Posts by Adryenn Ashley

The last in our series on IIS threats introduces a malicious IIS extension used to manipulate page rankings for third-party websites ESET researchers have discovered and analyzed a previously undocumented server-side trojan that manipulates search engine results by hijacking the reputation of the websites it compromises. We named the trojan IISerpent to highlight its two…

In another incident, ransomware attackers almost forced the cancellation of a match, a report reveals The post Premier League team narrowly avoids losing £1 million to scammers appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

The attackers and their motivations remain unknown; however, the incidents yet again highlight the risks of careless data security The post Almost 4,000 databases wiped in ‘Meow’ attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

The Bureau expects cybercriminals to increasingly abuse new threat vectors for large-scale DDoS attacks The post FBI warns of disruptive DDoS amplification attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

A view of the Q2 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts The post ESET Threat Report Q2 2020 appeared first on WeLiveSecurity