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Ransomware operators exploit simple flaw in VMware ESXi to launch attacks
A number of ransomware groups have been observed exploiting a vulnerability in vSphere ESXi, VMware's bare metal hypervisor.
Bizarrely, the attack was as simple as creating a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) group called "ESX Admins", which was allowed for users with limited domain-level permissions. Adding users to that ...
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