Qilin Ransomware ESXi Targeting: Shadow Delete Followed by ESXi Process Activity
Detects a sequence of events on a single host within a 10-minute window involving both the deletion of Volume Shadow Copies (using vssadmin.exe or wmic.exe) and the execution of ESXi management commands (using esxcli or vmware binaries). This behavioral pattern is often indicative of ransomware attempting to inhibit system recovery and interfere with virtualized infrastructure components concurrently.
Splunk (SPL)
