CISA: VMware Patches Critical Server Flaw, Warns of Ransomware Threat

Source:-https://healthitsecurity.com/ May 27, 2021 – The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an alert for a recent software update from VMware. A critical flaw in vCenter Server platforms could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. “In this era of ransomware it is safest to assume that an attacker is already inside the network somewhere, on a desktop and perhaps even in control of a user account, which is why we strongly

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Critical Cloud Bug in VMWare Carbon Black Allows Takeover

Source:-https://threatpost.com/ CVE-2021-21982 affects a platform designed to secure private clouds, and the virtual servers and workloads that they contain. A critical security vulnerability in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance would allow privilege escalation and the ability to take over the administrative rights for the solution. The bug (CVE-2021-21982) ranks 9.1 out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability-severity scale. The VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload platform is designed to provide cybersecurity defense for virtual servers and workloads that are

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