--- title: New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in APT Attack... description: A new web shell called HrServ.dll has been detected in an APT attack targeting a government entity in Afghanistan. The web shell exhibits sophisticated... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-hrserv-dll-web-shell-detected-in-apt-attack-targeting-afghan-government-tgff4j2in twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government | daily.dev og:description: A new web shell called HrServ.dll has been detected in an APT attack targeting a government entity in Afghanistan. The web shell exhibits sophisticated... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-hrserv-dll-web-shell-detected-in-apt-attack-targeting-afghan-government-tgff4j2in og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tgfF4J2iN.png og:image:alt: New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new web shell called HrServ.dll has been detected in an APT attack targeting a government entity in Afghanistan. The web shell exhibits sophisticated features and is likely financially motivated. The attack involves the use of a remote administration tool and the creation of a scheduled task. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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