Assignment: Blue Pill
Blue Pill is a malware that exploits virtualization in Microsoft Vista in order to gain access to a computer. Using the Argosy University Online Library or the Internet, create a report of 2- to 3-pages in a Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to the following questions:
• Explain how a Blue Pill functions.
• What are the weaknesses that this malware exploits and how?
• What are the possible uses that this malware may have in collecting information from people?
• Analyze whether this malware has something to monitor the employees.
• Examine whether there are similar products that work on other OSs, or is Vista the only one prone to virtualization type exploits? Why or why not?