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VMware vCenter servers have been hit in a new attack which left them exposed and vulnerable by the hackers which allowed them to take over any unpatched machine and take over companies' entire networks. Mind you this is about 6,700 servers that are at risk.

Have you ever watched an anime based on a game, you know besides Pokémon or Danganronpa? Well, I have news for you!

Have you ever been playing a game or watching a movie where a character eats or drinks some fantastical item and  you think to yourself, "I wonder what that tastes like."? Well in the near future, you may not have to wonder anymore. 3D printing has come a long way from its infant stages of barely printing out plastic shapes. Now we can print high fidelity prototypes for motorcycles, human organs, and even chocolate shapes. 

Long ago, people were starting to run into the problem of needing to access many servers at the same time, but each server only running at a smidge of its potential. Thus Virtualization was born. Virtualization is the process of taking a real physical system and creating virtual components for it. With this technique you can create an entire computer including its operating system within your own computer. 

The FBI, CISA, ODNI, and the NSA released a statement stating that Russia has orchestrated the SolarWinds attack. It was believed that the hackers were working with a foreign government, but the security agencies have pointed the blame to Russia.

Seems like WordPress can't catch a break. Another zero-day vulnerability in a plugin for WordPress which has been installed in more than 500,000 sites. In this particular vulnerability, it allows hackers to reset passwords for admin accounts.

This very quotable and hilarious scene comes from the famous Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Thousands, if not, millions of people around the world watch this movie again and again for its ridiculous antics and funny one-liners. So many people have watched this and other films produced by Monty Python and loved them so much that they have been greatly influenced by them.