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Extremely serious virtual machine bug threatens cloud providers everywhere
From http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...rs-everywhere/
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It's news because it is suddenly very clear and unambiguous that a virtual machine can assume control of its host, and all that this entails. It's news because of our global civilization's reliance upon cloud computing.
VMs became ubiquitous during the 1990s for scaling server infrastructure, and in the 2000s VM dynamic management facilities enabled cloud computing services. Which all of us rely upon, whether we are aware of it or not. Do you use a bank? Do you shop at a store? Post a letter? Even people who don't have or use computers are dependent on cloud computing. All of us use services available in our societies, and those services may depend upon cloud computing, or rely upon service providers who depend upon such services. VMs have been part of computing since 1972, and operational factors have been a consideration ever since. But focus and attention have mainly been on resource management, performance, and operational stability, not on security. Last edited by jggimi; 14th May 2015 at 12:25 PM. Reason: typo, clarity |
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