virtualization

NOVA microhypervisor brings AMD DMA isolation to shared AI infrastructure

June 10, 2026

BlueRock has issued the latest open-source release of its NOVA Microhypervisor with DMA remapping support for AMD platforms that have IOMMU hardware virtualization. The …

Microsoft boosts default security of Windows 365 Cloud PCs

June 20, 2025

Windows 365 Cloud PCs now come with new default settings aimed at preventing / minimizing data exfiltration and malicious exploits, Microsoft has announced. Windows 365 Cloud …

Malicious RVTools installer found on official site, researcher warns

May 19, 2025

The official site for RVTools has apparently been hacked to serve a compromised installer for the popular utility, a security researcher has warned. It’s difficult to …

Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Hyper-V zero-day flaws

January 14, 2025

Microsoft has marked January 2025 Patch Tuesday with a hefty load of patches: 157 CVE-numbered security issues have been fixed in various products, three of which (in Hyper-V) …

Kata Containers: Open-source container runtime, building lightweight VMs

January 2, 2025

Kata Containers is an open-source project dedicated to creating a secure container runtime that combines the performance and simplicity of containers with the enhanced …

Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.3: SDN-firewall integration, faster container backups, and more!

November 22, 2024

The Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.3 enterprise virtualization solution features management tools and a user-friendly web interface, allowing you to deploy open-source …

Beware of phishing emails delivering backdoored Linux VMs!

November 5, 2024

Unknown attackers are trying to trick Windows users into spinning up a custom Linux virtual machine (VM) with a pre-configured backdoor, Securonix researchers have discovered. …

VMware fixes critical vCenter Server RCE bug – again! (CVE-2024-38812)

October 22, 2024

Broadcom has released new patches for previously fixed vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38812, CVE-2024-38813) in vCenter Server, one of which hasn’t been fully addressed the …

Critical VMware vCenter Server bugs fixed (CVE-2024-38812)

September 18, 2024

Broadcom has released fixes for two vulnerabilities affecting VMware vCenter Server that can be triggered by sending a specially crafted network packet, and could lead to …

VirtualBox 7.1: This is a major update, here’s what’s new

September 12, 2024

VirtualBox is a full virtualizer for x86 hardware designed for servers, desktops, and embedded systems. VirtualBox 7.1 introduces an enhanced user interface, cloud VM …

VMware ESXi auth bypass zero-day exploited by ransomware operators (CVE-2024-37085)

July 30, 2024

Ransomware operators have been leveraging CVE-2024-37085, an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Active Directory domain-joined VMware ESXi hypervisors, to gain full …

Docker fixes critical auth bypass flaw, again (CVE-2024-41110)

July 25, 2024

A critical-severity Docker Engine vulnerability (CVE-2024-41110) may be exploited by attackers to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) via specially crafted API request, …