Confidential VMs Hacked via New Ahoi Attacks
April 8, 2024 at 09:54AM Researchers from ETH Zurich have unveiled new attack techniques called Ahoi attacks, targeting hardware-based trusted execution environments in cloud platforms using AMD’s SEV-SNP and Intel’s TDX technologies. The attacks allow malicious hypervisors to compromise confidential virtual machines and gain root access. The researchers have notified relevant companies, and relevant patches … Read more