DeepLoad Malware Uses ClickFix and WMI Persistence to Steal Browser Credentials

Source: The Hacker News

A new campaign has leveraged the ClickFix social engineering tactic as a way to distribute a previously undocumented malware loader referred to as DeepLoad.

“It likely uses AI‑assisted obfuscation and process injection to evade static scanning, while credential theft starts immediately and captures passwords and sessions even if the primary loader is blocked,” — ReliaQuest researchers Thassanai