A Practical Guide to Virtualizing Your Forensics Workstation

Setting Up a Microsoft Azure Instance for Running Magnet AXIOM Cyber

Your company has a Microsoft Azure environment, and your forensics lab uses Magnet AXIOM Cyber. The next step is to combine the two by running AXIOM Cyber in Azure! … Read m… Continue reading A Practical Guide to Virtualizing Your Forensics Workstation

Google announces EPYC-based Tau virtual machines for Cloud

Google this morning announced the launch of Tau, a new family of virtual machines built on AMD’s third-gen EPYC processor. According to the company, the new x86-compatible system offers a 42% price-performance boost over standard VMs. Google notably first started utilizing AMD EPYC processors for Cloud back in 2017, while Amazon Cloud’s offerings date back […] Continue reading Google announces EPYC-based Tau virtual machines for Cloud

Maze Gang Distributed Ransomware Payload Inside VM

The gang responsible for the Maze ransomware family conducted an attack in which they distributed their malware payload inside of a virtual machine (VM). Sophos’ Managed Threat Response (MTR) observed the technique in action while investigating an atta… Continue reading Maze Gang Distributed Ransomware Payload Inside VM