It's a little snippet of Python code – 6KB – that strikes fast and nasty, taking less than three hours to complete from initial breach to encryption.

Download the ESXi installer (ISO file) from your OEM or the Broadcom Support Portal and place the ISO file in the python-script-for-esxi-imaging directory that has been created during previous step.

Operators of an unknown ransomware gang are using a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers. While the Python programming language is not commonly used in ...

This library creates automation scripts based on VMware vSphere Automation SDK for Python What can this library do for you It provides the basis for how to efficiently automate the management of ...

The script's name and location make Juniper Networks believe that the malware operators intend to target VMware ESXi servers specifically. "While the Python script used in this attack is cross ...

Security researchers with Juniper Networks’ Threat Labs warn of a new Python-based backdoor targeting VMware ESXi virtualization servers. The targeted servers were impacted by known security defects ...

Attackers used a script written in Python during a recent ransomware attack which took just three hours, encrypting all the virtual disks on the target's virtual machine hypervisor. Andrew ...

A recently observed attack employed a Python-based ransomware variant to target an organization’s VMware ESXi server and encrypt all virtual disks, Sophos reports. The attack involved the use of a ...

Ultra-high-speed attacks on ESXi servers and VMware virtual machines. Sophos researchers discover new Python ransomware. The report entitled "Python Ransomware Script Targets ESXi Server for ...

New Python ransomware targets virtual machines, ESXi hypervisors to encrypt disks Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing Writer Oct. 5, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. PT ...