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Panzer Ransomware Targets Italian Manufacturers and Telecom Firms With ESXi-Ready RaaS

Panzer ransomware has entered Italy amid a sharp rise in attacks. The ransomware-as-a-service, or RaaS, operation surfaced on August 5 and listed a kitchen manufacturer in Treviso and a telecommunications engineering firm in Catanzaro among its alleged victims. The group advertises tools for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and VMware ESXi systems. An attack on a virtualization […] The post Panzer Ransomware Targets Italian Manufacturers and Telecom Firms With ESXi-Ready RaaS appeared first on Cyber Security News.
Panzer ransomware has entered Italy amid a sharp rise in attacks. The ransomware-as-a-service, or RaaS, operation surfaced on August 5 and listed a kitchen manufacturer in Treviso and a telecommunications engineering firm in Catanzaro among its alleged victims. The group advertises tools for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and VMware ESXi systems. An attack on a virtualization host can disrupt many business applications at once, turning one compromised server into a wider outage. Panzer posted…
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