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Fire Ant: A Deep-Dive into Hypervisor-Level Espionage

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24 Jul, 2025

Sygnia investigated Fire Ant, a stealthy cyber-espionage campaign targeting VMware ESXi, vCenter, and network appliances. The attackers used hypervisor-level techniques to evade detection and maintain persistent access.

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