Hackers exploiting two-year-old VMware flaw to launch large-scale ransomware campaign>
HCS Affirm – Mseal08
Reports emerged over the weekend that VMware ESXi servers left vulnerable and unpatched against a remotely exploitable bug from 2021 were compromised and scrambled by a ransomware variant dubbed âESXiArgs.â ESXi is VMwareâs hypervisor, a technology that allows organizations to host several virtualized computers running multiple operating systems on a single physical server.

Franceâs computer emergency response team CERT-FR reports that the cyber-criminals have been targeting VMware ESXi servers since February 3, while Italyâs national cybersecurity agency ACN on Sunday warned of a large-scale ransomware campaign targeting thousands of servers across Europe and North America.

More than 3,200 VMware servers worldwide have been compromised by the ESXiArgs ransomware campaign so far, according to a Censys search (via Bleeping Computer). France is the most affected country, followed by the U.S., Germany, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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