Security

By Threat Hunter Team: Symantec and Carbon Black

LAS VEGAS—VMware Explore 2025—August 26, 2025—Today, Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) announced VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Advanced Cyber Compliance and new innovations across VMware vDefend and VMware Avi Load Balancer to strengthen resilience, compliance and security for customers adopting a modern private cloud in regulated industries. Cyber resilience and compliance are top of mind to C-Suite […]

LAS VEGAS—VMware Explore 2025—August 26, 2025—Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Canonical today announced an expanded collaboration to help customers ship modern container-based and AI applications faster and more securely. By bringing together Canonical’s trusted open-source software with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the industry’s first unified private cloud platform, this partnership will help customers accelerate innovation, […]

Dubai Airports, operator of Dubai International (DXB), the world’s top airport for international passenger traffic and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC), is known in the aviation industry for its innovation, efficiency, and world-class service. In 2024, DXB set a record, welcoming 92.3 million guests, making it the busiest in the airport’s 65-year […]

As the largest telecommunications company in the nation’s largest state, GCI Communications Corp. faces some unusual challenges serving Alaska’s diverse population. There are the geographic challenges: Rugged, mountainous terrain; extreme, sub-zero weather; island communities; and vast distances between towns and villages. Then there are the bears: Black bears, brown bears, polar bears—posing a challenge to […]

To help Australian organisations bolster cybersecurity defences and ensure the protection of sensitive data, VMware has launched the VMware NSX Advanced Threat Prevention (ATP) Point of Presence (PoP) in Sydney. The local PoP will provide on-shore capability to identify and mitigate sophisticated attacks in real-time, reducing the risk of data breaches and minimising response time. […]

2022 brought the security industry a resurgence in ransomware attacks, continued fallout from Log4j, Shields Up, and a booming dark web economy of scale, all of which have had a significant impact on individuals, businesses, and government agencies. Emerging technologies, like the use of deepfakes in cyberattacks, continue to keep defenders on their toes. Meanwhile, business leaders are […]

Finds the malware’s infrastructure is constantly shifting to stay covert Emotet, one of the most evasive and destructive malware delivery systems, caused substantial damage during its initial reign. After a coordinated takedown by authorities in early 2021, Emotet has reemerged as a global threat that will persist for organisations. With telemetry from VMware Contexa™ cloud-delivered […]

‘The Howlers’ discuss VMware’s 2022 Global Incident Response Threat Report and the state of cybersecurity. Pandemic inducing burnout. Deepfakes. Geopolitical and ransomware attacks. This past year security teams from around the globe have faced enormous headwinds. Earlier this summer, VMware released its Global Incident Response Threat Report. One key finding relates to lateral security. According to […]

VMware Chief Security Officer Alex Tosheff joins “Ask the Howlers” to discuss ways to manage cybersecurity, physical security, and enterprise resilience. In Episode 1 of our “Ask the Howlers” podcast, host Karen Worstell chats with Alex about his experience as an infosec leader, advice for how CISOs should approach their first 120 days in their role, and why he believes […]

In recent years, threat actors have adapted their tactics to focus more on specific operating systems that carry sensitive data, or where an attack can have the greatest effect. On Thursday, Sept. 29, cybersecurity firm Mandiant announced a new, specialised variant of malware targeting vSphere. VMware prioritises the security of its customers and has published […]