Tag: iis module

4 Attack Reports | 0 Vulnerabilities

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Operation Rewrite: Chinese-Speaking Threat Actors Deploy BadIIS in a Wide Scale SEO Poisoning Campaign

A Chinese-speaking threat actor group, tracked as CL-UNK-1037, has been conducting a large-scale SEO poisoning campaign called Operation Rewrite. The attackers use a malicious IIS module named BadIIS to intercept and alter web traffic on compromised servers, manipulating search engine results to re…

chinese threat actor

chinese-speaking

operation rewrite

Published: September 25, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 71

GhostRedirector poisons Windows servers: Backdoors with a side of Potatoes

ESET researchers have identified a new threat actor named GhostRedirector that has compromised at least 65 Windows servers, primarily in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. The actor utilizes two previously undocumented tools: a passive C++ backdoor called Rungan and a malicious Internet Information Ser…

privilege escalation

windows servers

Published: September 8, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 24

Whispering in the dark

ESET researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign by BladedFeline, an Iran-aligned APT group likely tied to OilRig. The group has targeted Kurdish and Iraqi government officials since at least 2017, using various malicious tools including the Whisper backdoor, PrimeCache IIS module, and reverse …

slippery snakelet

Published: June 10, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 12

Targeted Iranian Attacks Against Iraqi Government Infrastructure

Check Point Research uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Iraqi government entities, employing custom tools named Veaty and Spearal. The attack utilizes various techniques including passive IIS backdoors, DNS tunneling, and C2 communication via compromised email accounts. The malware shows co…

Published: September 12, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 16

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