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Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:

How to scare away your customers, exhibit 4821: #Broadcom #VMware:

"VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 cores.
Claims Broadcom will levy 20 percent #penalty for customers who don’t pay before renewal deadlines"

theregister.com/2025/03/28/arr

I don't know you, but if I were a customer for that product, I'd most probably start migration projects today.

The Register · VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 coresBy Simon Sharwood
#greed#virtualization
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0x40k

Seriously, Broadcom... what's the deal lately? 🤯

First up, we've got CVE-2025-22230 hitting VMware Tools for Windows. This nasty bug basically lets standard users inside a VM escalate their privileges to admin level. Yikes! 😬 With a CVSS score of 7.8, you'll want to jump on this fix ASAP. It impacts versions 11.x.x and 12.x.x, so upgrading to 12.5.1 needs to be right at the top of your list!

But wait, there's more. CrushFTP is also sounding the alarm about unauthenticated access vulnerabilities lurking on HTTP(S) ports in versions 10 and 11. It's definitely time to double-check those DMZ configurations. Rapid7 has confirmed that exploits are out there, allowing unauthorized access. Pretty intense, right?

Stuff like this is a stark reminder: while automated scans have their place, they just don't cut it alone. Real-deal penetration testing is absolutely essential. Those manual checks are what uncover the sneaky issues that automated tools often breeze right past.

What's your take on this recent wave? How are you keeping your own environments locked down tight? Let's talk 👇

#ITSecurity#Pentesting#VMware
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Xavier «X» Santolaria :verified_paw: :donor:

📨 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #10/2025 is out!

It includes the following and much more:

➝ #CYBERCOM and #CISA Told to Stop Tracking #Russia Actors;
➝ Alleged Black Basta #Ransomware Leader Escapes from Court;
➝ #VMWare 0day Vulnerabilities Being Exploited - Patch Now;
➝ Gang Claims Responsibility on Tata Technologies Breach;
➝ The Great Firewall of #China is Bleeding;

Subscribe to the #infosecMASHUP newsletter to have it piping hot in your inbox every week-end ⬇️

infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/

CYBERCOM and CISA Told to Stop Tracking Russia Actors; Alleged Black Basta Ransomware Leader Escapes from Court; VMWare 0day Vulnerabilities Being Exploited - Patch Now; Gang Claims Responsibility on Tata Technologies Breach; The Great Firewall of China is Bleeding; Get Protected from Scams on Android;
X’s InfoSec Newsletter🕵🏻‍♂️ [InfoSec MASHUP] 10/2025CYBERCOM and CISA Told to Stop Tracking Russia Actors; Alleged Black Basta Ransomware Leader Escapes from Court; VMWare 0day Vulnerabilities Being Exploited - Patch Now; Gang Claims Responsibility on Tata Technologies Breach; The Great Firewall of China is Bleeding; Get Protected from Scams on Android;
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dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:

@utzer I've got my work laptop set up with #Linux host, Windows guest OS via #vmware

It works great for me, but this laptop is mildly monstrous: 32 cores, 128GB RAM.

Of that, windows gets 8 and 16. I personally wouldn't want to work in there (it's just for email, ppt, etc). But if I had to, I could probably ease the pain by giving it more resources

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Andrew 🌻 Brandt 🐇

Broadcom is scaling back their ingenious #VMware plan to *only* service their top 2000 customers and instead they're saying that now they're going to service only their top 500 customers.

I'm a longtime VMware user and customer (ESXi and Workstation) and I feel utterly shafted.

Leaving hundreds of thousands of small customers who *want to continue using and buying your product* twisting in the wind because...why?

I haven't even been able to access the licenses and products I had previously paid for since the acquisition, let alone buy anything. I feel like I was robbed blind. What the hell is this?

Welp, time to switch everything over to #Proxmox.

theregister.com/2024/12/05/vmw

The Register · Broadcom makes U-turn on plan to serve top 2,000 VMware customers itselfBy Simon Sharwood
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jbz

🤑 Company claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rival

"Beeks Group, a cloud operator headquartered in the United Kingdom, has moved most of its 20,000-plus virtual machines (VMs) off VMware and to OpenNebula, an open source cloud and edge computing platform. Beeks Group sells virtual private servers and bare metal servers to financial service providers"

arstechnica.com/information-te

Ars Technica · Company claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rivalBy Scharon Harding
#vmware#opennebula#opensource
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Aral Balkan

Right, so if you want to download the latest VMWare Fusion Pro for macOS (v13.6.1) (free for personal use), here’s how you can do it with zero hassle from their software update site:

softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/

No need to create an account, etc.

(Don’t you love *enterprise-level* security?)

If you want to find some other download, just do a web search for the file name you see on the support site (see previous post).

Screenshot of VMWare Fusion running on my Mac: a dialogue window titled Select the Installation Method with the Install from disc or image option selected. Other options are Drag your ISO file here to start installing, Create a custom virtual machine, Get Windows from Microsoft, and Create a virtual machine on a remote server. The dialogue has buttons for help, Cancel, and Continue (focussed).
#enterpriseSoftware#IncompetenceAsAService#broadcom
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Aral Balkan

So you can follow these instructions to get closer to a download but if you think you’re actually going to be able to download it… oh, cricket, you have so much more to learn…

mikeroysoft.com/post/download-

What a shitshow, Broadcom.

At this point, if your time is worth anything, it’s actually more economical to pay for Parallels than to try and download VMWare Fusion for “free”.

Screenshot of the download, disabled, showing a “Screening Required” on the download button.
#enterpriseSoftware#IncompetenceAsAService#broadcom
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#VMware Workstation Shifting From Proprietary Code To Using Upstream #KVM
This isn't an off-schedule April Fools' Joke or anything like that but an exciting sign of the times: VMware Workstation will be shifting off its proprietary base and onto leveraging the upstream #Linux Kernel-based #VirtualMachine (KVM) for #virtualization needs moving forward.
phoronix.com/news/VMware-Works

www.phoronix.comVMware Workstation Shifting From Proprietary Code To Using Upstream KVM
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#HPE lets loose #VMEssentials to run on third-party platforms
#GreenLake update dangles juicy carrot for VMware refugees
While HPE #virtualization was announced as an embedded technology within its #privatecloud platforms, HPE VM Essentials will also be available as a standalone version that can run atop third-party infrastructure as well as the company's own gear, indicating a potential appeal to disgruntled #VMware customers.
theregister.com/2024/11/20/hpe

The Register · HPE lets loose VM Essentials to run on third-party platformsBy Dan Robinson
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