A previously undocumented Python backdoor targeting VMware ESXi servers has been spotted, enabling hackers to execute commands remotely on a compromised system. VMware ESXi is a virtualization ...

The Python script uses the vim-cmd command functions of the ESXi Shell to produce a list of the names of all VMs installed on the server, then shuts them all down, he said.

Python web applications have long adhered to the Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) standard, which describes how they talk to web servers. WSGI, originally introduced in 2003 and updated in 2010 ...