WhatsApp says it disrupted new NSO spyware phishing attacks By Bill Toulas June 8, 2026 02:40 PM WhatsApp has detected and stopped spear-phishing campaigns allegedly conducted by the NSO Group after investigating user reports of social engineering attacks. …
… Kaspersky notes that when the initial VBScript file is delivered via WhatsApp Web, it must be downloaded, but when opened in the WhatsApp Desktop client, it can be executed directly via Windows Script Host wscript.exe . …
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