Secure Cloning: VMware Advances the State of the Art in Secure VDI Infrastructure

Source:-https://www.carbonblack.com The need for security in the workplace has changed. Remote work is the new normal and the result is drastic changes to an organizationā€™s entire attack surface area. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of this new reality by targeting the very means by which employees connect to corporate resources from their homes. Attackers are increasing their use of social engineering and phishing campaigns, denial-of-service attacks, and the exploitation of vulnerabilities in home routers. VMware Workspace Security VDI (WSS VDI) offers

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Latest Docker Container Attack Highlights Remote Networking Flaws

Source:-containerjournal A security flaw that provides a backdoor through which Docker containers can be compromised via unsecured remote connections may require IT teams to revisit their approach to DevSecOps. At the core of the issue is a cryptomining worm discovered by Cado Security, which steals credentials from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that have been stored on a local PC. Once those credentials have been stolen, a team of cybercriminals dubbed TeamTNT scans the internet for misconfigured Docker containers to exploit

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How Google Cloud users can combat coronavirus-themed phishing emails

Source:-techrepublic.com Google is striving to block Gmail messages and other content that exploit COVID-19, but there are steps users can take to fight such malware. Cybercriminals have been exploiting the coronavirus outbreak to deploy virus-themed malware in hopes of ensnaring people curious or anxious about the disease. That’s especially true with phishing emails, which often promise information and updates about COVID-19 but instead lead people to malicious content. The popularity of Google Cloud services such as G Suite, Gmail, and

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Contrast Security Advances DevSecOps

Source:-securityboulevard.com Contrast Security this week added a Route Intelligence module to a Contrast Assess vulnerability assessment that automates the code scanning process. Surag Patel, chief strategy officer for Contrast Security, said Route Intelligence employs sensors in the form of lightweight agents to instrument applications so IT teams can more easily identify where vulnerabilities are located within code being developed. Those sensors allow the Contrast Assess platform to not only continuously assess applications for vulnerabilities as they are built and updated,

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Tips for Modern IT Adminsā€™ Career to the Cloud

Source:-devops.com Fifteen years ago IT professionals experienced a drastically different day-to-day on the job. While the main mission has always remained constantā€”to take charge of all internal infrastructureā€”the infrastructure itself has moved off-premises over time. The complexity rested in networking for IT professionals. Routers, switches, firewalls and other gear needed to be managed so the network would function. Employee devices also required attention from IT admins, but these devices were typically all Microsoft Windows machines. This allowed IT to standardize

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