VMSA-2017-0015:VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, Fusion and Workstation updates resolve multiple security vulnerabilities

VMSA-2017-0015.2 VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, Fusion and Workstation updates resolve multiple security vulnerabilities VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2017-0015.2 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Critical VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware ESXi, vCente...

September 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “The Office” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 5, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black’s Cb Defen...

VMworld 2017 Recap

VMware featured a number of great announcements at VMworld 2017 including VMware Cloud on AWS. VMware customers can now run new or existing virtualized workloads in the AWS cloud while maintaining their current VMware tools and skill sets. This announcement provides an important shift in the hybr...

August 31, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Jack the Ripper” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 31, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: VMware advances applicati...

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Multiple Vulnerabilities

VMware vSphere Data Protection VDP is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE =...

Extend Protection to VMWare Cloud on AWS with Trend Micro™ Deep Security™

On August 28th at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, VMware announced initial availability for their unique offering called 'VMware Cloud on AWS' allowing customers to run VMware workloads on the AWS cloud. This means customers can take advantage of agile cloud infrastructure all the while maintaining...

4 Principles For Hybrid Cloud Success

The future is cloud. At this point in it’s evolution it’s undeniable. The questions facing organizations now are “how much?” and “how fast?” How do you map out a reasonable path to a cloud deployment? Few organizations will be 100 percent cloud and most will take years to migrate existing assets...

Zerodium Offers $500K for Secure Messaging App Zero Days

Zerodium, a vendor operating in the nebulous exploit acquisition market, has put a premium on zero-day vulnerabilities in secure messaging applications in a new pricing structure announced today. Remote code execution and local privilege elevation zero days in messaging apps such as WhatsApp,...

VMware VDP Known SSH Key

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'net/ssh' require 'net/ssh/commandstream' class MetasploitModule 'VMware VDP Known SSH Key', 'Description' = %q VMware vSphere Data Protection appliances 5.5.x...

VMware VDP Known SSH Key Exploit

VMware vSphere Data Protection appliances 5.5.x through 6.1.x contain a known ssh private key for the local user admin who is a sudoer without password. This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'net/ssh'...

Visit Trend Micro at VMworld 2017

Trend Micro will be at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas on August 27th – 31st, showing why experience matters when it comes to automated security for your data center and cloud environments. Stop by our booth, 610, to chat with our security experts, and enter our daily draws to win a Phantom 3 Drone! Se...

VMware NSX-V Edge Denial of Service Vulnerability

VMware NSX-V Edge is a network and security virtualization platform from VMware. The platform provides virtual machines with full-service, programmable and portable virtual networks deployed on common IP network hardware. A denial of service vulnerability exists in VMware NSX-V Edge versions 6.3....

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion Plugin Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments on VMware virtual machines developed by HashiCorp, USA. A security vulnerability exists in HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin versions prior to 4.0.24, which stems from the program assignin...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with commonly adhered to security standards and regulations. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware...

vCenter Server Appliance - Backup/Restore Recommendations

Native File-Based Backup and Restore Recommended vCenter Server Appliance Data Integrity Best Practices recommends using the native file-based backup and restore operations to protect the vCenter Server Appliance. Review: VMware vSphere User Guide: Considerations and Limitations for File-Based...

CVE-2017-11741

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...

Denial of service

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...

CVE-2017-11741

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...

CVE-2017-11741

CVE-2017-11741 affects HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (vagrant-vmware-fusion) prior to 4.0.24. The issue stems from weak permissions granted to the plugin’s sudo helper scripts, enabling a local attacker to overwrite the scripts and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Public refe...

CVE-2017-11741

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...