The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a script to recover VMware ESXi servers encrypted by the recent wave of ransomware attacks around the world. The ESXiArgs ...

An ESXi host is a hypervisor developed by VMware that enables you to run and manage multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical server. Usually, a fresh ESXi 8 installation is done by ...

A free version of the ESXi hypervisor is available, but Broadcom notes the entry-level VMware hypervisor is for non-production use. With little notice or fanfare, Broadcom is offering a free version ...

VMware has resumed offering a free hypervisor. News of the offering emerged in a throwaway line in the Release Notes for version 8.0 Update 3e of the Broadcom business unit's ESXi hypervisor. Just ...

Hypervisor maker VMware has warned that attackers are using previously disclosed vulnerabilities in its ESXi hypervisor and components to deploy ransomware. The company believes the vulnerabilities ...

VMware has released a vSphere ESXi update to address a known issue causing some Windows Server 2022 virtual machines to no longer boot after installing this month's KB5022842 update. Microsoft first ...

Cybercriminals are actively exploiting a two-year-old VMware vulnerability as part of a ransomware campaign targeting thousands of organizations worldwide. Reports emerged over the weekend that VMware ...

One topic hotly debated throughout the history of server virtualization is that of hyperthreading. Some claim that hyperthreading can increase a VMware host's performance, while others claim that ...

I am uncertain if the acquisition of VMWare by Broadcom, or the fact that Broadcom removed the free, non-commercial version of ESXi may have something to do with these errors.

‘This trend is especially noteworthy given that ESXi, by design, does not support third-party agents or antivirus software and VMware states in its documentation that antivirus software is not ...