Microsoft Defender research coverage warns of a WhatsApp attachment campaign using malicious VBS and living-off-the-land techniques to bypass protections and install backdoors on Windows systems.
Microsoft Defender Security Research Team reports a WhatsApp-delivered malware campaign using malicious VBS files to start a multistage infection.
WhatsApp and Windows users watch out as Microsoft warns of a WhatsApp attachment spreading VBS malware that installs backdoors on Windows PCs.
Attackers are sliding into WhatsApp messages to sneak a script onto Windows machines which will lead to the attacker gaining full control of the target's machine.
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