Glossary: Physical and Wireless Vectors, and Vulnerabilities

Hypervisor

Also written: Type 1 hypervisor, Type 2 hypervisor

The program that creates and runs VMs. Type 1 runs directly on the hardware, and Type 2 runs as an app on a normal operating system. Whoever controls it controls every VM.

Where the book teaches it

Chapter 4: Virtualization, zero-days, cryptography and credentials

Related terms

VM (virtual machine)VM escape Management console