Privilege Escalation Flaw Haunts VMware Tools

Virtualization technology software giant VMware on Tuesday released patches to fix an important-severity security flaw in the VMware Tools suite of utilities.
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Oak9 Lands $8 Million in New Venture Investment

Chicago-based Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) startup oak9 has attracted new interest from venture capitalists with Cisco Investments and Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund joining a new $8 million funding round.
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U.S. Offers $15 Million Bounty for Leaders of Conti Ransomware Gang

Eager to hunt down key leaders of the Conti ransomware gang, the United States Government is willing to pay up to $10 million for information leading to the identification and/or location of anyone holding a key leadership role in the group.
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