The BlackMatter gang has joined the ranks of ransomware operations to develop a Linux encryptor that targets VMware's ESXi virtual machine platform. The enterprise is increasingly moving to virtual ...

A previous fix for the critical remote code execution bug was “incomplete,” according to VMware. VMware issued an updated fix for a critical-severity remote code execution flaw in its ESXi hypervisor ...

In the latest development following Broadcom’s November 2023 acquisition of VMware, the company has decided to kill off the free version of VMware’s ESXi hypervisor. A knowledge base article posted by ...

The critical and important-severity flaws were found by a team at the China-based Tiunfu Cup hacking challenge. VMware has hurried out fixes for a critical flaw in its ESXi hypervisor, a few weeks ...

VMware said vSphere 4.1 is the last version to offer both ESX and ESXi. Users may finally be willing to give up the Service Console in classic ESX VMware’s classic ESX hypervisor includes a user space ...

The Conti ransomware strain aimed at VMware’s ESXi hypervisor seems to be designed to be run directly by an operator, say researchers at Trellix. By comparison, Windows versions of the malware run ...

A global ransomware attack has hit thousands of servers running the VMware ESxi hypervisor, with many more servers expected to be affected, according to national cybersecurity agencies and security ...

VMware has made an important feature of the latest and greatest ESXi (a.k.a. the vSphere hypervisor) -- the command-line environment or tech-support mode -- a bit complex to access. (Tech-support mode ...

At some point, most VMware administrators have had to enter ESXTOP to perform some level of troubleshooting. ESXi allows the use of ESXTOP, though it looks slightly different than the ESX counterpart.

The ransomware gang behind the highly publicized attack on CD Projekt Red uses a Linux variant that targets VMware's ESXi virtual machine platform for maximum damage. As the enterprise increasingly ...