Microsoft has announced that it will phase out VBScript in Windows in three stages. It is currently enabled, but it will be ...

"I heard VBScript is being deprecated. Are we using it?" Logon scripts, Task Scheduler, business application installers, Excel macros. VBScript is embedded in inconspicuous places, and not many ...

A ClickFix campaign has been observed hiding a VBScript payload in the browser cache, disguised as an image, so the script was already on the device when the victim was tricked into running a command ...

ClickFix attacks fake CAPTCHA pages to trick users into running malicious commands, delivering malware through compromised websites.

The Wine 11.19 release is now available for this open source Windows compatibility layer, bringing an assortment of new features and fixes.

Google's Threat Intelligence Group found experimental malware called PROMPTFLUX that could ask Gemini to rewrite its own code. One version was designed to do that every hour. Why would malware keep ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed TASK#STOMP that delivers a PowerShell backdoor designed to harvest sensitive data from compromised hosts. The backdoor ...

Scriptocalypse: Microsoft announced the deprecation of the VBScript environment a few years ago, asking companies and power users to switch to modern scripting systems. Now, the company is warning ...

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 ...

A new and active malware campaign is spreading through WhatsApp, targeting everyday Windows users across more than a dozen countries. The threat uses malicious script files disguised as routine ...

If you are setting up a new PC with Windows 11 version 24H2 (2024 Update) or later, developers may not find the VBScript installed after installation, as Microsoft does not install it by default now.