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Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2021

Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / By Frank Crast / April 21, 2021 / Database, Enterprise Manager, Fusion, Fusion Middleware, Java, MySQL, Oracle, virtualization

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for April 2021 to include 390 vulnerability fixes across multiple products.

VMware patches NSX-T privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-21981)

Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / By Frank Crast / April 20, 2021 / CVE-2021-21981, NSX-T, virtualization, VMware

VMware issued a security advisory for a High severity privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2021-21981 in VMware NSX-T.

What Are Application Containers And How Do I Secure Them?

Application Security, Cybersecurity Articles, Server Security / By Frank Crast / November 30, 2017 / AppArmor, Containers, Docker, EC2, LXC, NIST, RTM, SELinux, SP 800-190, virtual machine, virtualization, VM

You may have wondered what application containers are, let alone how to secure them. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sets out to explain the benefits and security concerns with application container technologies in the latest Special Publication (SP 800-190) Application Container Security Guide.