Bleeping Computer

Firefox to Use Windows BITS Service for Background Updates

In the near future Mozilla Firefox will utilize Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service, or BITS, to download software updates in the background. This is the first step in the eventual release ...
PC World

Check your BITS, because deleting malware might not be enough

Attackers are abusing the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to re-infect computers with malware after they’ve been already cleaned by antivirus products. The technique was ...
ZDNet

Newly discovered cyber-espionage malware abuses Windows BITS service

The malware appears to be the work of a state-sponsored cyber-espionage group that researchers have been tracking for years under the name of Stealth Falcon. The first and only report on this hacking ...
Threat Post

Stealth Falcon Targets Middle East with Windows BITS Feature

Cyberespionage attackers have ditched their PowerShell backdoor in favor of the Windows BITS ‘notification’ feature. The notorious Stealth Falcon cyberespionage group has adopted a new backdoor using ...