Questions tagged [vmware]

A company that develops cloud and virtualization software and services. Mostly known for their desktop softwares Workstation, Player and Fusion, their server software ESXi and the cloud IaaS product vCloud.

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Hashcat with Kali 2 in a VM

How can I run hashcat using only the cpu in a virtual machine? When I try to run hashcat in my Kali 2 VM I receive the following error: root@kali: hashcat -m 400 -a 0 hash.txt rockyou.txt hashcat (v3.10) starting... OpenCL Platform #1: Mesa,…
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Is a VM safe to run a simple virus on?

I just made a very simple batch virus that runs itself and runs on startup. I want to test it because I want to send it to a YouTuber who films himself running these viruses on a Virtual Machine. The question is, how can I make the Virtual Machine…
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Jump Servers for security

In my network, I have the clients directly connected to the server; but in the new PCI policies, they required to use jump servers. What is the advantage of using jump servers for security reasons? How can I use two-factor authentication with jump…
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What security isolation exists between VDI instance to VMware Horizon to ESX?

I read about malware that was able to escape the VM and get to the VMware Horizon host and then to hypervisor ESX, but I am not sure what security controls exist to prevent malware from jumping to those layers.
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Building an info sec VM lab - safe to keep on my home network?

I'm a new member making my first post here. I had a very quick, and admittedly basic, question. I'm setting up an info sec lab for the first time at home. I'm trying to build some more technical skills with things like Kali linux, pfsense, etc to…
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Disguise System as VM

Malware sometimes uses anti-vm and anti-sandbox behavior to act like harmless software. Wouldn't it be a good prevention strategy to disguise the host machine as a VM so that potential malware would never break out? I am not talking about "faking"…
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Windows XP SP3 vulnerable iso to ms_08_067

I am following Georgia Weidman book - Penetration Testing A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking. In her book, a Windows XP SP3 iso vulnerable to ms_08_067 is needed. I have an XP VM, but looks like this is patched since the exploit does not work. I…
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Security vulnerabilities when sharing files between virtual machine and host

According to this link , when running a windows OS virtual machine on a windows host OS, one can share files like one would share files between two computers on a network by ensuring that file sharing is enabled on both operating systems. My mom her…
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Hardening VM for Malware Analysis

I'm starting out in Malware Research / Malware Analysis. I am reading a book called "Practical Guide to Malware Analysis," which touches this in the 2nd chapter, before approaching Dynamical Analysis (malware detonation). However, it mentions 2…
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Security of external harware when using VMs

I'm new to using VMs, so I suspect this question may answer itself with experience, however, this question has been bugging me. If a computer user has a VM set up, and plugs in a pen drive, what's stopping any potential malware from "hopping" from…
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Does connecting a virtual machine to a guest wifi connection protect the host machine from potential malware if it is connected to the main network?

I have a windows 10 host machine that is connected to my LAN with other devices. It runs a VMware Ubuntu virtual machine that is connected to the guest wifi and has shared folders between vm and host disabled. I thought that this would protect the…
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Is VirtualBox safe and is it possible its spying on the user?

I'm looking to install a virtual machine and since Hyper-V is not available for my Windows 10 production version I'm forced to decide between VirtualBox and VMWare. VMWare looks much more modern and new while Virtual Box has a very old and 'sketchy'…
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Transferring A VM Image To Someone, Privacy Concern

Im setting up a Windows 7 VM and will be optimizing / setting up a suite of proprietary software/settings including a VPN. I will also be connecting this VM to the internet (through a VPN) from my local internet connection for further work online.…
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Security Onion VMWare + OpenWRT IPTables Mirroring

I'm trying to set up SO in my home network to lab and see if I can monitor all ingress/egress traffic from my SOHO router. I don't have a switch with SPAN ports, or a network tap so I'm using OpenWRT in combination w/ iptables mirroring…
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Can hackers compromise a VM to the point that they compromise your host OS?

Recently I was reading up on various security strategies and one that has been around for a while but is starting to gain traction now is working within a VM on your desired OS. If that VM ever gets compromised you can simply revert the system back…
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