In the world of investing, the concern over permanent loss rather than stock price volatility is a common sentiment among practical investors, according to Howard Marks. When evaluating the risk level of a stock, it is important to consider the impact of debt, as excessive debt can potentially lead to the downfall of a company. … Read more
According to recent reports, production of Nvidia GPUs could be halted immediately if China invades Taiwan, as the machines used to manufacture them at TSMC reportedly have a remote kill switch. TSMC, a major chipmaker, took over GPU production for Nvidia with the launch of its Ada Lovelace architecture in 2022, and will also produce … Read more
HPE Aruba Networking has recently issued security updates to address critical vulnerabilities in ArubaOS that could potentially lead to remote code execution on affected systems. Among the 10 identified security flaws, four are classified as critical due to their severity. These include unauthenticated buffer overflow vulnerabilities in various services accessed via the PAPI protocol, posing … Read more
At Nutanix’s .NEXT conference in Barcelona, CEO Rajiv Ramaswami expressed concerns about Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, citing uncertainty and risk for businesses. Nutanix announced a partnership with Cisco to certify Cisco UCS blade servers for running the Nutanix AHV hypervisor, allowing enterprises to repurpose existing provisioned servers. They also introduced new AHV server features to … Read more
US national security officials have reportedly issued warnings to tech companies like Google and Meta about the potential risk of Chinese-controlled repair ships tampering with undersea Internet cables. Specifically, concerns have been raised about undersea fiber optic cables in the Pacific Ocean, some of which are owned by big tech companies and used for data … Read more
Opinion It looked like the most cynical corporate move of the last couple of years, at least in IT. A year and a half after it was announced, so it has proved to be. Broadcom’s $61 billion buyout of VMware was expected to follow a familiar formula – price hikes, product abandonment, complete ecosystem devastation … Read more
Feb 21, 2024NewsroomActive Directory / Vulnerability VMware is urging users to uninstall the deprecated Enhanced Authentication Plugin (EAP) following the discovery of a critical security flaw. Tracked as CVE-2024-22245 (CVSS score: 9.6), the vulnerability has been described as an arbitrary authentication relay bug. “A malicious actor could trick a target domain user with EAP installed … Read more
Aug 30, 2023THNVulnerability / Network Security VMware has released software updates to correct two security vulnerabilities in Aria Operations for Networks that could be potentially exploited to bypass authentication and gain remote code execution. The most severe of the flaws is CVE-2023-34039 (CVSS score: 9.8), which relates to a case of authentication bypass arising as … Read more
Cloud computing has revolutionized the way enterprises store and process data. However, the adoption of cloud computing also introduces various risks and threat vectors that put sensitive information at risk. In this context, virtual machine security is crucial to mitigate these risks and protect data in the cloud. Virtual machines are the fundamental building blocks … Read more