Rogue ScreenConnect Clients Spread Four-Stage VBScript Chain to Newly Connected Hosts
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of worm-like activity that abuses ConnectWise ScreenConnect to distribute a malicious Visual Basic Script (VBScript) payload to newly connected systems. According to Huntress, three unrela…
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