Archive for 'virtualization security'

ESX Does RSA?

Sort of, it seems:
Today, RSA integrates with VMware in an couple of what I would call "useful but not earth-shattering" points – you can integrate envision authentication with Virtual Center and it also integrates with VDM 2.1 and VMware View Manager for hardened authentication.
 
But, with VMware as mission-critical as it is, security focus is getting [...]

Hypervisor Framework Paper

The Hacker 2 Hacker Conference Brazil this year featured a paper called “Hypervisor Framework”. An interesting read for those more interested in the nitty gritty of how all this “Virtualization” stuff works

Security in a Virtual Environment

So Tarry Singh posted today on the VMware security advisiories. While that’s been covered here, and elsewhere, I did find a few of his points interesting:
Ask yourself the following:
* Do you know that such malicious attacks are not taking place in your environment?
* Do you know if there is some sort of control in your [...]

Webcasts – VMware Security Best Practices

One of these is archived, the other scheduled to go off on Dec. 16th.  Both require registration, and are worthwhile, despite the obligatory sales pitches.

http://research.pcpro.co.uk/detail/RES/1224768378_490.html This one has already happened, and is available on demand.

http://www.netiq.com/events/display.asp?cid=20081114152024NVKN&src=smm This is the Dec16th event.

VMware Security releases

Straight from the VMware Security announcement mailing list:

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0018.html

VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues. A flaw in the CPU hardware emulation may allow for a privilege escalation on virtual machine guest [...]