VMware fixes flaws in end-of-life versions of ESXi and Workstation
The vulnerabilities allow hackers to bypass sandbox and hypervisor protection. The problem is so critical that even end-of-life versions of ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation are receiving a patch.
A total of four vulnerabilities are affected. The affected VMware solutions are desig... Read more
VMware zero-day exploited since at least late 2021
A Chinese hacker group has been exploiting a zero-day in the vCenter Server since at least late 2021. The hackers managed to deploy backdoors on ESXi hosts through the vulnerability and leak data from organisations in critical sectors.
Mandiant revealed that the perpetrator behind the cyber camp... Read more
VMware Cloud up to date again with NSX+, vSAN Max and better security
New updates make VMware Cloud more secure, efficient and generally more modern.
VMware, like all other major infrastructure players, has been talking almost exclusively about the cloud in recent years. Especially the hybrid or multi-cloud. The company has a single IaaS offering for this, which i... Read more
Emergency update VMware ESXi fixes boot issues Windows Sever 2022 VMs
VMware has released an emergency update for an issue around booting Windows Server 2022 vm's on vSphere ESXi servers. The problem occurs after installing the recent Patch Tuesday KB5022842 update.
After the Patch Tuesday update, Windows Server 2022 vm's that have Secure Boot enabled were found t... Read more
U.S. CISA publishes recovery option for ESXiArgs attack
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released a script that can be used to restore servers affected by the ESXiArgs ransomware. The cybersecurity agency made this script available on GitHub.
The published CISA ESXiArgs-Recover script from the U.S. government'... Read more
VMware simplifies cloud migrations of vCenter Server and ESXi
The new version of VMware Cloud Director Availability makes it possible to migrate outdated versions of vCenter Server and ESXi to the cloud.
VMware recently launched Cloud Director Availability 4.4.1. The new version assists organizations with legacy versions of vCenter Server and ESXi in migr... Read more