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  • Virtualization security today is focused on hyperjacking and the added complexity virtualization has injected into our traditional security model.

    Law.com - Newswire 2008

  • The fact that hyperjacking could occur and compromise every virtualized machine running on the host server seems to be theoretical today, but is a strong possibility for tomorrow.

    Law.com - Newswire 2008

  • And for almost as long, security researchers have warned about the potential dark side of that technology: theoretical “hyperjacking” and “Blue Pill” attacks, where hackers hijack virtualization to spy on and manipulate virtual machines, with potentially no way for a targeted computer to detect the intrusion.

    Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying Condé Nast 2022

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