Web shells, a common type of post-exploitation tool that provides easy-to-use interface through which to issue commands to a compromised server, have become increasingly popular as attackers become ...

In recent months, attackers have increased their use of programs that run on Internet-facing servers as a way to remotely control compromised systems and networks, according to security firms and ...

Microsoft says the number of malicious web shells installed on web servers has almost doubled since its last count, last year in August 2020. Systems running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update were ...

A newly identified China-linked threat cluster, OP-512, is targeting Microsoft IIS servers with a custom three-web-shell ...

A court-approved FBI operation was conducted to remove web shells from compromised US-based Microsoft Exchange servers without first notifying the servers' owners. On March 2nd, Microsoft released a ...

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As long as computers have been around, there have been hackers who have progressively improved and become sneakier at exploiting them. Last year, Microsoft used Microsoft 365 Defender data to find ...

Security personnel at Microsoft are seeing a big increase in the use of Web shells, the light-weight programs that hackers install so they can burrow further into compromised websites. The average ...