Kaspersky says the attacks use phishing, GitHub-hosted payloads, CVE-2025-9491 LNK abuse, and Go2Tunnel-based tunneling.

Imagine you receive what looks like a video or a business document on WhatsApp Web. The attachment appears genuine, but clicking it silently installs malware on your computer ...

Kaspersky says attackers are using fake WhatsApp document attachments to run VBScript malware and install ManageEngine RMM ...

Microsoft has observed a malware campaign in which attackers send VBS files (Visual Basic Script) in WhatsApp messages. If victims execute them, it triggers a multi-stage infection chain, at the end ...

The attack chain relies on delayed execution, trusted Windows utilities, and legitimate hosting services to maintain persistence and evade detection. Microsoft is warning WhatsApp users of a new ...

Be careful what you click on. Miscreants are abusing WhatsApp messages in a multi-stage attack that delivers malicious Microsoft Installer (MSI) packages, allowing criminals to control victims' ...

Microsoft Defender Experts observed a campaign beginning in late February 2026 that uses WhatsApp messages to deliver malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. Once executed, these scripts initiate a ...

BasicBox is an x86 PC emulator written entirely in Visual Basic 6. Emulated CPU support is at a 486 baseline, but includes a few later opcodes such as CMOV and RDTSC. It can run Windows NT 4.0, Linux ...

A sophisticated Python-based malware deployment uncovered during a fraud investigation has revealed a layered attack involving obfuscation, disposable infrastructure and commercial offensive tools.

If when you open Outlook or any other program on your Windows 11/10 PC you receive a message – Failed to register a VB Script dll. Reinstall or run Regsvr32.exe Vbscript.dll to self-register; then ...

A multi-stage Windows malware campaign, tracked as SHADOW#REACTOR, has been analyzed by cybersecurity researchers, revealing a complex infection chain designed to stealthily deploy the Remcos remote ...

Threat actors linked to lesser-known ransomware and malware projects now use AI tools as lures to infect unsuspecting victims with malicious payloads. This development follows a trend that has been ...