Research Areas

• Cloud Computing and Virtualization Security

• Trusted Computing

• Return-Oriented Programing (ROP) Attack and Defense

You can check my Research Statement.

Education

• 08/2008~Now, Singapore Management University, Ph.D. Advisors: Professor Robert H. Deng and Associate Professor Xuhua Ding
  Research Topic: Virtualization-Based System Hardening Against Untrusted Kernels, ROP Defense

• 09/2003~06/2007, Zhejiang University, Bachelor of Computer Science

You can check my CV.

Publications

Journal

1. DriverGuard: Virtualization Based Fine-Grained Protection On I/O Flows
   Yueqiang Cheng, Xuhua Ding, Robert H. Deng
   ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC)

Conference and Workshop Publications:

1. ROPecker: A Generic and Practical Approach For Defending Against ROP Attack
   Yueqiang Cheng, Zongwei Zhou, Miao Yu, Xuhua Ding, Robert H. Deng
   In 2014, Proceedings of the 21th Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) , San Diego (USA) [PDF]

2. AppShield: Protecting Applications against Untrusted Operating System
   Yueqiang Cheng, Xuhua Ding, Robert H. Deng
   In 2013, Technique Report, Nov, 2013 [PDF]

3. Guardian: Hypervisor as Security Foothold for Personal Computers
   Yueqiang Cheng, Xuhua Ding
   In 2013, 6^th International Conference On Trust & Trustworthy Computing (TRUST'13), London, England, 17-19 June, 2013 [PDF]

4. Virtualization Based Password Protection Against Malware In Untrusted Operating Systems
   Yueqiang Cheng, Xuhua Ding
   In 2012, 5^th International Conference On Trust & Trustworthy Computing (TRUST'12), Vienna, Austria, 13-15 June, 2012 [PDF]

5. DriverGuard: A Fine-Grained Protection On I/O Flows
   Yueqiang Cheng, Xuhua Ding, Robert Deng
   In 2011, 16^th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), Leuven, Belgium, Sep 12-14, 2011 [PDF]

6. Remote Attestation on Function Execution
   Liang Gu, Yueqiang Cheng, Xuhua Ding, Robert H. Deng, Yao Guo, Weizhong Shao
   In the International Conference on Trusted Systems (INTRUST), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6163, Beijing, China, December 17-19th, 2009.

7. An Information-Sharing Based Anti-Phishing System
   Yueqiang Cheng, Zhen Yuan, Lei Ma, Robert H. Deng
   In the 1^st International Symposium on Data, Privacy and E-Commerce (ISDPE 2007)

Service

• Reviewer and External Reviewer:

  • International Conference on Trusted Systems (INTRUST), 2011

  • International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS), 2012

  • 7th ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS), 2012

  • International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA), 2012

• Other Service:

  • Cloud Computing Group in Singapore

Presentations and Talks

• Virtualization Based Data Protection Against Untrusted OSes, Seminar Talk, In 2013, National University of Singapore

• Guardian: Hypervisor as Security Foothold for Personal Computers, Conference Presentation, In 2013, 6^th International Conference On Trust & Trustworthy Computing (TRUST'12), London, England, 17-19 June, 2013

• Virtualization Based Password Protection Against Malware In Untrusted Operating Systems, Conference Presentation, In 2012, 5^th International Conference On Trust & Trustworthy Computing (TRUST'12), Vienna, Austria, 13-15 June, 2012

• DriverGuard: A Fine-Grained Protection On I/O Flows, Conference Presentation, In 2011, 16^th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), Leuven, Belgium, Sep, 13, 2011