Hypervisor-based Kernel Protection
MemoryRanger
MemoryRanger uses Intel VT-x and EPT to give Windows kernel drivers separate memory-access rules. The goal is to prevent a compromised driver from reading or modifying protected kernel code and data.
Operating System Security Researcher
Windows Internals | Kernel Security | Hypervisor-based Protection | Rootkit Detection
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I am an operating-system security researcher with a PhD in Information Security. I work on Windows internals, kernel memory protection, hypervisors, and memory forensics. I build prototypes, run experiments, and study how attacks and defenses behave inside the operating system.
I graduated from National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and worked on security research at Huawei Technologies and Binarly. I have spoken at Black Hat, HITB, and LABScon and supervise student research at MEPhI.
Explore my research projects, publications, and conference talks.
Я кандидат технических наук, исследователь безопасности операционных систем. Мои основные направления — внутренние механизмы Windows, защита ядра, гипервизорная изоляция и анализ оперативной памяти. Разрабатываю и экспериментально исследую механизмы защиты на уровне операционной системы.
Выпускник НИЯУ МИФИ. Работал над исследовательскими проектами по кибербезопасности в Huawei Technologies и Binarly. Выступал на Black Hat, HITB и LABScon, руковожу научными работами студентов МИФИ.
Подробнее: исследовательские проекты, публикации и доклады.
Four areas of my published work are shown below, with links to the papers, code, and conference talks behind them.
Hypervisor-based Kernel Protection
MemoryRanger uses Intel VT-x and EPT to give Windows kernel drivers separate memory-access rules. The goal is to prevent a compromised driver from reading or modifying protected kernel code and data.
Windows Kernel Security
Memory analysis can uncover processes, drivers, and other objects that rootkits hide from standard Windows APIs. In later work, we used CUDA-enabled GPUs to speed up statistical memory-dump analysis. Preliminary tests showed approximately a 3× speedup.
Virtualization Security & Rootkit Detection
How do you detect a hypervisor that tries to hide its timing overhead? My PhD research used statistical instruction-timing analysis to tackle timing manipulation, noisy measurements, and nested hypervisors. The methods were tested on Intel and AMD processors.
Endpoint Telemetry & Evasion
At Black Hat Europe 2021 and Black Hat USA 2022, we demonstrated how attacks on Windows ETW and WMI can blind or bypass the telemetry used by EDR and SIEM products. Both talks show what defenders can miss when those monitoring mechanisms are attacked.
Black Hat Europe 2021 slides · Black Hat USA 2022 · ETW talk video
Selected scholarly works on operating-system security, hypervisor-based protection, kernel memory isolation, and malware detection. For the complete bibliography, see the bibliography below.
Additional arXiv preprints (not numbered)
Selected patent records related to data protection and operating-system security.
US12475250B2 · US20230289465A1 — additional records in the same patent family.
Earlier conferences, publications, and milestones: publication bibliography.
Recent talks on Windows Desktop security, followed by earlier work on kernel protection, telemetry attacks, and Windows internals. Slides and recordings are linked where available.
OFFZONE 2026 · Main Track · Moscow, August 21, 2026
I looked at Windows Desktop access controls, keylogging risks, and ways to isolate interactive sessions.
Pass the SALT 2026 · Lille, France · July 2, 2026
Demonstration of keylogging attacks against isolated Windows desktops and DesktopRanger access-control hardening.
Recorded talk · Research archive · DesktopRanger source code
HITBSecConf Phuket, 2023
Black Hat USA, 2022
HITB Lockdown 002, 2020
IEEE S&P Workshops / Texas Cyber Summit, 2021
| Year | Conferences and venues |
|---|---|
| 2025 | MEPhI CIB / КИБ Moscow (Russia). |
| 2023 | HITBSecConf Phuket (Thailand). |
| 2022 | Black Hat USA (USA), LABScon (USA), Ekoparty (Argentina), ADFSL (USA), ROOTCON (Philippines). |
| 2021 | Black Hat Europe (UK), IEEE S&P Workshops / SADFE (USA), Texas Cyber Summit (USA). |
| 2020 | HITB Lockdown 002 (Singapore / online), Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (USA). |
| 2018-2019 | Black Hat Europe (UK), ADFSL (USA), Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (USA). |
| 2016-2017 | REcon Montreal (Canada), ADFSL (USA). |
| 2014-2015 | ADFSL (USA), Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (USA). |
| 2012 | Methods and Technical Means of Information Security / MTSOBI, Saint Petersburg (Russia). |
| 2011 | Infoforum (Russia), Youth and Science / MEPhI (Russia), MTSOBI, Saint Petersburg (Russia), Telecommunications and New Information Technologies in Education / MEPhI (Russia), RusCrypto (Russia), ISP RAS seminar (Russia), Bauman MSTU seminar (Russia). |
| 2010 | Infoforum (Russia), MTSOBI, Saint Petersburg (Russia), Youth and Science / MEPhI (Russia). |
| 2009 | Infoforum / Problems of Information Security in Higher Education (Russia). |
I supervise diploma and student research projects in information security at National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. Research topics have included Windows memory forensics, malware detection, ETW-based monitoring, ALPC security, and operating-system protection mechanisms.
Additional academic activity includes participation in the MEPhI State Examination Board. See the student research page and academic service record.
I have reviewed research manuscripts in cybersecurity and computer security, including for the following journals: