Cybersecurity: Case Study 5.18

What is the main vulnerability discussed in the article?

• VENOM

• Heartbleed

• Shellshock

• Spectre

Which hypervisor is affected by the VENOM vulnerability?

• QEMU

• VMWare

• Microsoft Hyper-V

• VirtualBox

What component of the QEMU hypervisor does the VENOM vulnerability affect?

• Floppy disk controller

• Network interface

• CPU scheduler

• Memory manager

What is the potential impact of the VENOM vulnerability according to Dmitri Alperovitch?

• Full system access

• Limited application access

• No impact

• Minor data leak

What is the recommended short-term action to mitigate the VENOM vulnerability?

• Patch and reboot systems

• Ignore the vulnerability

• Wait for a public announcement

• Switch to a different hypervisor