RSS_Virtulization

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,…

More and more companies understand the benefits of cloud computing, which is making their migration to the cloud more rapid. Per IDG’s 2020 Cloud Computing Study, 81% of organizations said that they’ve migrated either one application or a portion of their infrastructure to the cloud. The reasons why a company would shift its services towards the cloud depend on its business priorities, of course. General reasons for migrating include 1) cost-savings, 2) reliability, 3) scalability,…

Move up in the profitable field of cybersecurity by improving your ethical hacking skills. Image: Teera Konakan/Moment/Getty Images Cybersecurity experience was recently cited as one of the top three most scarce skills in the U.S., U.K. and several European countries. You can sharpen your ethical hacking skills with The Complete Pentesting & Privilege Escalation Course–while training from home at your own pace. The 27 lectures in this bundle cover Kernel Exploit, Linux/Windows Privilege Escalation, CTF…