Two attacks disclosed against AMD’s SEV virtual machine protection system

From therecord.media

Chipmaker AMD has issued guidance this week for two attacks against its SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) technology that protects virtual machines from rogue operating systems.

The two attacks, documented in two academic papers, can allow a threat actor to inject malicious code inside SEV-encrypted virtual machines, giving them full control over the VM’s operating system.

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