Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

A newly patched security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day since mid-October 2024 by a threat actor called UNC5174, according to NVISO Labs

The now-patched bugs are under active exploit and enable attackers to carry out a wide range of malicious activities, including escaping a virtual machine and gaining access to the underlying host.

Broadcom has released security updates to patch five security flaws impacting VMware Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs, warning customers that attackers could exploit them to gain elevated access or obtain sensitive information

Bug reports made in China Broadcom has emitted a pair of patches for vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Server that a miscreant with network access to the software could exploit to completely commandeer a system. This also affects Cloud Foundation.…

The threat actors behind the BlackByte ransomware group have been observed likely exploiting a recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors, while also leveraging various vulnerable drivers to disarm security protections

Plus: Google Chrome, Apple bugs also exploited in the wild Happy May Patch Tuesday. We've got a lot of vendors joining this month's patchapalooza, which includes a handful of bugs that have been exploited — either in the wild or at Pwn2Own — and now fixed by Microsoft, Apple, Google and VMware.…

Virtualization services provider VMware has alerted customers to the existence of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently patched security flaw in Aria Operations for Logs

Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been made available for a recently disclosed and patched critical flaw impacting VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight)

Plus: Adobe, SAP and Android push updates Microsoft has released security updates for 78 flaws for June's Patch Tuesday, and luckily for admins, none of these are under exploit.…

A malicious actor with local admin privileges could exploit the vulnerability to escape from the VM

The zero-day exploitation of a now-patched medium-security flaw in the Fortinet FortiOS operating system has been linked to a suspected Chinese hacking group

VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems

Security researchers with Horizon3's Attack Team will release next week an exploit targeting a vulnerability chain for gaining remote code execution on unpatched VMware vRealize Log Insight appliances. [...]

Proof-of-concept exploit code will be released later this week for a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) without authentication in several VMware products. [...]

Proof-of-concept exploit code is now available for a pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with root privileges on unpatched Cloud Foundation and NSX Manager appliances. [...]

A now-patched vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access has been observed being exploited to deliver both cryptocurrency miners and ransomware on affected machines

Oh, and that critical VMware auth bypass vuln? Miscreants found it, too August Patch Tuesday clicks off the week of hacker summer camp in Las Vegas this year, so it's basically a code cracker's holiday too. …

Proof-of-concept exploit code is now available online for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in multiple VMware products that allows attackers to gain admin privileges. [...]

Proof-of-concept exploit code is about to be published for a vulnerability that allows administrative access without authentication in several VMware products. [...]

We hope you've patched that 9.8/10 severity bug A team of Iranian cyber-spies dubbed Rocket Kitten, for one, is likely behind attempts to exploit a critical remote-code execution vulnerability in VMware's identity management software, according to endpoint security firm Morphisec.…