#Meltdown and #spectre are probably not the last of their kind, which reminds me of a forthcoming @DrKevinFu article on need to include hardware exploits in security (referred to in tweet below).https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/940979699588706304 …
This is a new class of attack... Can break many assumed barriers in security.
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If you mean to ask whether Virtualization provides protection against these attacks out of the box, the answer is no. Many Cloud providers are patching the kernels of their machines (or will have to) as we speak, causing disruptions in service.
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Thanks. Figured that had to be the case. Hard for me to imagine why not. Which just goes to show how little I understand about the topic!
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