Seriously? BadIIS is a Thing Now.

Right, listen up, you lot. Some script kiddie decided it was a *good idea* to sling malware – they’re calling it BadIIS – by poisoning Google search results. SEO poisoning. Groundbreaking. Like we haven’t seen that before. Basically, they hack legit websites (mostly WordPress, naturally), shove in some redirects, and when you click on what you THINK is a useful link, BAM! You land on a page that installs a web shell. A *web shell*. It’s like leaving the front door of your server wide open for anyone with half a brain.

They’re targeting servers running IIS (Internet Information Services) – hence the clever name, I guess – and using it to host malicious content. The whole thing is designed to steal credentials, mess with your site, and generally cause chaos. And of course, they’re after financial data. Because what else would they want? World peace?

The worst part? It’s spreading. Fast. They’re using compromised sites as jump-off points for even MORE attacks. It affects a bunch of different countries too, so it isn’t just some localized annoyance. Mitigation involves patching your damn servers, scanning for backdoors (you *are* scanning, right?), and generally keeping your software up to date. You know, basic security hygiene that people STILL ignore.

Honestly, I’m starting to think the internet deserves whatever it gets.

Read the full, painfully obvious report here

And another thing…

Reminds me of this one time a sysadmin left a default FTP account active on a production server. Default username and password. *Default*. I swear, some people actively try to get hacked. It’s infuriating. Anyway, I spent three days cleaning up the mess after they got owned by a script running out of Russia. Three. Days. Don’t be that sysadmin.

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