Attack Vectors
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New Python malware backdoors VMware ESXi servers for remote access
The new python backdoor adds seven lines inside "/etc/rc.local.d/local.sh," one of the few ESXi files that survive between reboots and is executed at startup.
VMware Beware: Lockbit 3.0 Targeting ESXi hash: 0f7c10dfa562adf15f1f6078ecaee788
Per Twitter @Unit42_Intel a LockBit 3.0 variant using ESXi Locker version 1.2 continues targeting ESXi hash: 0f7c10dfa562adf15f1f6078ecaee788.
ESXi Alert: Bad VIB(E)s Part Two: Detection and Hardening within ESXi Hypervisors
In part one, we covered attackers’ usage of malicious vSphere Installation Bundles (“VIBs”) to install multiple backdoors across ESXi hypervisors, focusing on the malware present within the VIB payloads. In
HOWTO: KB89619 – Mitigation and Threat Hunting Guidance for Unsigned vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs) in ESXi (89619)
On Thursday September 29th, Mandiant published information on malware they discovered in the wild that leverages unsigned VIBs to install backdoors on a compromised ESXi host.
ESXi ALERT: Bad VIB(E)s Part One: Investigating Novel Malware Persistence Within ESXi Hypervisors
This malware ecosystem was initially detected during an intrusion investigation when Mandiant identified attacker commands sourced from the legitimate VMware Tools process, vmtoolsd.exe, on a Windows virtual machine hosted on a VMware ESXi hypervisor.
Log4Shell Still Being Exploited to Hack VMWare Servers to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data
"Since December 2021, multiple threat actor groups have exploited Log4Shell on unpatched, public-facing VMware Horizon and [Unified Access Gateway] servers," the agencies said. "