RESEARCHERS SPOT 700% INCREASE IN HYPERVISOR RANSOMWARE ATTACKS

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Security researchers report a 700% increase in ransomware attacks targeting hypervisors like Hyper-V and VMWare ESXi, with groups such as Akira leading the trend. Hypervisors often lack endpoint-style protections and offer attackers a control point over numerous VMs simultaneously. Attacks abuse built‑in tools to encrypt VM storage and misuse management utilities to disable protections.