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 ...

Threat groups deployed a range of web shells against vulnerable or unpatched web applications in 35% of incidents during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a report by Cisco Talos. The ...

Cisco Talos released its cybersecurity report for the first quarter of 2023, highlighting the most common attacks, targets and other significant trends. The findings show that web shells were the top ...

For the first time since March 2021, healthcare was the most targeted vertical. Web shells were the top observed threat, comprising nearly 22% of incidents. 30% of engagements either did not have ...

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, ...

The attack methods being used to abuse the bug can successfully circumvent security measures, evading detection by security endpoints during scanning. A patched critical remote code execution (RCE) ...

Fresh proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits are circulating in the wild for a widely targeted Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server flaw. The new attack vectors could enable a malicious ...