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New variant of ESXiArgs ransomware makes recovery much harder

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()2 min read4 · 2 reads
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-21974
OpenSLP as used in ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1c-17325551, 6.7 before ESXi670-202102401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202102101-SG) has a heap-overflow vulnerability
8.845%PoC

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2 min read at securityaffairs.com

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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