RSS_Virtulization

App security testing firm Veracode has launched its inaugural Veracode Hacker Games, an event which aims to encourage the growth of secure coding skills. Taking place over two weeks from March 15-25 2021, computer science and cybersecurity teams from eight leading universities in the UK and US will be tested on their secure coding skills in a collegiate contest. A number of individual prizes will be on offer and Veracode will donate $10,000 and $5000 for…

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of enabling two-factor authentication on the new fork of CentOS, AlmaLinux. Image: iStock/natasaadzic In light of the CentOS kerfuffle (check out: Clearing up the CentOS Stream confusion), you might have opted to migrate your Linux servers to the new fork, AlmaLinux. If that’s the case, you’ve either found the process to be incredibly automatic or a bit of a challenge. Once you have AlmaLinux up and running, one…

An Arizona county school superintendent has resigned following the discovery of pornographic material on his work-issued computer, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Coconino County announced the resignation of 67-year-old Tommy Lewis Jr. at the end of January 2021. At the time, the county said that Lewis was stepping down for personal reasons.  However, when questioned by the AP, a county spokesperson later confirmed that Lewis was under investigation for potential criminal activity. Lewis’ proclivity…

F5 releases patches for multiple vulnerabilities in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ, including a critical remote command execution flaw that does not require authentication and is likely to attract exploits in the near future. Background On March 10, F5 published a security advisory for several critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ, a family of hardware and software solutions for application delivery and centralized device management. Analysis CVE-2021-22986 is a remote command execution vulnerability in the BIG-IP and…

Image: Alice Lang, alicelang-creations@outlook.fr At Docker, we are incredibly proud of our vibrant, diverse and creative community. From time to time, we feature cool contributions from the community on our blog to highlight some of the great work our community does. The following is a guest post by Docker community member Gabriel de Marmiesse. Are you working on something awesome with Docker? Send your contributions to William Quiviger (@william) on the Docker Community Slack and…

Security analysts and an SEO expert explain how this new approach uses legitimate websites to trick users into downloading infected files. computer safety concept, trojan horse in electronic environment.computer safety concept, trojan horse in electronic environment. the-lightwriter, Getty Images/iStockphoto It was only a matter of time before cybercriminals turned their attention to one of the most common activities on the internet— a Google search. The latest trick is using long-tail search terms and legitimate websites…

The number of Americans affected by a cyber-attack on a cloud hosting and IT services provider has increased by 210,000. Netgain Technologies LLC, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, was forced to take some of its data centers offline after falling victim to a ransomware attack on November 23 last year. A few days after the attack, customers were emailed warnings that system outages or slowdowns may occur.  The company provides services to several organizations in the healthcare and accounting industries,…

Apple released out-of-band patches to address a remote code execution, tracked as CVE-2021-1844, that affect iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser. Apple has released out-of-band security patches to address a critical iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser to address a security flaw tracked as CVE-2021-1844. The vulnerability was discovered by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Alison Huffman of Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research. The flaw could be exploited by remote attackers…