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Hackers Exploit MSHTA to Deploy LummaStealer and Amatera Malware


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2026-05-20 05:45:06
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Hackers are increasingly abusing the legacy Microsoft HTML Application Host (MSHTA) utility to deliver commodity malware such as LummaStealer and Amatera. Despite being tied to Internet Explorer, which was retired in 2022, MSHTA remains default in Windows, making it an attractive Living-off-the-Land binary (LOLBIN) for stealthy attacks. MSHTA allows execution of VBScript and JavaScript from […]


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