Kremlin hackers are right now exploiting security hole in VMware software to hijack systems, NSA warns

Kremlin hackers are right now exploiting security hole in VMware software to hijack systems, NSA warns

The NSA reckons Russian government hackers are actively abusing a critical security hole in VMWare's software to infiltrate victims' networks. Sysadmins are urged to deploy the necessary patch as soon as possible.


“Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber actors are exploiting a vulnerability in VMware Access and VMware Identity Manager products, allowing the actors access to protected data and abusing federated authentication,” a cybersecurity notice [PDF] published on Monday warns.


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