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I 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 ago
  I 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 ago
    You're assuming targeted hacking. I'm not - lots of people hunt for machines to add to their botnets.
    • jacquesm 9y ago
      Yes, 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 ago
    Right, 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.