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

submitted 4 months ago by kid to c/cybersecurity

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Only on Windows machines serving PHP using Chinese and Japanese language locales. And it's already been patches some time ago. So the impact is pretty limited, yet a lot of news is being reported like the world is ending.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Damn, I only skimmed the article, this is completely blown out of proportion