virtual machine
How to Secure a VM in a Cloud Computing Environment
Organizations worldwide store 60% of their data in the cloud. The popularity of cloud computing is undisputed in 2023 and is predicted to grow in future years. The main benefits of using ...
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 ...
Fiddling with Windows: Proxy tools for Win10
If you have been following along with us, you know how to set up a Windows 10 Virtual Machine (VM) for web app pentesting. But now we have run into another problem ...
In Case of Fire: Break Windows
When a client calls us to pentest a web application that is only available in Internet Explorer. I cringe. I don’t know if it’s flashbacks from the countless hours spent getting a ...
VirtualBox zero-day flaw released on Github; working exploit available but no patch
An independent researcher has turned a bit rogue, disclosing a zero-day vulnerability in the popular VirtualBox virtualization software while expressing deep disagreement with the state of security research, and bug bounty standards ...
Webhost hacked VM vulnerability blamed
According to the Register, a hacker attacked a Webhosting company’s virtual server infrastructure on Sunday and erased up to 100,000 sites. Vaserv.com was hit by a calculated attack on its virtualization application ...
