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 ...

This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, offers a detailed look at how to build risk management policies to protect your critical digital assets. Read now In a blog post ...

Attackers often use web shells to mimic legitimate files and compromise web servers. These best practices will lower your risk. One tool that bad guys use to go after your web servers is a web shell.

Malware known as China Chopper is behind the recent headline-making attacks against vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers worldwide. China Copper is a type of malicious software known as a Web shell, ...

Microsoft says that the number of monthly web shell attacks has almost doubled since last year, with an average of 140,000 such malicious tools being found on compromised servers every month. Web ...

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 ...

The number of malicious web shells installed on web servers increased significantly last year and between August and January of 2021, Microsoft registered an average of 140,000 encounters of these ...

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...