Fire Ant Exploits VMware Flaws To Compromise ESXi Hosts And VCenter Environments - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Fire Ant Threat Actor Exploits VMware Flaws in Air-Gapped Networks

In the shadowy world of cyber espionage, a sophisticated threat actor has emerged, leveraging vulnerabilities in VMware’s virtualization software to infiltrate highly secure environments. Dubbed “Fire Ant” by researchers, this campaign targets ESXi hypervisors and vCenter management systems, allowing attackers to establish persistent access in isolated networks that are often air-gapped or heavily fortified. The operation, uncovered through inci…

Fire Ant Hackers Target VMware ESXi and vCenter Flaws to Infiltrate Organizations

Cybersecurity firm Sygnia has been tracking and mitigating a sophisticated espionage operation dubbed Fire Ant, which zeroes in on virtualization and networking infrastructure, particularly VMware ESXi hypervisors and vCenter management servers, alongside network appliances. The threat actors behind Fire Ant employ multilayered kill chains, blending advanced persistence mechanisms with stealthy techniques to breach segmented networks […] The pos…

Fire Ant Exploits VMware Flaws To Compromise ESXi Hosts And VCenter Environments - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Jul 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananVirtualization / Network Security Virtualization and networking infrastructure have been targeted by a threat actor codenamed Fire Ant as part of a prolonged cyber espionage campaign. The activity, observed this year, is primarily designed Now to infiltrate organizations’ VMware ESXi and vCenter environments as well as network appliances, Sygnia said in a new report published today. “The threat actor leveraged comb…

Fire Ant Exploits VMware Flaws to Compromise ESXi Hosts and vCenter Environments

Virtualization and networking infrastructure have been targeted by a threat actor codenamed Fire Ant as part of a prolonged cyber espionage campaign. The activity, observed this year, is primarily designed Now to infiltrate organizations' VMware ESXi and vCenter environments as well as network appliances, Sygnia said in a new report published today. "The threat actor leveraged combinations of