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An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: VMware has announced that its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisors are now free to everyone for commercial, educational, and personal use. In May, the company also made VMwa… Continue reading VMware Makes Workstation and Fusion Free For Everyone
Goal:
I’m seeking feedback on the most secure setup for creating and accessing an encrypted database (KDBX4 format) that minimizes exposure to potential remote attacks. This database will contain highly sensitive information, and my primar… Continue reading Best Practice for Creating and Accessing an Encrypted Database with a Strong Threat Model
Unknown attackers are trying to trick Windows users into spinning up a custom Linux virtual machine (VM) with a pre-configured backdoor, Securonix researchers have discovered. The campaign The attack began with a phishing email, they believe, but they … Continue reading Beware of phishing emails delivering backdoored Linux VMs!
In cloud environments, unauthorized or malicious resource over-utilization—such as cryptomining or bot-driven compute exhaustion—poses a security challenge by impacting both costs and service availability.
I’m particularly interested in un… Continue reading How do cloud providers use AI-driven security solutions to mitigate resource over-utilization threats? [closed]
I would like to use a dedicated machine to perform administrative tasks in my company network, which are:
Using RSAT to administer the Active Directory domain
Using SSH to connect some Linux servers
Using Winbox to configure the Mikrotik … Continue reading Virtual machine as Secure Admin Workstation?
Broadcom has released new patches for previously fixed vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38812, CVE-2024-38813) in vCenter Server, one of which hasn’t been fully addressed the first time and could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution. The vul… Continue reading VMware fixes critical vCenter Server RCE bug – again! (CVE-2024-38812)
In this article we solve the most difficult SAS CTF challenge based on the APT technique to introduce and persist a kernel shellcode on Windows 7. Continue reading SAS CTF and the many ways to persist a kernel shellcode on Windows 7
I’m thinking in an analogy of the Postal Service. If you mail a package of drugs with an encrypted return address, it does not seem secure to send it through the US mail in another envelope with a plaintext return address.
Broadcom has released fixes for two vulnerabilities affecting VMware vCenter Server that can be triggered by sending a specially crafted network packet, and could lead to remote code execution (CVE-2024-38812) or privilege escalation (CVE-2024-38813). … Continue reading Critical VMware vCenter Server bugs fixed (CVE-2024-38812)
VirtualBox is a full virtualizer for x86 hardware designed for servers, desktops, and embedded systems. VirtualBox 7.1 introduces an enhanced user interface, cloud VM management, ARM support, Wayland compatibility, and more. New features in VirtualBox … Continue reading VirtualBox 7.1: This is a major update, here’s what’s new