Win32/StealthFalcon malware uses Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to communicates to its C&C servers

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Stealth Falcon is a state-sponsored cyber espionage group that since 2012 targets political activists and journalists in the Middle East. Security researchers from ESET have discovered a new malware associated with Stealth Falcon that abuses a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system in order to communicate with command-and-control servers: In its communication with […]

Article Link: https://www.andreafortuna.org/2019/09/13/win32-stealthfalcon-malware-uses-windows-background-intelligent-transfer-service-bits-to-communicates-to-its-cc-servers/