Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that’s being used to attack VMware ESXi servers, a bare-metal hypervisor for creating and running several virtual machines (VMs) that share the same hard drive storage. Called Cheerscrypt, the bad app is following in the footsteps of other ransomware programs—such as LockBit, Hive and RansomEXX—that […]
The researcher, Imre Rad, detailed his findings in a post made public last week on GitHub. The issue was reported to Google in late September 2020 and it was confirmed by the tech giant. Rad decided to disclose the vulnerability due to Google’s failure to fix the issue and provide information on its progress. Rad […]
Google Cloud today announced a confidential computing feature called Confidential Virtual Machines, which keeps data encrypted while it’s being processed. Confidential VMs is the first product in Google Cloud’s confidential computing lineup, and it’s now available in beta. While Google Cloud already encrypts data at rest and in transit, information must be decrypted for organizations […]
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