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Microsoft Details Cookie-Controlled PHP Web Shells Persisting via Cron on Linux Servers

Cookie-gated PHP web shells enable persistent Linux RCE via cron-based re-creation, reducing detection in routine traffic ...
Microsoft

Cookie-controlled PHP webshells: A stealthy tradecraft in Linux hosting environments

Cookie-gated PHP webshells use obfuscation, php-fpm execution, and cron-based persistence to evade detection in Linux hosting ...
Variety

Paramount’s Jeff Shell Fires Back: Exec Says Allegation He Leaked Private Corporate Info Is ‘Utterly False Tale’ Created in a ‘Shakedown’ Attempt

Jeff Shell, president of Paramount Skydance, is accusing a “fixer” who has demanded $150 million from Shell over a purported deal for crisis communications consulting of trying to extort and defame ...
The Guardian

Shell CEO’s pay jumps 60% despite slump in profits at oil company

Campaigners say people unlikely to ‘look favourably’ on package for Wael Sawan, which rose to £13.8m in 2025 The chief executive of Shell saw his pay jump more than 60% to almost £14m in 2025 despite ...
Los Angeles Times

Feud between Vegas gambler and Paramount exec sparks $150-million fraud lawsuit

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The high-stakes feud between Paramount Skydance President Jeff Shell and Las Vegas gambler and self-professed ...
The Hollywood Reporter

What Sparked Paramount’s Investigation of Jeff Shell

A whistleblower who tipped the company's leadership that its president was allegedly leaking confidential info had broached the possibility of a reality show at the studio. By Gary Baum Senior Writer ...
Jalopnik

6 Motor Oil Brands Owned By Shell

Itself now part of a holding company called Royal Dutch Shell plc, Shell Oil is the fifth largest oil company in the world by market capitalization, according to Investopedia. But it came from far ...
Reuters

Shell picks PwC as auditor to replace EY

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab has chosen PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its next auditor after a tender process, with PwC set to replace EY from 2027, the oil major said on ...
CNBC

CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter: The pressure’s on Shell to beat once again

Shell is reporting fourth-quarter and full-year results on Thursday. The oil major has been aggressively buying back its shares in recent years but, with earnings likely to be hit by a weaker oil ...
Crude Oil Prices

Shell Considers Asset Sales in Argentina’s Shale Heartland

Shell may be considering leaving the Vaca Muerta shale play in Argentina, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources. Both a partial asset sale and a full exit are on the table, according to the ...
Upstream

Shell executive quit after BP acquisition proposal rebuffed - report

Greg Gut departed UK supermajor after a proposal to acquire BP was blocked by Shell's chief executive and chief financial officer, the FT reported. Senior leaders at Shell rejected a proposal to ...