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By Deeba Ahmed According to Microsoft, hackers are exploiting the IIS web servers to install backdoors and steal credentials in their… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft: Hackers are Using Malicious IIS Extensions to Backdoor Exchange Servers

The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has warned that attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers. The post IIS extensions are on the rise as backdoors to servers appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Fighting against ransomware can be difficult—especially if your organization has limited IT resources to begin with. But Adam Kujawa, security evangelist and director of Malwarebytes Labs, has a few tips for overburdened IT folks looking to simplify their fight against ransomware.  In this post, we’ll break down Kujawa’s observations about ransomware and three tips on... The post Simplifying the fight against ransomware: An expert explains appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Threat actors are increasingly abusing Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions to backdoor servers as a means of establishing a "durable persistence mechanism." That's according to a new warning from the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, which said that "IIS backdoors are also harder to detect since they mostly reside in the same directories as legitimate modules used by target

By Waqas Ducktail malware targets users and organizations on Facebook Business and Ads platform in this financially motivated malicious new… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ducktail Malware Exploits LinkedIn to Hack Facebook Business Accounts

Too many organizations are STILL getting breached. Every day across large and small organizations, intrusions and breaches happen.

An information-stealing malware called Amadey is being distributed by means of another backdoor called SmokeLoader. The attacks hinge on tricking users into downloading SmokeLoader that masquerades as software cracks, paving the way for the deployment of Amadey, researchers from the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in a report published last week. Amadey, a

An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a new kind of sophisticated UEFI firmware rootkit called CosmicStrand. "The rootkit is located in the firmware images of Gigabyte or ASUS motherboards, and we noticed that all these images are related to designs using the H81 chipset," Kaspersky researchers said in a new report published today. "This suggests that a common

Attackers are willing to replicate entire networks, purchase domains, and persist for months, not to mention spend significantly to make these campaigns successful.

Researchers at Intezer have published an analysis of a modular and versatile malware targeting Linux systems called Lightning Framework The post Lightning Framework, modular Linux malware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.