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  1. WSUS Hardening in Windows Server 2025 Impacts ESU for 2012/2012 R2

    Microsoft’s September 2025 hardening update for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Windows Server 2025 removes legacy update binaries used by WSUS to service the Windows Update SelfUpdate component, and that change has immediate operational implications for organizations still relying on...
  2. HTTP.sys DoS Risk and Mitigations (CVE-2025-53805)

    Microsoft’s advisory for a newly referenced HTTP.sys vulnerability describes an out‑of‑bounds read in the Windows HTTP protocol stack that can be triggered remotely against Internet Information Services (IIS) and other HTTP.sys consumers, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a...
  3. Urgent: Patch SharePoint On-Prem RCE via Deserialization Chain (CVE-2025-53770)

    Microsoft’s SharePoint on-premises ecosystem is once again at the center of a high-risk security incident: an untrusted-deserialization remote code execution (RCE) class of weaknesses is being actively exploited against internet-facing SharePoint Server deployments, and an exact CVE identifier...
  4. Install IIS on Windows Server: Quick, Scriptable, and Secure Web Hosting

    If you need a reliable Windows Server web host on-premises or in your datacenter, installing Internet Information Services (IIS) is the obvious first step—and it’s far simpler than many administrators expect. Built into Windows Server but not enabled by default, IIS can be installed...
  5. GhostRedirector: Hidden IIS Backdoor and SEO Fraud on Windows Servers

    ESET researchers have uncovered a compact but sophisticated campaign — tracked as GhostRedirector — that has secretly turned at least 65 Internet‑facing Windows servers into a stealthy SEO‑fraud network while simultaneously installing a resilient native backdoor for long‑term access...
  6. GhostRedirector: IIS Backdoor and SEO Fraud with Rungan & Gamshen

    A compact but sophisticated campaign tracked as GhostRedirector has infected at least 65 Internet‑facing Windows IIS servers and paired a stealthy native backdoor with an in‑process IIS module to run a covert, profitable SEO fraud operation that pushes third‑party gambling sites while leaving...
  7. GhostRedirector: Hidden IIS Backdoor and SEO Fraud Targeting Windows Servers

    ESET’s researchers have uncovered a previously undocumented threat cluster that covertly poisons legitimate IIS-hosted websites to manipulate Google rankings while also planting a stealthy C++ backdoor on Windows servers — a campaign ESET calls GhostRedirector that, according to an internet-wide...
  8. GhostRedirector: A crawler-aware IIS SEO fraud backdoor campaign

    ESET researchers have uncovered a compact but sophisticated campaign — tracked as GhostRedirector — that has compromised at least 65 Internet‑facing Windows servers and combined a native C++ backdoor with a malicious IIS native module to deliver long‑lived persistence and server‑side SEO fraud...
  9. GhostRedirector: New IIS Module and Rungan Backdoor Drive SEO Fraud on Windows

    ESET Research revealed that a previously undocumented threat actor, which the company calls GhostRedirector, compromised at least 65 Internet‑facing Windows IIS hosts and deployed two custom native components — a C++ backdoor named Rungan and a malicious IIS module called Gamshen — to run a...
  10. GhostRedirector: Hidden IIS SEO Fraud Backdoor Campaign with Rungan & Gamshen

    ESET Research has uncovered a previously undocumented threat actor it calls GhostRedirector, which in June 2025 was found to have compromised at least 65 Windows servers across multiple countries and deployed two custom tools — a C++ backdoor named Rungan and a native IIS module named Gamshen...
  11. TLS 1.3 & IIS Express on Windows 11: mTLS Breakage, Workarounds, and Outlook

    Windows developers and administrators who depend on client-certificate (mTLS) workflows will need to keep using workarounds: a structural limitation introduced by TLS 1.3 and the way Windows handles TLS in kernel (http.sys / Schannel) means IIS Express on Windows 11 cannot reliably request a...
  12. IIS on Windows Server: Patch Tuesday Risks, Digest RCE CVE-2025-21294, WSUS Pitfalls

    Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have resurfaced in recent reporting as a nexus of operational pain and security risk — a story that blends a high‑volume patch cycle, at least one serious authentication vulnerability, and persistent...
  13. A Tech Feature in International Daily News: Examining Microsoft's Overlooked Gems: IIS, WSUS, and Windows Server 2025

    A recent technical feature in International Daily News highlighted some of the most overlooked yet critical components in the Microsoft ecosystem: the interaction between IIS (Internet Information Services) and the Windows Server platform, common post-installation errors in WSUS (Windows Server...
  14. Microsoft IIS and Windows Server 2025: A Comprehensive Guide to Security and Operations

    Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have once again become a focus. Recent reports from Hong Kong and international media, along with practical feedback from community forums, show that as Microsoft continues to release security patches and...
  15. IIS and WSUS Failures on Windows Server: Bindings, 0x80070003, and Fixes

    IIS can appear to “refuse” a domain, WSUS post‑install can abort with 0x80070003, and small configuration mismatches in Windows Server often hide behind cryptic error messages—but the underlying causes are usually straightforward to diagnose and fix. This feature unpacks the most common IIS +...
  16. Preventing Content Bleed: CMS Governance & Metadata on Windows Newsrooms

    A seemingly ordinary sports photo page titled “Falcons Cowboys Football” paired with an obituary excerpt for Odessa Dillard Foddrell, 84, who died on August 12, 2025 in Conover, North Carolina, reads like a glitch in the matrix—but it’s also a snapshot of how fragile modern, template-driven news...
  17. Siemens Opcenter Quality CVEs: Patch to V2506+ and Harden TLS Now

    Siemens has published a security advisory for Opcenter Quality that maps seven distinct CVEs affecting SmartClient modules (Opcenter QL Home), SOA Audit and SOA Cockpit — the vulnerabilities range from incorrect authorization and insufficient session expiration to support for legacy TLS...
  18. Patch CVE-2025-53772: Secure Web Deploy (MSDeploy) Now

    TL;DR — Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53772: a deserialization vulnerability in Web Deploy (msdeploy) that can allow an authenticated (authorized) user who can reach the Web Deploy endpoint to cause remote code execution on the target server. If you run Web Deploy (the...
  19. How to Fix

    When an error message reading "An unexpected error occurred in the WSUS Snap-in" appears on a Windows Server, it often signals a storm brewing beneath seemingly calm admin waters. For IT professionals, encountering a malfunction in the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) management console can...
  20. Windows April 2025 Patch Creates Mysterious inetpub Folder: What You Need to Know

    When Windows users installed the latest Patch Tuesday update for April 2025, an unexpected and rather bewildering mystery greeted them on their primary drive: a new, empty folder named “inetpub.” While its presence was innocuous at first glance—empty, zero bytes, and seemingly without...