Hackers actively exploiting VMware bug in massive ransomware campaign

Cyber-criminals are exploiting two-year-old vulnerability in Cloud software company VMware for a massive-scale ransomware attack.

France’s computer emergency response team (CERT-FR) has warned that hackers have been targeting ‘VMware ESXi’ servers since February 3.

Italy’s national cybersecurity agency ACN also warned of a large-scale ransomware campaign targeting thousands of servers across Europe and North America.

“In the current state of investigations, these attack campaigns seem to have taken advantage of the exposure of ESXi hypervisors which would not have been updated with security patches quickly enough,” said CERT-FR.