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#1 The Hacker News general August 17, 2026 at 07:36 UTC

Suspected China-Nexus Actor Exploits VMware vCenter Flaw, Deploys Babuk-Derived Ransomware

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

A suspected China-nexus APT is actively exploiting CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS 9.8), a critical directory-traversal flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter, deploying Babuk-derived ransomware on compromised systems. The severity and widespread enterprise deployment of vCenter make this a high-priority patching target for security teams managing virtualized infrastructure.

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