ESET researchers have identified a new threat actor, whom we have named GhostRedirector, that compromised at least 65 Windows servers mainly in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. GhostRedirector used two previously undocumented, custom tools: a passive C++ backdoor that we named Rungan, and a malicious Internet Information Services (IIS) module that we named Gamshen. While Rungan has the capability of executing …
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Hackers exploited Sitecore zero-day flaw to deploy backdoors
Threat actors have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in legacy Sitecore deployments to deploy WeepSteel reconnaissance malware. The flaw, tracked under CVE-2025-53690, is a ViewState deserialization vulnerability caused by the inclusion of a sample ASP.NET machine key in pre-2017 Sitecore guides. Some customers reused this key in production, allowing attackers with knowledge of the key to craft valid, but malicious …
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