RSS_Virtulization

The White House has sent an open letter to companies in the United States entreating them to urgently act against the threat of ransomware. Corporate executives and business leaders received a memo on Thursday morning from Anne Neuberger, the National Security Council’s top cyber official. In the missive, Neuberger underscored the sweeping danger of ransomware to the private sector. “All organizations must recognize that no company is safe from being targeted by ransomware, regardless of size…

Targeting Windows and Linux systems, the Necro Python bot changes its code to evade traditional security detection, says Cisco Talos. Image: Cisco Talos Cybercriminals often use automated bots to deploy malware infections, take control of remote computers and carry out other cyberattacks. Though a bot sounds like it might be limited in intelligence and flexibility, a sophisticated bot can do a lot of damage on behalf of the attacker. A report published Thursday by threat…

Cybercriminals are running an online competition offering big prizes to anyone who believes they have found an unusual way to help crooks steal cryptocurrency. As security researchers at Intel471 describe, an underground cybercrime forum popular with cybercriminals has issued a call for papers that will describe “unorthodox ways to steal private keys and wallets, unusual cryptocurrency mining software, smart contracts, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and more.” It sounds very similar to the type of call-for-papers made…

Fujifilm is investigating a potential ransomware attack that resulted in the company closing down part of its network. The company is investigating “possible unauthorized access” to its server, it said in a statement.  The company first noticed the “possibility” of a ransomware attack on June 1 and took swift action to discontinue all compromised systems.  “We are currently working to determine the extent and the scale of the issue,” it said on its website, and that it “apologises…

If wget is your go-to download command on your Linux servers, and your machines are behind a proxy, Jack Wallen has the solution to get this setup working properly. Image: iStock/iBrave The wget command is one of the best ways to transfer files from a remote server to a local machine without a GUI. I use this tool constantly on Linux servers and it never fails to pull down the files I need. Unless I’m…

You can migrate existing business applications from on-premises VMware vSphere data centers to VMware Cloud on AWS without re-architecting for high availability because the infrastructure is resilient by design.   By leveraging proven availability technologies and taking advantage of redundancy offered by highly available AWS infrastructure, architects can focus valuable resources on business applications instead of managing the underlying elements.  The VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC stack is ready for your critical applications and maximizes your uptime by preventing or reducing outages from…

Dive Brief: CISOs have become an integral part of the transition to hybrid work environments, as companies look to securely connect remote workers to sensitive corporate data while maintaining maximum productivity, according to a virtual panel of multinational CISO’s hosted by Proofpoint last week. The evolving threat of a criminal ransomware attack is a major concern, according to CISOs speaking on the panel. Two-thirds (64%) of CISOs fear their companies are at risk of a major…

FireEye has agreed to sell its FireEye Products business and brand name to a private equity firm in a deal that will see the Mandiant business it bought several years ago become a standalone company again. The $1.2 billion all-cash sale to a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group (STG) is expected to close by the end of Q4 2021. It will see STG acquire FireEye’s network, email, endpoint and cloud security products — alongside its related security…

  The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) Security Summit of India, an online event took place this week with more than 1,000 payment security practitioners from India discussing the latest in payment security and standards. Here we talk with Nitin Bhatnagar, Associate Director, India, PCI SSC, Rajesh Hariharan, Director, Information Security, Global Payments; Viswanath Krishnamurthy, Chief Risk Officer, National Payments Corporation of India and Swati Sharma, FSI Compliance Specialist, Amazon Internet Service Provider Limited…

Nearly 80,000 participants registered for DockerCon Live 2021! There were fantastic keynotes, compelling sessions, thousands of interactions and everything in-between that a developer and development teams need to help solve their day-to-day application development challenges. In all that excitement, you might have missed the new innovations that Docker announced to make it easier for developers to build, share and run your applications from code to cloud. These enhancements are a result of Docker’s continued investment…