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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Eli M. Dow, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Frank R. LeFevre, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jessie Yu, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method may include identifying a plurality of selected bits of usage data of a virtual machine. A desired message may be encoded, by a computer processor, as a steganographic message stored in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. Encoding the desired message may include manipulating one or more resources of the virtual machine to cause a change in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. The usage data may be provided to the hypervisor, and the steganographic message may be observable in the usage data.