#VBSattack
A WhatsApp malware campaign uses VBS scripts to deploy additional payloads and MSI backdoors via cloud storage, exploiting renamed system utilities and UAC bypass to evade detection and escalate privileges. #VBSattack #WindowsThreat #Microsoft
WhatsApp malware campaign delivers VBS payloads and MSI backdoors
Microsoft Defender Security Research details a campaign in which malicious VBS scripts delivered via WhatsApp download additional VBS payloads and MSI installers from cloud storage, leveraging renamed system utilities and UAC bypass attempts to evade detection and escalate privileges. The report provides Microsoft Defender detections, hunting queries, mitigation recommendations (EDR in block mode, network and web protection, tamper protection, attack surface reduction rules), and IOCs including SHA-256 hashes, cloud storage URLs, and C2 domains. #TrojanVBS_ObfuseKPP #Neescil_top
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March 31, 2026 at 10:40 PM