1. Side Channel Attack for Keystroke Logging Open Access Author: Tannous, Albert Title: Side Channel Attack for Keystroke Logging Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: without root accessunprivilegeduser levelxlookupstringlinuxkeyloggerkeyloggingpassword crackingpassword guessingtiming attacktimingside channel attackside channelkeyboard mappingkeycodekeysymkeystrokebrute force File: Download Albert_Tannous_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Providing Verifiable Integrity on Mobile Platforms Open Access Author: Sawani, Anuj Title: Providing Verifiable Integrity on Mobile Platforms Graduate Program: Electrical Engineering Keywords: openmokoattacksmobile phoneintegritysecurityselinux File: Download anuj-dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Port Authority: Integrity Verification Through Connection Management Open Access Author: Shal, Christopher George Title: Port Authority: Integrity Verification Through Connection Management Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: networkingnetwork managementintegrity measurementintegrity verificationconnection management File: Download shal-ms.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPatrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. TEMPORAL IDENTIFICATION OF USAGE PATTERNS AND OUTLIERS IN WEB SEARCHING USING TENSOR ANALYSIS Open Access Author: Gopalakrishna, Chandrika Title: TEMPORAL IDENTIFICATION OF USAGE PATTERNS AND OUTLIERS IN WEB SEARCHING USING TENSOR ANALYSIS Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: Transaction logSearch EngineTensor File: Download Chandrika.pdf Committee Members: Bernard James Jansen, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorC Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. Vulnerabilities in Advanced Metering Infrastructure Open Access Author: Podkuiko, Dmitry Title: Vulnerabilities in Advanced Metering Infrastructure Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: computer securitysmart gridsmart meteradvanced metering infrastructureattack treepenetration testingreverse engineer File: Download dmitry_rev6.pdf Committee Members: Dr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. ASYNCHRONOUS ATTESTATION SCHEME FOR PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF LONG-TERM DIGITAL ARCHIVES Open Access Author: Mani, Dhivakar Title: ASYNCHRONOUS ATTESTATION SCHEME FOR PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF LONG-TERM DIGITAL ARCHIVES Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: Asynchronous AttestationIntegrityTPM File: Download dxm395_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPatrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
7. Runtime Monitoring Tool for Monitoring Attack Surfaces in Programs using SELinux Open Access Author: Jakka, Guruprasad Title: Runtime Monitoring Tool for Monitoring Attack Surfaces in Programs using SELinux Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: securityintegrityattack surfaceprogramselinuxpolicy File: Download jakka-ms.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
8. Efficient and Scalable Verification of Distributed System Integrity using SHIMA Open Access Author: Schiffman, Joshua Serratelli Title: Efficient and Scalable Verification of Distributed System Integrity using SHIMA Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: trusted computingdistributed systemsintegrity measurement File: Download jschiffm-ms.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
9. SHAMON - ESTABLISHING TRUST IN DISTRIBUTED VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS Open Access Author: St.Clair, Luke Title: SHAMON - ESTABLISHING TRUST IN DISTRIBUTED VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: trusted virtualizationvirtualizationtrusted computingformal validation File: Download stclair-ms.pdf Committee Members: Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
10. Security Enforcement in Mobile Telephony Server Open Access Author: Hassan, Mohamed N Title: Security Enforcement in Mobile Telephony Server Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: securityselinuxsmartphones securityreference monitormobile telephony serverattention commandsopenmokoLSM File: Download MohamedHassan-thesis.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
11. Applying Netlabel to Network Access Control in a Virtualized Environment Open Access Author: Kamath, Radhesh Muralidhara Title: Applying Netlabel to Network Access Control in a Virtualized Environment Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: network securityvirtualizationsecuritysystem security File: Download radhesh_kamath_ms_thesis.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
12. DYNAMIC MANDATORY ACCESS CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS Open Access Author: Rao, Vikhyath Title: DYNAMIC MANDATORY ACCESS CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: mobile phonessecurityaccess controlmultiple stakeholders File: Download Vikhyath_Rao.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPatrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
13. BUILDING A FRAMEWORK FOR INFORMATION FLOW AWARE WEB APPLICATIONS Open Access Author: Sreenivasan, Yogesh Raju Title: BUILDING A FRAMEWORK FOR INFORMATION FLOW AWARE WEB APPLICATIONS Graduate Program: Computer Science Keywords: securityvirtual machinesweb applicationsMACSELinux File: Download thesis.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
14. Pyrena: Closing the semantic gap for access control in web-based content management systems Open Access Author: Bergstein, Adam Title: Pyrena: Closing the semantic gap for access control in web-based content management systems Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: content management systemsaccess controlsecurity File: Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDr Patrick Mc Daniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
15. Pitfalls in the Automated Strengthening of Passwords Open Access Author: Schmidt, David Eric Title: Pitfalls in the Automated Strengthening of Passwords Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: Password checkingPassword creation policiesInformation securityStrong authentication File: Download Pitfalls_Automated_Strengthening_Passwords.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPatrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLee David Coraor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
16. Application Transiency: Towards a Fair Trade of Personal Information for Application Services Open Access Author: Alvarez, Raquel Title: Application Transiency: Towards a Fair Trade of Personal Information for Application Services Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: androidprivacyaccess control File: Download final_thesis_submission.pdf Committee Members: Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
17. Global Permission Derivation Chain: Granting and Revoking Permissions Using a Distributed Ledger Open Access Author: Steward, Michael Title: Global Permission Derivation Chain: Granting and Revoking Permissions Using a Distributed Ledger Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: BlockchainPKIPublic Key InfrastructureBitcoinAccess ControlMerkle TreesBloom FiltersDILHyperledgerHyperledger FabricDistributed ApplicationsMQTTActiveMQDistributed LedgerDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTDisconnected Intermittent Low-Bandwidth File: Download Steward_MS_Thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorChitaranjan Das, Program Head/ChairGang Tan, Committee Member
18. DataGuard: Guarded Pages for Augmenting Stack Object Protections Open Access Author: Huang, Kaiming Title: DataGuard: Guarded Pages for Augmenting Stack Object Protections Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: Stack ProtectionGuard Page File: Download Master_Thesis_KaimingHuang.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTrent Ray Jaeger, Committee MemberGang Tan, Committee MemberChitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
19. State Endorsement in the Smart Home IoTivity Framework Open Access Author: Jagtap, Kirti Title: State Endorsement in the Smart Home IoTivity Framework Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: IoTivitySmart Home File: Download State_Endorsement_on_Smart_Home_IoTivity_Framework.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMahanth Gowda, Committee MemberChitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
20. Building an Event Driven Attack Graph Framework Open Access Author: George, Rahul Title: Building an Event Driven Attack Graph Framework Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering (MS) Keywords: Intrusion DetectionAttack GraphsProgram AnalysisComputer Security File: Download MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/ChairTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorThomas F La Porta, Committee Member
21. Address Space Coloring Open Access Author: Pasculano, Ryan Title: Address Space Coloring Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering (MS) Keywords: spatial memory safetybuffer overflowstack protection File: Download MS_Thesis_Ryan_Pasculano.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJohn Morgan Sampson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorChitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
22. Analysis of Influential Objects In Smart Home Platforms Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Reinoso, David Title: Analysis of Influential Objects In Smart Home Platforms Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering (MS) Keywords: IoTSmart HomeSecurityFlow GraphProperty Analysis File: Login to Download Committee Members: Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/ChairTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSyed Rafiul Hussain, Committee MemberSyed Rafiul Hussain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
23. A Tamper Analysis and Endorsement Approach for Linux Security Modules Open Access Author: Capobianco, Frank Title: A Tamper Analysis and Endorsement Approach for Linux Security Modules Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering (MS) Keywords: Linux Security ModulesReference MonitorTamper AnalysisOperating System Security File: Download capobianco_thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDanfeng Zhang, Committee MemberChitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
24. The Impact of the Organizational Structure of Android Third Party Libraries Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Beyda, Sophia Title: The Impact of the Organizational Structure of Android Third Party Libraries Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering (MS) Keywords: Smartphone Privacy File: Login to Download Committee Members: Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/ChairTrent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSyed Rafiul Hussain, Committee Member