ESET discovered an undocumented backdoor used by the infamous Stealth Falcon group

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  1. guest

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    ESET discovered an undocumented backdoor used by the infamous Stealth Falcon group
    September 9, 2019
    https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/09/09/backdoor-stealth-falcon-group/
     
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  2. Rasheed187

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    OK cool, but if you disable the BITS service, I suppose this method doesn't work. Of course, the status of services should also be monitored, because otherwise malware can simply enable/disable certain services.
     
  3. itman

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    If you disable BITS on Win 10, you're going to bork a lot of stuff. Win Updates and other Microsoft processes use it to speed up downloads. Also some app software like AV software also use it for their downloads.
     
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  4. Rasheed187

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    Yes correct, but I don't often update Windows and avoid using AV's. But most people should indeed not disable this service.
     
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