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TL;DR - Host on a VM, get hacked sooner or later.
by benevol 9y ago
TL;DR - Host on a VM, get hacked sooner or later.
- amelius 9y agoThat's not what the article says. The article says that with a specific attack, one can change memory bits in running applications to which one should not have access. This application could be a VM, or any other type of application.
- Confiks 9y agoI think the point of GP is rather that VPS shared hosting is ubiquitous, i.e. "host on a shared machine, get hacked sooner or later".
- jacquesm 9y agoI don't think that is a valid conclusion. This is a pretty sophisticated attack requiring a lot of stuff to fall into place (such as being provisioned on the same machine as the target), and even though it is technically quite impressive I doubt it is a frequent enough occurrence that you could conclude that if you host on a shared machine you're going to get hacked sooner or later. The chances of being hacked through some simpler and more direct vector are a lot larger.
- benevol 9y agoYou're assuming targeted hacking. I'm not - lots of people hunt for machines to add to their botnets.
- jacquesm 9y agoYes, and even in that case the best approach would be to pluck the low hanging fruit, of which there is plenty. Even botnet operators are aiming for the best ROI they can get.
- mirimir 9y agoRight, it's probably TLAs that will use this most heavily. But they typically have so many targets that this will be fully automated. Gotta get that network access, bro.
- dang 9y agoPlease don't do this here? If you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; if you don't, please don't comment until you do.