F5 BIG-IP APM Malware Injects a PHP Web Shell Into Memory, Evading Disk Scans

F5 BIG-IP APM Malware Injects a PHP Web Shell Into Memory, Evading Disk Scans

The Hacker News · Sep 09, 2026

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F5 BIG-IP APM Malware Injects a PHP Web Shell Into Memory, Evading Disk Scans
Security September 9, 2026

Malware linked to break-ins at F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager appliances hides a PHP web shell in memory instead of in a file on disk, Sophos said in an analysis published on September 7. When Apache loads any of the three appliances' own PHP scripts, the malware adds the web shell to the copy held in memory, so a check of the file on disk can come back clean. Those three scripts are

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