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 ...

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 ...

The use of web shells is increasing, which could put your business at risk. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about web shells. Recently, the U.S. FBI was given court authorization to delete web ...

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 ...

Tanya Candia is an international management expert, specializing for more than 25 years in information security strategy and communication for public- and private-sector organizations. Stealthy, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A major botnet operation has been attacking and taking over the web shells (backdoors on web servers) of other malware operations for more than a year, security researchers from Positive Technologies ...

Microsoft has warned that inadequate security on web applications and internet-facing servers is allowing hackers to use web shells in their tens of thousands each month to launch attacks. Web shells ...

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 ...