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Oct 21, 2022

Multiple Campaigns Exploit VMware Vulnerability to Deploy Crypto Miners and Ransomware

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode

A now-patched vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access has been observed being exploited to deliver both cryptocurrency miners and ransomware on affected machines.

“The attacker intends to utilize a victim’s resources as much as possible, not only to install RAR1Ransom for extortion, but also to spread GuardMiner to collect cryptocurrency,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in a Thursday report.

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