Introduction VMware vDefend objects can be created in both the UI and API. The vDefend API can be interacted with using tools like Postman, cURL, and Terraform along with scripting languages like Python and Golang. In this guide, we will be using Postman. The API documentation can be found here and has all the information … Continued
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VMware vDefend’s GenAI co-pilot innovation speeds up ransomware threat defense with context-driven explainability of the attack chain, correlated threat campaign insights, and guided remediation. There’s a lot of euphoria around generative AI/GenAI today, not just among enterprises but also among threat actors wanting to cast a wider net for ransom. As these technologies evolve, they … Continued
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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) seamlessly integrates on-premises virtual infrastructure with the agility of the public cloud. This empowers customers to establish their own private cloud within a secure and controlled data center environment, delivering scalability, rapid innovation, and effective cost management. Security is a crucial consideration for any cloud environment. Organizations should design and implement … Continued
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The latest enhancements to the VMware vDefend portfolio include custom IDS/IPS signature options tailored for industry-specific attacks and a malware analysis test drive for advanced malware analysis. In today’s evolving threat landscape, digital enterprises face sophisticated, laterally mobile cyberattacks within their private cloud environments. Traditional perimeter defenses are simply insufficient to secure east-west application traffic. … Continued
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VMware Explore Barcelona 2024 preparations are underway, and we couldn’t be more excited! Mark your calendars for this year’s European event at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona from 4 – 7 November. The content catalog and session scheduling tool are now available, waiting for you to choose your favorites. In today’s ever-evolving cybersecurity arena, vDefend … Continued
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Highlights: Innovations focus on GenAI assist for threat defense; greater performance, assessment and deployment flexibility for malware and ransomware prevention; VCF 9 integrations and Zero trust lateral security enhancements We are in an early stage of a thrilling journey with generative AI (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs). There is tremendous excitement in regards to … Continued
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Modern threats are shapeshifters. Attackers are evolving their tactics and techniques faster than ever before as they strive to evade detection and get past perimeter security solutions. Once inside the network, they’ll stop at nothing to steal sensitive data, commit extortion, or otherwise harm their victims. VMware created the vDefend architecture and product portfolio to … Continued
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Latest enhancements include significant scale increase, simplified Distributed Firewall operations, enhanced NDR threat defense and streamlined Security Intelligence capacity planning Digital enterprises need to combat relentless malware and ransomware attacks to protect their crown jewels – applications and data. All private cloud workloads – critical as well as non-critical – must be equally protected to … Continued
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Today’s attacks present a significant challenge for network security solutions Many network security products include sophisticated analysis components that inspect traffic for the presence of malicious payloads. This allows them to detect known exploits and malware binaries with good accuracy. Unfortunately, attacks have evolved over time and became much more sophisticated. Today, adversaries move stealthily … Continued
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With each passing day, more and more companies are finding themselves victims of security breaches. Data center architectures have been traditionally flat network architectures that rely on perimeter firewalls to be the only inspection point. This inherent trust of the high speed private data center has allowed both unfettered access between workloads and malicious payloads … Continued
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Wednesday May 8, 2024 Updates I) Today, we’ve learned that it is NOT needed to login into the Broadcom Support Portal to see a list of VMware Security Advisories. The following URLs show the list of security advisories by VMware division without the need to login: VMware Division URL to list of VMware Security Advisories … Continued
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The grim reality of today’s evolving threat landscape is that digital enterprises are getting breached daily. Despite deploying perimeter security, attackers are able to get in. The impact of malware and ransomware is the theft of sensitive data (such as intellectual property, personally identifiable information, and classified information). Traditional appliance-based point solutions don’t work for … Continued
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Digital enterprises are investing in private cloud as the foundational infrastructure for their applications. These organizations have to deal with thousands of applications and many of them are crown jewels that power their businesses. Deploying these applications rapidly is challenging, maintaining compliance is getting harder, costs are mounting, and the need for visibility and control … Continued
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Applications are foundational to the internet and form the basic building blocks of any organization’s IT stack. Having complete and detailed visibility into the applications in your network is an important step in formulating an overall security posture for your organization. Visibility enables organizations to understand the types and traffic patterns of applications, determine the … Continued
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Update May 14, 2024 Today, VMware has released the following new security advisory: VMSA-2024-0010 – VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-22267, CVE-2024-22268, CVE-2024-22269, CVE-2024-22270) The advisory documents the remediation of the Critical and Important severity vulnerabilities demonstrated at the Pwn2Own 2024 hacking contest. Customers should review the security advisory and direct … Continued
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