Security researcher Sergey Zelenyuk has discovered a zero-day vulnerability in VirtualBox, the Open Source virtualization software developed by Oracle. This failure allows malware to leave the virtual machine and execute malicious code on the host OS that runs the VirtualBox process.
The latest release of the VDI and vApp connection broker vApp UDS Enterprise 2.2 introduces a new concept in the configuration of virtual desktops: persistent desktops at user level. This new development allows you to deploy a full persistent desktop, which will remain intact until the administrator of the platform decides to remove it manually.
After the soaring problems with the Meltdown and Specter, Intel is once again experiencing security-related issues. This time it is a vulnerability called Lazy FP State Restore, which affects the Intel processors with X86 architecture from Sandy Bridge.
Making a secure connection to any web page or server is nowadays essential, since there are many illicit practices that pursue the objective of subtracting sensitive information from users. When it comes to corporate information, for any company it is crucial to keep data safe. Therefore, the VDI and vApp connection broker UDS Enterprise allows to install SSL certificates on the system, to guarantee that all connections made by users to their virtual desktops and applications are 100% safe and reliable.
Eight new variants of Spectre affecting Intel chips have been found by a team of security researchers. These new vulnerabilities have been named Spectre Next Generation and make it possible to run an exploit on a virtual machine and attack the host system from there.
