On this edition of the Gestalt Server News:
– AMD makes a play for the data center with Naples
– AppliedMicron and X-Gene 3 hope to compete with x86
– Microsoft Edge let’s the cat out of the virtual machine bag
Plus: The MacBook Pro dongles you shouldn’t buy!
Pwn2Own
Microsoft Edge and the Great Virtual Machine Escape
Microsoft’s Edge browser was supposed to alleviate a lot of the security concerns, with even more advanced sandboxing and process isolation than even Chrome. But in this years Pwn2Own competition, the Qihoo 360 security team found a pretty nasty vulnerability. Using a heap overflow bug, a JavaScript engine exploit, and a VMware flaw, they were able to not just execute code on the virtualized guest OS, but were actually able to access the host machine. That’s impressive.