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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By targeting ESXi, ... New Python ransomware targets virtual ... The script used to hijack the company's VM setup was only 6kb in length but contained variables including different sets ...

“Python is a coding language not commonly used for ransomware. However, Python is pre-installed on Linux-based systems such as ESXi, and this makes Python-based attacks possible on such systems ...

OXFORD, United Kingdom, Oct. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released details of a new ransomware written in Python that attackers used ...

Just a week after the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its recovery script against ransomware targeting VMWare ESXi virtual machines, a modified version of the ...

“Python is a coding language not commonly used for ransomware. However, Python is pre-installed on Linux-based systems such as ESXi, and this makes Python-based attacks possible on such systems.” ...