Tag: virtual machines (VMs)
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Cisco Talos Blog: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has confirmed that ransomware operators are leveraging Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool that had not previously been definitively tied to ransomware incidents. We assess with moderate confidence that this activity can be attributed to…
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Cloud Blog: 11 ways to reduce your Google Cloud compute costs today
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/cost-saving-strategies-when-migrating-to-google-cloud-compute/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 11 ways to reduce your Google Cloud compute costs today Feedly Summary: As the saying goes, “a penny saved is a penny earned," and this couldn’t be more true when it comes to cloud infrastructure. In today’s competitive business landscape, you need to maintain the performance to meet…
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Cloud Blog: How Baseten achieves 225% better cost-performance for AI inference (and you can too)
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/how-baseten-achieves-better-cost-performance-for-ai-inference/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Baseten achieves 225% better cost-performance for AI inference (and you can too) Feedly Summary: Baseten is one of a growing number of AI infrastructure providers, helping other startups run their models and experiments at speed and scale. Given the importance of those two factors to its customers,…
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Cloud Blog: From clicks to clusters: Expanding Confidential Computing with Intel TDX
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/from-clicks-to-clusters-confidential-computing-expands-with-intel-tdx/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: From clicks to clusters: Expanding Confidential Computing with Intel TDX Feedly Summary: Privacy-protecting Confidential Computing has come a long way since we introduced Confidential Virtual Machines (VMs) five years ago. The technology, which can protect data while in use, strengthens a security gap beyond data encryption at rest…
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The Register: MS confidence in Windows 11: Pay us to host VMs for when your desktop inevitably dies
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/ms_confidence_in_windows_11/ Source: The Register Title: MS confidence in Windows 11: Pay us to host VMs for when your desktop inevitably dies Feedly Summary: Windows 365 Reserve offers 10-day cloud PCs when your machine goes kaput – but you’ll still need another device to access them Microsoft is so confident in the reliability and…
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Cloud Blog: From Help Desk to Hypervisor: Defending Your VMware vSphere Estate from UNC3944
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/defending-vsphere-from-unc3944/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: From Help Desk to Hypervisor: Defending Your VMware vSphere Estate from UNC3944 Feedly Summary: Introduction In mid 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GITG) identified a sophisticated and aggressive cyber campaign targeting multiple industries, including retail, airline, and insurance. This was the work of UNC3944, a financially motivated threat…
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Cloud Blog: Beyond Convenience: Exposing the Risks of VMware vSphere Active Directory Integration
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/vsphere-active-directory-integration-risks/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Beyond Convenience: Exposing the Risks of VMware vSphere Active Directory Integration Feedly Summary: Written by: Stuart Carrera, Brian Meyer Executive Summary Broadcom’s VMware vSphere product remains a popular choice for private cloud virtualization, underpinning critical infrastructure. Far from fading, organizations continue to rely heavily on vSphere for stability…
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Cloud Blog: Enhancing backup vaults with support for Persistent Disk, Hyperdisk, and multi-regions
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/backup-vaults-add-support-for-disk-backup-and-multi-region/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Enhancing backup vaults with support for Persistent Disk, Hyperdisk, and multi-regions Feedly Summary: To help protect against evolving digital threats like ransomware and malicious deletions, last year, we introduced backup vault in the Google Cloud Backup and DR service, with support for Compute Engine VM backups. This provided…
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Cloud Blog: Unlock 66% better price-performance with new M4 VMs for memory-intensive workloads
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/m4-vms-are-designed-for-memory-intensive-workloads-like-sap/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unlock 66% better price-performance with new M4 VMs for memory-intensive workloads Feedly Summary: Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of the memory-optimized machine series: Compute Engine M4, our most performant memory-optimized VM with under 6TB of memory. The M4 family is designed for workloads like SAP…
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CSA: Ransomware in the Education Sector
Source URL: https://valicyber.com/resources/ransomware-in-the-education-sector/ Source: CSA Title: Ransomware in the Education Sector Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the increasing threat of ransomware attacks targeting educational institutions, particularly focusing on vulnerabilities associated with hypervisors. It highlights the significance of hypervisor security in mitigating these risks, provides statistics on the rise of…