RSS_Virtulization

This fall, many students are headed back-to-school full time. However, just as workplaces now accommodate for remote work, schools are accommodating hybrid learning environments. While this may signal the end of things like snow days, it’s also created a new, more flexible style of learning that relies on computers, online connectivity, and apps to connect students with teachers and learning resources. It’s also a trend that’s not without risk, as evidenced by the more than…

VMware and Accenture recently expanded our partnership with the launch of a dedicated new business group, Accenture VMware Business Group, to help organizations adopt a cloud-first strategy—accelerating migration to the cloud, building modern apps more rapidly, and using the cloud as a foundation for innovation and new business models, ultimately realizing greater value. I recently sat down with Philippe Chauffard, Senior Managing Director for the Accenture Infrastructure Engineering Business to discuss the Accenture VMware Business…

Nine critical vulnerabilities in a popular hospital pneumatic tube software could give attackers control of infrastructure and allow them to launch additional attacks that cripple healthcare operations. Image: ZDNet The software used to control pneumatic tubes in over 3,000 hospitals around the world has nine critical vulnerabilities that could halt hospital operations if exploited by a savvy attacker.  Discovered by researchers at security platform provider Armis and dubbed PwnedPiper, the vulnerabilities are in the Nexus…

As companies make digital transformation both an immediate priority and an ongoing process for the future, I see a worrying trend in many organizations. While organizations commit resources and priorities to delivering the best digital experience to both internal and external customers through their production infrastructures, they may not extend the same attention and support to the development teams and rapid development processes. The result is lost developer hours and lost dollars as their time…

Tripwire’s July 2021 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities from VMware, Adobe, Oracle, and Microsoft. First on the patch priority list this month are patches for Microsoft Print Spooler (CVE-2021-34527, CVE-2021-1675) and vSphere Client (CVE-2021-21985). Exploits for these vulnerabilities have been recently added to the Metasploit Exploit Framework. These systems should be patched as soon as possible. Up next are patches for Adobe Reader and Acrobat that resolve 19 issues including memory leak,…