Researchers unearth Windows backdoor that’s unusually stealthy:
Frebniis abuses Microsoft IIS to smuggle malicious commands in web traffic.
arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/new-backdoor-targeting-windows-servers-is-ultra-stealthy/
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