Category Archives: Virtualization

Linux malware detection with Microsoft's project Freta

Posted on 2020-07-09 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Research has now announced the Freta project. It is a cloud-based malware detection service to detect rootkits, cryptominers and previously undiscovered malware strains lurking in Linux cloud VM images.

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VMware fixes critical vulnerarbilities in Workstation and Fusion

Posted on 2020-06-27 by guenni

[German]VMware developers have closed several critical vulnerabilities in their virtualization products VMware Workstation and Fusion these days.

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Microsoft Edge: Error playing YouTube vidos and using AdBlock Plus

Posted on 2020-06-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has issued a warning about the Chromium Edge browser. There is a conflict between Microsoft Edge and the browser extension AdBlock Plus, which causes problems when viewing YouTube videos. The error also occurs with Google Chrome or the Brave … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Nested Virtualization support for AMD

Posted on 2020-06-14 by guenni

[German]Another small note for people who work with Hyper-V under Windows 10 Microsoft has begun adding support for nested virtualization on AMD systems in Windows 10.

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Update for VMware OS Optimization Tool (VMware Horizon)

Posted on 2020-06-04 by guenni

[German]Already on June 2, 2020 there has been an update of the VMware OS Optimization Tool for VMware Horizon 7 and VMware Horizon Cloud. There is a new option called Update to enable Windows Update on an image again.

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Virtualbox 6.1.8, 6.0.22 and 5.2.42 released

Posted on 2020-05-20 by guenni

[German]Oracle's developers have already released Virtualbox version 6.1.8 (as well as 6.0.22 and 5.2.42) on 15 May 2020. These are maintenance updates, which should fix bugs of earlier versions.

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VirtualBox 6.1.6 released

Posted on 2020-04-17 by guenni

[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 6.1.6 as of April 14, 2020. It is a maintenance update which should fix bugs of earlier versions. Here are a few details, what's new.

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Fix for critical VMWare vCenter Server vulnerability CVE-2020-3952

Posted on 2020-04-10 by guenni

[German]There is a critical vulnerability CVE-2020-3952 in VMWare vCenter Server for which the vendor has now released a security update. 

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VMware Security Updates (03/17/2020)

Posted on 2020-03-18 by guenni

[German]Vulnerabilities exist in VMware Workstation, Fusion, VMware Remote Console, and Horizon Client that allow privilege escalation or denial of service (DoS). Security updates are available for the affected products.

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VMware Security Updates (12./14.3.2020)

Posted on 2020-03-14 by guenni

[German]VMware has just received a security update for its virtualization products, including VMware Workstation Pro and Vmware Player. These updates address security vulnerabilities in the virtualization products.

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