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software
VMware ESXi Hypervisor
EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Type-1 bare-metal hypervisor deployed in enterprise datacenters to host and partition virtual machines and critical workload clusters.
High-value target for sophisticated ransomware operators (including BlackCat/ALPHV, LockBit, and Akira) who exploit OpenSLP and vCenter daemon interfaces to execute hypervisor escapes and encrypt all guest VMDK volumes simultaneously.
SOURCE CITATIONS & ATTESTATIONS (1)
CERT-In Advisory: ESXi Targeted AttacksCERT-In
Targeted Hypervisor Exploitation
TELEMETRY CARDID: software-vmware-esxi
ENTITY TYPE
software
INDEXED TAGS
#hypervisor#virtualization#datacenter#enterprise#vmdk
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