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2 vulnerabilities with 9.8 severity ratings are under exploit. A 3rd looms
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2 vulnerabilities with 9.8 severity ratings are under exploit. A 3rd looms

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Malicious hackers, some believed to be state-backed, are actively exploiting two unrelated vulnerabilities—both with severity ratings of 9.8 out of a possible 10—in hopes of infecting sensitive enterprise networks with backdoors, botnet software, and other forms of malware. The ongoing attacks target unpatched versions of multiple product lines from VMware and…