Virtualization

Contain reported VMware vCenter exploitation

→Remove vCenter management access from the internet, isolate systems showing compromise indicators, preserve evidence, apply vendor-supported fixes, rotate administrative credentials that may have been reachable, and hunt across managed ESXi hosts and datastores.

Organizations responding to reported vCenter exploitation should remove management interfaces from internet exposure, isolate systems with compromise indicators, preserve evidence, apply authoritative vendor fixes, rotate potentially reachable administrative credentials, and hunt across managed hosts and datastores. Verify local compromise rather than assuming every system was affected.