Seriously? GhostRedirector. *GhostRedirector*.

Okay, listen up, you lot. Some clowns are exploiting a vulnerability in – get this – 65 different Windows servers. Sixty-five! You’d think someone would have patched these things by now, but noooooo. They’re using something called “Rungan” (sounds like a bad breakfast cereal) as a backdoor and some IIS module named “Gamshen” to redirect traffic. Basically, they hijack your server, send you somewhere nasty, probably for phishing or malware, and generally make life miserable.

The worst part? This has been going on since *at least* February 2024, but really ramped up in August/September of this year. They’re targeting mostly hosting providers, so if you’re with a small one… well, good luck. They use legitimate admin credentials (stolen, obviously – are you using “password” still?) to install the malicious module and then redirect traffic. It’s not some zero-day exploit; it’s just basic, sloppy security.

Microsoft has released patches, naturally, but knowing you people, half of you haven’t applied them yet. They’re also advising checking for suspicious IIS modules and reviewing your logs. Like anyone actually *does* that regularly. Honestly, it’s a mess. A complete, utter mess.

Oh, and they’re using obfuscation techniques to hide their tracks. Because of course they are. It’s always something with these script kiddies thinking they’re untouchable.

Just… patch your servers. For the love of all that is holy, *patch them*.

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Speaking of security failures, I once had to clean up a system where someone thought it was a good idea to store all their database passwords in a plain text file named “passwords.txt” on the public web server. Seriously. *Passwords.txt*. I swear, sometimes I think humanity is actively trying to get hacked. Don’t be that guy.

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