Application information tampering monitoring apparatus and method

A tampering monitoring apparatus (10, 11) for monitoring whether or not application information is tampered, the tampering monitoring apparatus comprising:

• a first storage section (117) for storing a tampering verification program for verifying whether or not the application information is tampered;
• a second storage section (130) to which, in response to an instruction for executing a processing, the tampering verification program stored in the first storage section (117) is loaded;
• at least one program tampering verification section (200) for verifying whether or not the tampering verification program, loaded to the second storage section (130), is tampered;
• an application information tampering verification section (111, 112, 113, 114, 116) for verifying, in accordance with a verification result, from the at least one program tampering verification section (200), indicating that the tampering verification program is not tampered, whether or not the application information is tampered, by using the tampering verification program, and
• wherein the at least one program tampering verification section (200) runs on a first operating system, and the application information tampering verification section (111, 112, 113, 114, 116) runs on a second operating system which is different from the first operating system.