New Malware Leverages Windows Character Map to Bypass Windows Defender and Mine Cryptocurrency for The Attackers

A recently discovered strain of cryptomining malware has captured the attention of security teams worldwide by abusing the built-in Windows Character Map application as an execution host. The threat actor initiates the attack through a PowerShell script that downloads and executes a heavily obfuscated AutoIt loader entirely in memory, avoiding disk writes and common detection […]