#broadcom
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Unpatched Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Hands Nearby Attackers Root on Routers
Researcher Quentin Kaiser showed that a bug in Broadcom's own WPS code lets an attacker within Wi-Fi range run code as root — with no network password and no pairing. There is no patch and no CVE.
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Broadcom Patches Critical Vulnerability in VMware Workstation and Fusion
The integer overflow flaw lets an attacker with administrator privileges inside a virtual machine execute arbitrary code on the host system. There are no workarounds — only an update helps.
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Broadcom Patches Three Critical VMware Vulnerabilities: Authentication Bypass, RCE and VM Escape
The updates affect VMware ESX, vCenter, Workstation and Fusion. Three of the fixed flaws are rated critical, including an authentication bypass in vCenter with a CVSS score of 9.8.
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Sheetz store chain drops VMware over Broadcom's policies
The American roadside store chain Sheetz is migrating all 838 of its locations from VMware to the StorMagic platform. The cited reason is the “far too much uncertainty” that arose after Broadcom acquired VMware.
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Apple Strikes Multibillion-Dollar Deal with Broadcom to Make Chips in the U.S.
Apple and Broadcom have signed a multiyear agreement to design and manufacture more than 15 billion wireless chips for Apple devices in the United States. The contract is worth over 30 billion dollars.