Frebniis malware abuses Microsoft IIS feature to create a backdoor

Experts spotted a malware dubbed Frebniis that abuses a Microsoft IIS feature to deploy a backdoor and monitor all HTTP traffic to the system. Broadcom Symantec researchers have spotted a new malware, tracked as Frebniis, that abuses Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to deploy a backdoor and monitor all HTTP traffic to the infected system, […]

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February 19, 2023
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AdSense fraud campaign relies on 10,890 sites that were infected since September 2022

The threat actors behind a massive AdSense fraud campaign infected 10,890 WordPress sites since September 2022. In November 2022, researchers from security firm Sucuri reported to have tracked a surge in WordPress malware redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A sites via ois[.]is. The experts were tracking the campaign since September 2022, the campaign’s end goal was black […]

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February 15, 2023
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Experts spotted a backdoor that borrows code from CIA’s Hive malware

Netlab 360 observed unidentified threat actors using a new backdoor based on the US CIA’s Project Hive malware suite. Researchers from Qihoo Netlab 360 reported that unidentified threat actors using a new backdoor based on the US CIA’s Project Hive malware suite. “Hive provides a covert communications platform for a whole range of CIA malware to send exfiltrated […]

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January 16, 2023
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