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CERT-FR warns of a new wave of ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers

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The French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) warns that threat actors are targeting VMware ESXi servers to deploy ransomware. CERT-FR reported that threat actors behind these ransomware attackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2021-21974. ” reads the alert published by CERT-FR. x and prior to 6.7.”

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Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers

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” Government experts urge organizations to immediately apply security patches to address the vulnerability and prevent its exploitation. According to the alert published by the ACM, the ransomware attacks were first reported by the France CERT (CERT-FR). reads the alert published by CERT-FR. “In x and prior to 6.7.”

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Nobelium APT targets French orgs, French ANSSI agency warns

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Le CERT-FR vient de publier un rapport sur des campagnes d’hameçonnage du mode opératoire d’attaquants Nobelium contre des entités françaises menées depuis février 2021. link] — CERT-FR (@CERT_FR) December 6, 2021. Experts noticed that several IP addresses within the C2 infrastructure belong to the OVH provider.

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US CISA releases a script to recover servers infected with ESXiArgs ransomware

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The French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) last Friday first warned that threat actors are targeting VMware ESXi servers to deploy ransomware. CERT-FR reported that threat actors behind these ransomware attackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2021-21974.

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PYSA ransomware gang is the most active group in November

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Experts observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with October, that hit government organizations. According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. The malicious code appended the extension. continues the report.

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A new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware makes recovery much harder

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Experts warn of new ESXiArgs ransomware attacks using an upgraded version that makes it harder to recover VMware ESXi virtual machines. Experts spotted a new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware targeting VMware ESXi servers, authors have improved the encryption process, making it much harder to recover the encrypted virtual machines.

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CERT France – Pysa ransomware is targeting local governments

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” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code based on public Python libraries. The malicious code appended the extension. locked to the filename of the encrypted files.