InfoWorld

Crisis malware infects VMware virtual machines, researchers say

The Windows version of Crisis, a piece of malware discovered in July, is capable of infecting VMware virtual machine images, Windows Mobile devices, and removable USB drives, according to researchers ...
Cybernews

New powerful Linux malware detected targeting critical systems

Highly sophisticated and customizable Linux malware, VoidLink, has been discovered targeting cloud infrastructure.
Computerworld

Malware no longer avoids virtual machines

Many malicious software programs used to make a quick exit on virtual machines, a tactic designed to avoid a security check. But that isn’t the case anymore, according Symantec research. As companies ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Adds Agentless Virtual Machine Malware Scanning

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 ...
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Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows machines

Russia's Curly COMrades is abusing Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor in compromised Windows machines to create a hidden Alpine Linux-based virtual machine that bypasses endpoint security tools, giving ...
InfoWorld

Malware no longer avoiding virtual machines

Symantec finds most malware these days doesn't quit on VMs, which used to be a tactic to avoid security checks Many malicious software programs used to make a quick exit on virtual machines, a tactic ...