정 시험)

  • Yoon, Gooseon;Kim, Kwangseob;Lee, Kiwon
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.617-627
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    • 2016
  • Many kinds of OGC-based web standards have been utilized in the lots of geo-spatial application fields for sharing and interoperable processing of large volume of data sets containing satellite images. As well, the number of cloud-based application services by on-demand processing of virtual machines is increasing. However, remote sensing applications using these two huge trends are globally on the initial stage. This study presents a practical linkage case with both aspects of OGC-based standard and cloud computing. Performance test is performed with the implementation result for cloud detection processing. Test objects are WPS 2.0 and two types of geo-based service environment such as web server in a single core and multiple virtual servers implemented on OpenStack cloud computing environment. Performance test unit by JMeter is five requests of GetCapabilities, DescribeProcess, Execute, GetStatus, GetResult in WPS 2.0. As the results, the performance measurement time in a cloud-based environment is faster than that of single server. It is expected that expansion of processing algorithms by WPS 2.0 and virtual processing is possible to target-oriented applications in the practical level.

Development of Information Security Practice Contents for Ransomware Attacks in Digital Twin-Based Smart Factories (디지털트윈 기반의 스마트공장에서 랜섬웨어 공격과 피해 분석을 위한 정보보안 실습콘텐츠 시나리오 개발)

  • Nam, Su Man;Lee, Seung Min;Park, Young Sun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.1001-1010
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    • 2021
  • Smart factories are complex systems which combine latest information technology (IT) with operation technology (OT). A smart factory aims to provide manufacturing capacity improvement, customized production, and resource reduction with these complex technologies. Although the smart factory is able to increase the efficiency through the technologies, the security level of the whole factory is low due to the vulnerability transfer from IT. In addition, the response and restoration of the business continuity plan are insufficient in case of damage due to the absence of factory security experts. The cope with the such problems, we propose an information security practice content for analyzing the damage by generating ransomware attacks in a digital twin-based smart factory similar to the real world. In our information security content, we introduce our conversion technique of physical devices into virtual machines or simulation models to build a practical environment for the digital twin. This content generates two types of the ransomware attacks according to a defined scenario in the digital twin. When the two generated attacks are successfully completed, at least 8 and 5 of the 23 virtual elements are take damage, respectively. Thus, our proposed content directly identifies the damage caused by the generation of two types of ransomware in the virtual world' smart factory.

A Study on the Development of an Indoor Positioning Support System for Providing Landmark Information (랜드마크 정보 제공을 위한 실내위치측위 지원 시스템 구축에 관한 연구)

  • Ock-Woo NAM;Chang-Soo SHIN;Yun-Soo CHOI
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.130-144
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    • 2023
  • Recently, various positioning technologies are being researched based on signal-based positioning and image-based positioning to obtain accurate indoor location information. Among these, various studies are being conducted on image positioning technology that determines the location of a mobile terminal using images acquired through cameras and sensor data collected as needed. For video-based positioning, a method of determining indoor location is used by matching mobile terminal photos with virtual landmark images, and for this purpose, it is necessary to build indoor spatial information about various landmarks such as billboards, vending machines, and ATM machines. In order to construct indoor spatial information on various landmarks, a panoramic image in the form of a road view and accurate 3D survey results were obtained through c 13 buildings of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI). When comparing the 3D total station final result and the terrestrial lidar panoramic image coordinates, the coordinates and distance performance were obtained within about 0.10m, confirming that accurate landmark construction for use in indoor positioning was possible. By utilizing these terrestrial lidar achievements to perform 3D landmark modeling necessary for image positioning, it was possible to more quickly model landmark information that could not be constructed only through 3D modeling using existing as-built drawings.

An Integrated Access Control for Sharing of E-Science Grid Resources (유휴 멀티 e-Science 그리드 자원 공유를 위한 통합 자원 접근 제어)

  • Jung, Im-Y.;Jung, Eun-Jin;Yeom, Heon-Y.
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.35 no.9_10
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    • pp.452-465
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    • 2008
  • This paper proposes a light-weight, seamless integrated access control for global e-Science resource sharing. E-Science, based on Grid Computing, was designed to help scientists to remotely control and process the Grid resources such as high-end equipments and remote machines. As many researchers engage in the e-Science Grids, the researchers in a grid often have to wait for or give up use of the Grid resources, even when there are idle resources in other Grids. In this case, provided that proper compensation is given, Grid resource sharing is helpful both for the researchers and the Grids which provide their resources. But, sharing Grid resources globally is not simple, as each e-Science Grid is especially designed for resource sharing in its Virtual Organization(VO) and already has its unique access control policy for its resources. This paper proposes a new integrated access control for e-Science Grid resource sharing. The access control is light-weight without any priori service level agreement(SLA)s among the Grids which share their resources and seamless because the users can use the resources shared as the ones belonging to their Grids without their additional registration to the other Grids.