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Using Memory Errors to Attack a Virtual Machine

Posted by michael on from the no-one-is-safe dept.

gillus writes "A very cool scientific paper from Appel and Govindavajhala that explains how virtual machines like java or .Net can be exploited. How? Quite simple, bomb your DRAM chip with X-rays... or more simply with 50-watt spotlight, as the authors demonstrate. Definitively worth a read!"

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  1. Why you should care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It requires physical access. Ho hum. Quick, apply derision, maximum force!

    Well, Palladium and "Trusted Computing" control boxes that you have physical access to.

    That sound is the light bulb clicking on over your head.

    Fucking insecure closeminded slashdot wannabees...