Venom – which sounds more like a bad Marvel villain than anything technical*– is a new vulnerability that’s been found in virtualisation tech. Some are calling it one of the biggest vulnerabilities found this year, so if you’re wondering what the heck it is, whether it affects you and what the devil it has to do with snakes, read on! What is it? Venom (Virtualized Environment Neglected Operations Manipulation) is a vulnerability in QEMU’s virtual Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) - yes, those little plastic squares still exist, they’re just stored on virtual machines rather than your living room floor now!.…
