Holiday Attack Spikes Target Ancient Vulnerabilities and Hidden Webshells

Winter brings a number of holidays in a short period of time, and many organizations shut down or run a skeleton crew for a week or more at the end of the year and beginning of the new year. This makes it easier for would-be attackers to find success as systems are not as closely monitored. This means that during major holidays it is not uncommon to see spikes in attack attempts.

We observed spikes in attack traffic for two …

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