New Januscape Linux flaw allows VM escape on Intel, AMD devices

A 16-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Januscape, allows attackers to escape a virtual machine and execute ...
SDxCentral

VMware Wraps AMD Hardware Encryption into vSphere

VMware announced support for AMD secure encrypted virtualization-encrypted state (SEV-ES) in the latest update to its vSphere virtualization platform. SEV-ES provides hardware layer encryption of ...
Dark Reading

CacheWarp' AMD VM Bug Opens the Door to Privilege Escalation

Researchers have developed an exploit for AMD CPUs that allows attackers to undermine memory protections, and thereby escalate privileges or perform remote code execution (RCE) in cloud environments.
CSOonline

VMScape Spectre BTI attack breaks VM isolation on AMD and Intel CPUs

The Spectre-like CPU branch target injection (BTI) breaks the guest-host layer in virtualized environments, introducing a new threat to data centers and the cloud. Researchers have demonstrated a ...
Network World

AMD, Red Hat Demo VM Migration Between AMD, Intel Servers

Even as virtualization management tools have improved steadily this year, enterprises remain stuck with an unpleasant reality about their ability to move virtual machines between physical servers. If ...