The tactic is designed to thwart researchers who use virtualization software, notably that made by VMware, to quickly and safely test the impact of malicious code. Researchers will often run malware ...

Virtualization, as we know, offers itself to a number of use case scenarios and solutions. One such use case that isn't talked about much is the examination of computer forensics. Honeypots are a ...

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Virtual Machine Threat Detection at first will target cryptominers running on virtual servers. Detecting ransomware, Trojans, and other malware is coming. As more enterprise computing workloads are ...

Phishing sites are now using JavaScript to evade detection by checking whether a visitor is browsing the site from a virtual machine or headless device. Cybersecurity firms commonly use headless ...

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has added agentless malware scanning for servers hosting virtual machines. The new agentless malware scanning capability is available to organizations that have ...

The Maze ransomware operators have adopted a tactic previously used by the Ragnar Locker gang; to encrypt a computer from within a virtual machine. In May, we previously reported that Ragnar Locker ...

Hackers are incorporating virtual machine detection into their Trojans, worms and other malware in order to thwart antivirus vendors and virus researchers, according to a note published this week by ...

Google Cloud Platform is now in the works to bring Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) as part of its plans to increase protection against crypto-related malware and other hacking incidents.

Google Cloud is expanding its Security Command Center service with the availability of Virtual Machine Threat Detection in public preview starting today. VMTD works by scanning virtual machine ...

It’s a shot in the arm for Google Cloud users at risk of cryptocurrency mining attacks. The Security Command Center Team has created a threat detection service to shield “poorly configured” accounts ...

The operators of the RagnarLocker ransomware are installing the VirtualBox app and running virtual machines on computers they infect in order to run their ransomware in a "safe" environment, outside ...