Scattered Spider is running a VMware ESXi hacking spree

Bill Toulas reports: Scattered Spider hackers have been aggressively targeting virtualized environments by attacking VMware ESXi hypervisors at U.S. companies in the retail, airline, transportation, and insurance sectors. According to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GITG), the attackers keep employing their usual tactics that do not include vulnerability exploits but rely on perfectly executed social engineering…![](https://analytics.hitsaru.com/piwik.php?idsite=11&rec=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatabreaches.net%2F2025%2F07%2F27%2Fscattered-spider-is-running-a-vmware-esxi-hacking-spree%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dscattered-spider-is-running-a-vmware-esxi-hacking-spree&action_name=Scattered+Spider+is+running+a+VMware+ESXi+hacking+spree&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdatabreaches.net%2Ffeed%2F)

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