Category Archives: Virtualization

SentinelLabs finds three vulnerabilities in Oracle VirtualBox

[German]Security researchers from SentinelLabs have taken a closer look at Oracle's virtualization solution Virtualbox, which runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. They found three vulnerabilities in the virtualization tool. A vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox allows program takeover and denial-of-service … Continue reading

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VirtualBox 6.1.30 released

[German]Oracle's developers have already released Virtualbox version 6.1.30 on November 22, 2021. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix bugs of previous versions.

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VMware ESXI 7.0: Windows Server 2012 R2 shows "non-accessible boot device" (Oct. 2021)

[German]It's an issue that seems to have blown up in some administrators' faces in mid-October 2021. VMware ESXI 7.0 administrators were getting a "non-accessible boot device" error message on virtualized Windows Server 2012 R2 machines. Then the server would no … Continue reading

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Sysinternals Disk2vhd v2.02 released

[German]A brief information for readers who occasionally need to transfer a Windows installation to a virtual machine. Microsoft has released the disk2vhd v2.02 tool in the free Sysinternals suite in October 2021. The tool lets you have a Windows installation … Continue reading

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VirtualBox 6.1.28

[German]Oracle's developers have already released Virtualbox version 6.1.28 on October 19, 2021. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix bugs of previous versions. It was discusse, that the host's TPM 2.0 is provided in the VMs for … Continue reading

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

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Windows 11: Parallels 17.1 supports virtual TPM 2.0 on Mac

[German]Microsoft does not support Windows 11 on Mac OS on their M1 processors and demands TPM 2.0 for virtual machines as well. Now the manufacturer Parallels has reacted and provides Parallels Desktop 17.1. This virtualization software also supports virtual TPM … Continue reading

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Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019: No refresh for Citrix apps

[German]Brief information for administrators who virtualize Citrix apps via Windows Server 2019 on Windows 10. When publishing Virtual Apps on Windows Server 2019 (as well as Windows 10 clients), there is an issue that no refresh is performed in file … Continue reading

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Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-22005 in VMware vCenter

[German]VMware has published information on a total of 19 vulnerabilities in the products VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server) and VMware Cloud Foundation (Cloud Foundation) [VMW2021a] as of September 21, 2021. Some of these are critical vulnerabilities – specifically, the CVE-2021-22005 … Continue reading

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Windows 11: Microsoft enforces TPM 2.0 on virtual machines

[German]That's it for Windows 11 – at least with older hardware, if I'm right. If the hardware requirements already caused head shaking and unstoppable enthusiasts were looking for ways to install the operating system on machines that did not meet … Continue reading

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Docker Desktop now costs for large enterprises

[German]Docker is limiting the use of the free version of its Docker Desktop utility to individuals or small businesses. At the same time, it introduced a new, more expensive subscription plan. The company has renamed its free plan "Personal" and … Continue reading

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