Stealth Falcon Targets Middle East with Windows BITS Feature

The notorious Stealth Falcon cyberespionage group has adopted a new backdoor using the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS in its ongoing spyware attacks against journalists, activists and dissidents in the Middle East. According to researchers at ESET, attackers are exploiting t...

October 27, 2016 — KB3197954 (OS Build 14393.351)

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Windows BITS 'Notification' Feature Used to Deliver Malware

Attackers have found a new way to exploit the Widows Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS which is being used to infect and reinfect targeted PCs with malware even after the initial infection has been removed. According to security researchers at Dell SecureWorks, attackers are exploiting...

Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)

Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 KB842773...