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Digital Pirates: How Russia, China, and Cyber-Gangs Can Hijack a Supertanker and Collapse Global Trade

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          🌍 Geopolitical & OT Security Analysis           Digital Pirates: How Russia, China, and Cyber-Gangs Can Hijack a Supertanker and Collapse Global Trade         By CyberDudeBivash • October 03, 2025 • Strategic Threat Report         cyberdudebivash.com |       cyberbivash.blogspot.com           Disclosure: This is a strategic analysis for leaders in government, defense, and critical infrastructure sectors. It contains affiliate links to relevant security solutions and training. Your support helps fund our independent research.   Executive Briefing: Table of Contents       Chapter 1: The 21st Century Chokepoint — A New Era of Piracy     Chapter 2: The Floating Datacenter — A Supertanker's Attack Surface     Chapter 3: The Kill Chain — From a Phished Captain to a Hijacked Rudde...

VMWARE VULNERABILITY: Critical ESXi/Workstation Flaw (VMXNET3 Integer Overflow) Allows Guest-to-Host Escape

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        VMWARE VULNERABILITY: Critical ESXi/Workstation Flaw (VMXNET3 Integer Overflow) Allows Guest-to-Host Escape     By CyberDudeBivash • September 28, 2025, 11:53 AM IST • Security Research Analysis   The security of our entire modern IT infrastructure is built on a foundational promise: the integrity of the virtual machine sandbox. Today, that promise has a critical crack. A high-severity **integer overflow vulnerability** has been discovered in the ubiquitous **VMXNET3 virtual network adapter**, affecting the entire VMware ecosystem, from enterprise-grade ESXi servers to desktop Workstation and Fusion products. This is not a minor bug. A successful exploit allows a malicious actor with root access inside a guest VM to achieve a full **guest-to-host escape**, breaking out of the virtual machine and executing code on the underlying physical hypervisor. This is one of the most feared and devastating types of vulnerabilities in a virtual...