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Hackers use PHP exploit to backdoor Windows systems with new malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by kid to c/cybersecurity

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ok, so we are talking about exploiting a Windows machine running a webserver serving PHP.

Just to calm people down, this doesn't mess with your computer just because it runs Windows and you happen to look at a php site.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the tl;dr! These news sites really need to calm down

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