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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...

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...

This week’s Cisco Talos briefing reads like a travelogue-turned-threat-advisory: after a short, evocative opening about cherry pie and Douglas firs, the post pivots sharply to an urgent security alert — a Russian state‑backed cluster Talos calls Static Tundra is actively exploiting a...

Original release date: September 15, 2020 Summary This Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) framework. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise framework for all referenced threat actor techniques. This product was written by the Cybersecurity and...

Hi, Does anyone know if I installed ubuntu 20.04 onto a usb device with the above intention, can I install a virtual box and use win xp in that? It wold need to run a usb device used to plug into the car for mechanical diagnostic purposes. Link Removed

Original release date: July 27, 2020 Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). CISA and NCSC are investigating a strain of malware known as QSnatch, which...

When I turn on my PC, there is an empty folder named 'New Folder' on the desktop. I delete it, do my work, then shut down the PC. Next time I start up, the folder is there again. I have no clue where it comes from, but I am geting paranoid. Hard to google 'New Folder', so I wonder if anyone have...

Original release date: July 20, 2018 Systems Affected Network Systems Overview Emotet is an advanced, modular banking Trojan that primarily functions as a downloader or dropper of other banking Trojans. Emotet continues to be among the most costly and destructive malware affecting state...

Hello everyone, I been getting Crash dump files appear in c:\windows\minidump. I am uploading it here, for those who may wish to review it. I cannot specify what the cause of this problem may have been. And also need help to fix it so it don't happen any more.. Its been over a years now and...

Hi everyone, I recently tried to Bluetooth some of my files from my cellphone to my laptop computer, but I accidentally make a new connection (cell phone connection) in my computer and I don’t know how to permanently remove it. Telephone connections appeared in the network charm under the...

After I forced a shutdown on my computer recently, and rebooted it, all of my folders have gotten all messed up. Before that, folders with lots of pictures used to show icons by default etc., and the file organization was completely different. Now, I can reorganize everything as much as I...

Context I work for a lab at a university. We reimage 30 Windows 7 machines each semester. We use HP LP1965 widescreen monitors and Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 video cards. These monitors can rotate to profile, which is the way they are in the lab. Each machine has two monitors. We use WAIK...

When I take the Quick Launch bar off the taskbar, and then put it back on, all the icons are organized completely different. Is there any way to make it always stay the same?

I set the screen saver in the control panel to "Ribbons" then hit APPLY and OK . After each shutdown and restart sequence, screen saver is reset to "none". :confused: How do i set my screen saver to stay permanently and not be reset at each startup ?

Hi all I'm very excited about Windows 7, it's the best MS OS ever in my opinion. However, I've been experiencing some problems with Windows Startup Repair. Where we live we suffer lots of power outages. I have a UPS, but I sent it in for repairs after it got some lightning damage. So now...