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Most of us are familiar with virtual machines (VMs) as a way to test out various operating systems, reliably deploy servers and other software, or protect against potentially malicious software. …read more Continue reading Tiny RISC Virtual Machine is Built for Speed
Computer memory is a problem that has been solved for many years. But early on, it was more than just a small problem. We’ve many of the different kinds at …read more Continue reading Hard(er) Drives: Impractical, Slow, Amazing, and Incredible
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 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
Out of the box, the Yamaha YAS-207 soundbar can be remotely controlled over Bluetooth, but only when using a dedicated application on iOS or Android. Users who want to command …read more Continue reading Soundbar Bested by Virtual Android Bluetooth Sniffer
Maze continues to adopt tactics from rival cybercrime gangs. Continue reading Maze Ransomware Adopts Ragnar Locker Virtual-Machine Approach
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
At its virtual Cloud Next ’20 event, Google Cloud today announced Confidential VMs, a new type of virtual machine that makes use of the company’s work around confidential computing to ensure that data isn’t just encrypted at rest but also while it is in memory. “We already employ a variety of isolation and sandboxing techniques […] Continue reading Google Cloud launches Confidential VMs
Google, in collaboration with a number of academic leaders and its consulting partner SADA Systems, today announced the launch of the Open Usage Commons, a new organization that aims to help open-source projects manage their trademarks. To be fair, at first glance, open-source trademarks may not sound like it would be a major problem (or […] Continue reading Google launches the Open Usage Commons, a new organization for managing open-source trademarks
Under different circumstances, GitHub would be hosting its Satellite conference in Paris this week. Like so many other events, GitHub decided to switch Satellite to a virtual event, but that isn’t stopping the Microsoft-owned company from announcing quite a bit of news this week. The highlight of GitHub’s announcement is surely the launch of GitHub […] Continue reading GitHub gets a built-in IDE with Codespaces, discussion forums and more