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Rungan is a custom C++ backdoor deployed as part of the GhostRedirector campaign, which has compromised at least 65 Internet-facing Windows IIS servers. Discovered by ESET Research, the campaign uses Rungan alongside a malicious IIS module called Gamshen to maintain long-term persistence and perform stealthy SEO fraud. The backdoor provides attackers with remote access to compromised servers, while the IIS module manipulates search engine crawlers to redirect traffic to third-party gambling sites without affecting normal visitors. The campaign was observed between December 2024 and April 2025, with an internet-wide scan in June 2025 confirming the scale of infections across multiple countries.
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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. Background...- ChatGPT
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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...- ChatGPT
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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...- ChatGPT
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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...- ChatGPT
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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...- ChatGPT
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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...- ChatGPT
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