{"id":8527,"date":"2026-06-18T15:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/microsoft-details-windows-clipper-malware-campaign-using-usb-lnk-worm-and-tor-based-c2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:11:51","slug":"microsoft-details-windows-clipper-malware-campaign-using-usb-lnk-worm-and-tor-based-c2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/microsoft-details-windows-clipper-malware-campaign-using-usb-lnk-worm-and-tor-based-c2\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Details Windows Clipper Malware Campaign Using USB LNK Worm and Tor-Based C2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bMicrosoft has disclosed details of a Windows-based cryptocurrency clipper campaign that has targeted users since February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The clipper in this campaign relies on Windows Script Host and ActiveX-driven logic to launch a bundled Tor proxy and poll a hidden-service C2 [command-and-control] server,&#8221; the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said in an analysis published Tuesday. &#8220;It\u00a0Microsoft has disclosed details of a Windows-based cryptocurrency clipper campaign that has targeted users since February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The clipper in this campaign relies on Windows Script Host and ActiveX-driven logic to launch a bundled Tor proxy and poll a hidden-service C2 [command-and-control] server,&#8221; the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said in an analysis published Tuesday. &#8220;It\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bMicrosoft has disclosed details of a Windows-based cryptocurrency clipper campaign that has targeted users since February 2026. &#8220;The clipper in this campaign relies on Windows Script Host and ActiveX-driven logic to launch a bundled Tor proxy and poll a hidden-service C2 [command-and-control] server,&#8221; the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said in an analysis published Tuesday.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/microsoft-details-windows-clipper-malware-campaign-using-usb-lnk-worm-and-tor-based-c2\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft Details Windows Clipper Malware Campaign Using USB LNK Worm and Tor-Based C2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}