A ransomware campaign exploiting VMware servers around the world sent security personnel into a fury.
, and it has cited figures saying analysts believe that 80% of virtualized workloads run on VMware technology.A spokesperson at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told Axios the agency is working "to assess the impacts of these reported incidents and providing assistance where needed."
A VMware spokesperson said the ransomware attacks appear to be targeting "end-of-general-support or significantly out-of-date products by leveraging known vulnerabilities previously addressed and disclosed in VMware security advisories."Now is the time for companies to assess whether they use this specific VMware product — and if so, to immediately patch their systems, Avi Sinai, vice president of research and development at Israeli cloud security firm Perimeter 81, told Axios.
"Hundreds of vulnerabilities are found every day. If you have time to patch your servers, then you're good." Sinai said. "If not ... you must patch as soon as possible. Otherwise, even junior hackers can find a way to hack your system and then ask for ransom."VMware's ESXi servers allow people to host virtualized, cloud-based computers on physical devices, giving them access to multiple operating systems via one server.
While moving to the cloud has been hailed as a surefire way to protect organizations, the current ransomware attack is an example of the security downfalls if administrators don't know how to properly patch or manage their cloud networks, Sinai added.Each organization running cloud computing security infrastructure should establish a regular patching schedule to avoid a similar exploitation of years-old, already resolved security vulnerabilities.
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