While monitoring attack cases targeting MS-SQL servers, the AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) identified an instance in which the Larva-26009 threat actor installed the XMRig CoinMiner. While the installation of CoinMiner is common in attack cases targeting MS-SQL servers, in this particular attack case, the attacker installed VShell and GotoHTTP to gain control over the […]

Content In the second quarter of 2026, the AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) compiled an analysis of the current attack status for poorly managed Windows web servers and classified the malware used in these attacks. The targets were Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers and Apache Tomcat web servers running in Windows environments. Purpose and […]