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Security Issue with VMware Tools: VMSA-2019-0009

Kev Johnson posted June 10th, 2019

Vulnerability Summary Customers should be aware of an important issue with VMware Tools where a non-privileged user on a Windows VM could read information or cause problems in a VM running VMware Tools lower than 10.3.10. The official designation from VMware is VMSA-2019-0009 on the VMware Security Advisories page and mailing list. This vulnerability is Read more...

Virtualization-Based Security Issues with Windows 1903/19H1 Releases

Bob Plankers posted May 20th, 2019

Users of Virtualization-Based Security or the virtual I/O MMU features in vSphere should take note of a serious issue that has been discovered with the 1903, 19H1, and May 2019 updates to Windows 10, Windows Server, and Windows Server 2019 LTSC editions. In short, a new installation of the OS at these levels, or an Read more...

Which vSphere CPU Scheduler to Choose

Bob Plankers posted May 14th, 2019

The release of vSphere 6.7 Update 2 brought with it a new vSphere CPU scheduler option, the Side-Channel Aware Scheduler version 2 (SCAv2) or “Sibling Scheduler.” This new scheduler can help restore some performance lost to CPU vulnerability mitigations, but also carries some risk with it. Further complicating matters is the newest Intel CPU vulnerability, Read more...

Building a Secure Data Center that You Can Carry in a Backpack with vSphere 6.7

Mike Foley posted April 16th, 2019

Mobile data centers in the field help modern military forces stay connected and execute their missions. Cubic Mission Solutions works with VMware to deliver lightweight systems for the U.S. military and its allies that are truly portable, easy to use, and highly secure. VMware vSphere 6.7 and VMware vSAN 6.7 allow Cubic to build smaller, Read more...

Updates to VM Compatibility and VMware Tools with vSphere 6.7 Update 2

Kev Johnson posted April 9th, 2019

With VMware Tools version 10.0 VMware took the decision to separate it’s release cycle from that of vSphere. On that note I’m pleased to announce that the latest release of the VMware Tools 10.3 codebase is now available for download. In vSphere 6.7 Update 2 we also introduce a new version of VM Compatibility (formerly Read more...

vSphere Platinum 6.7 Update 2 Brings New Visualizations, Capabilities, and Security Features

Bob Plankers posted April 3rd, 2019

The release of vSphere 6.7 Update 2 was announced (and will soon be generally available as an update and download), bringing improvements and fixes to all editions of vSphere. This includes vSphere Platinum 6.7 Update 2, the premier edition of vSphere that features AppDefense. If you aren’t familiar with VMware AppDefense it is cutting edge Read more...

Announcing vSphere 6.7 Update 2, vSphere Platinum updates, and vSphere ROBO Enterprise

Himanshu Singh posted April 2nd, 2019

I am excited to share that today we are announcing the VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2 release, with key enhancements that will deliver an efficient and more secure hybrid cloud platform to our customers. We are also announcing the new vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Enterprise edition, as well as updates going specifically into vSphere Read more...

Announcing the vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide

Mike Foley posted November 2nd, 2018

Back in March I released the vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide (a.k.a “The SCG”). At that time, I went in to detail on more than just the guide. I covered the topic of why some guidelines are removed or changed. I also covered how more settings were set to “secure by default” now Read more...

VMworld 2018 vSphere Security Sessions

Mike Foley posted August 20th, 2018

It’s that time of year again! The time when we all pack our comfortable shoes and head to Las Vegas for VMworld! As we are all dealing with the seemingly ever-increasing IT security issues that plague our industry, VMware is there to help you make sense of it and deal with it in as easy Read more...

What’s New in vSphere 6.7 Hands-on Lab

Adam Eckerle posted July 31st, 2018

This is a guest post from Julie Roman, Technical Account Specialist at VMware and Lab Captain for the What’s New in vSphere 6.7 Hands-on Lab. I’m excited to announce the release of the What’s New in vSphere 6.7 Hands-on Lab (HOL-SDC-1911-01)! This lab goes over all the new features and has videos or hands-on walk-throughs Read more...

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