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China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines - Stanley - Jan 19, 2026
China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines
Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024.
Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed the activity in December 2025 and stopped it before it could progress to the final stage, said it may have resulted in a ransomware
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/chinese-linked-hackers-exploit-vmware.html
RE: China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines - DramaKing - Jan 20, 2026
Now this is something that I'd like to try. A lot of orgs probably don't implement regular ESXi patching.