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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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According to the alert published by the ACM, the ransomware attacks were first reported by the France CERT (CERT-FR). CERT-FR reported that threat actors behind these ransomware attackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2021-21974. “On reads the alert published by CERT-FR. “In x and prior to 6.7.”

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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. reads the latest advisory published by the company.

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France, Japan, and New Zealand warn of a surgein Emotet attacks

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Alerte CERT-FR Depuis quelques jours, l’ANSSI constate un ciblage d’entreprises et administrations françaises par le code malveillant Emotet. — CERT-FR (@CERT_FR) September 7, 2020. In the middle-August, the malware was employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign. ” reads the alert published by the New Zealand CERT.

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PYSA ransomware gang is the most active group in November

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CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code is based on public Python libraries. According to the report issued by the CERT-FR, operators behind the Pysa ransomware launched brute-force attacks against management consoles and Active Directory accounts. newversion file extension instead of. in November compared to October.

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A new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware makes recovery much harder

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The new variant was spotted less than a week after the first alert was launched by CERT-FR warning of an ESXi ransomware targeting thousands of VMware servers in a global-scale campaign. The attack exploits a heap-overflow vulnerability in VMware ESXi and is tracked as CVE-2021-21974 which was patched in February 2021.

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FBI warns of PYSA Ransomware attacks against Education Institutions in US and UK

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CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code based on public Python libraries. According to the report issued by the CERT-FR, operators behind the Pysa ransomware launched brute-force attacks against management consoles and Active Directory accounts. newversion file extension instead of . ” continues the alert.

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