Category Archives: Virtualization

Windows Server 2019: Container feature cannot be installed (0x800F0831, 0x80073701)

Posted on 2022-12-23 by guenni

[German]Around the out-of-band update for the Hyper-V issue with Windows Server 2019/2022, a blog reader contacted me. He is experiencing an issue where the Container feature cannot be installed as a role on Windows Server 2019. The installation attempt aborts … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2019/2022: Out-of-Band Updates fixes Hyper-V Issue (Dec. 20, 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-21 by guenni

[German]The security updates rolled out by Microsoft on the December 2022 patchday lead to problems with Hyper-V in certain constellations. New VMs can no longer be created, existing VMs have problems with Ethernet connections, etc. Microsoft has now released a … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2019/2022: December 2022 security updates cause Hyper-V issues

Posted on 2022-12-15 by guenni

[German]The security updates rolled out by Microsoft on the December 2022 patchday lead to problems with Hyper-V in certain constellations. New VMs can no longer be created, existing VM have problems with Ethernet connections, etc. Microsoft has admitted to these … Continue reading →

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VMware vulnerability CVE-2022-22954 threatened by ransomware, end of support for ESXi 6.5 & 6.7

Posted on 2022-10-23 by guenni

[German]Various VMware products contain the critical vulnerability CVE-2022-22954 , for which a security update was provided back in April 2022. I had addressed the vulnerability in the blog post Warning: critical vulnerabilities in VMware products (April 6, 2022).

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VirtualBox 7.0.2 released

Posted on 2022-10-22 by guenni

[German]Oracle's developers had just released VirtualBox version 7.0.0 (VirtualBox 7.0.0 with Secure Boot and virtual TPM support), and now they have already pushed an update to version 7.0.2. This version is a maintenance update for bug fixes.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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VirtualBox 7.0.0 with Secure Boot and virtual TPM support

Posted on 2022-10-11 by guenni

[German]Oracle's developers have released the new Virtualbox version 7.0.0 on October 10, 2022. Secure Boot has been implemented in the EFI in this version. In addition, this version can emulate virtual TPM 1.2 and 2.0, which comes into play for … Continue reading →

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Mandiant, VMware and US-CERT warn of malware targeting VMware ESXi servers

Posted on 2022-09-30 by guenni

[German]Google-acquired security vendor Mandiant has encountered a new malware family (VirtualPITA, VirtualPIE, and VirtualGATE) that targets virtualization solutions like VMware ESXi Server and uses specialized techniques to infiltrate. VMware has issued a security advisory to that effect, and US-CERT is … Continue reading →

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Security for Kubernetes: Pitfalls and Solutions

Posted on 2022-07-04 by guenni

The use of virtualized containers with functions is in vogue. Orchestration solutions, such as Kubernetes, are used to manage the containers. However, if this solution is compromised, this affects all managed containers. The question therefore arises about the security of … Continue reading →

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VMware patches Spring4Shell RCE vulnerability CVE-2022-22965

Posted on 2022-04-07 by guenni

[German]Virtualization specialist VMware has released security updates for various virtualization products. These are intended to close the remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability called Spring4Shell in these products. Cloud products that use virtualization are particularly at risk. Here is an overview … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: Compatibility issues with Virtualbox fixed

Posted on 2022-03-16 by guenni

[German]Since the release of Windows 11, there has been a compatibility problem with the virtualization software Virtualbox that prevented its use. Microsoft has now announced that this problem has been solved "externally". The developers, who now belong to Oracle, seem … Continue reading →

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