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- April 28, 2016
28 Apr'16
Secure cloud hosting: Why taking ownership is crucial
Chase Cunningham of Armor spoke with SearchCloudSecurity at RSA Conference 2016 about the value of secure cloud hosting services, threat intelligence and more.
- October 30, 2015
30 Oct'15
Xen hypervisor security flaw patched after seven years
A critical Xen hypervisor security flaw that allows attackers to access host operating systems and had gone undiscovered for several years was finally patched this week.
- May 13, 2015
13 May'15
VENOM zero-day vulnerability strikes virtual machine security
CrowdStrike security researchers discovered a major bug that could impact a wide range of commonly-used virtualization platforms.
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- March 10, 2015
10 Mar'15
Amazon dodges another AWS reboot, but how?
In a surprise move, Amazon Web services was able to patch a Xen hypervisor security flaw without a mass reboot of its EC2 infrastructure. So how did AWS pull it off?
- October 09, 2014
09 Oct'14
Provider reboots call cloud computing hypervisor security into question
After a Xen hypervisor flaw led several major cloud providers to reboot their host servers, experts say future cloud computing hypervisor security issues will likely cause further service disruptions.
- December 09, 2013
09 Dec'13
Expert: Security automation can thwart attacks on cloud computing
Nation-states are turning their attacks toward the cloud. One expert explains why he believes security automation is the only viable defense tactic.
- October 09, 2013
09 Oct'13
VMware NSX platform: Implications for network virtualization security
Expert Paul Kirvan discusses the debut of the VMware NSX platform and what it means to both network virtualization security and cloud security.
- September 19, 2012
19 Sep'12
Bromium launches Windows PC security product
Company uses virtualization technology to isolate malware from the rest of the system.
- August 28, 2012
28 Aug'12
VMware unveils vCloud Networking and Security
The vCloud Networking and Security package, featuring vShield Edge and vShield App, is designed to make virtualization security easier to implement.
- August 27, 2012
27 Aug'12
Vendors roll out new tools for securing VMware environments
At VMworld 2012, security suppliers plan to showcase new antimalware protection, policy enforcement products to secure VMware environments.
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- August 22, 2012
22 Aug'12
Crisis Trojan can infect VMware machines, Windows Mobile devices
The AV giant says the Windows version of the Crisis Trojan may be the first malware that can spread to so many different platforms.
- July 17, 2012
17 Jul'12
Cisco acquires VM security startup
Deal boosts networking giant's cloud security technology.
- May 07, 2012
07 May'12
McAfee and Intel cloud computing security strategy unveiled
Companies offer up collection of technologies to help overcome enterprise concern about cloud security.
- April 25, 2012
25 Apr'12
VMware downplays ESX hypervisor source code leak
Company says source code was leaked online but says may not mean increased risk.
- August 30, 2011
30 Aug'11
Antivirus for VMware options expand
New antivirus capabilities for virtual servers showcased at VMworld and Trend Micro updates Deep Security.