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Rogue ScreenConnect Clients Spread Four-Stage VBScript Chain to Newly Connected

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4 May
Phishing Campaign Hits 80+ Orgs Using SimpleHelp and ScreenConnect RMM Tools

An active phishing campaign has been observed targeting multiple vectors since at least April 2025, with legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software as a way to

REPORT · HOW · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
4 Aug
Fake Adobe and Zoom Updates Install ScreenConnect for Persistent Remote Access

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active, multi-wave campaign that employs social engineering lures themed around Adobe and Zoom software updates, business

REPORT · WHAT · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
16 Sept
Critical ScreenConnect flaw now actively exploited in attacks

Attackers now exploit a critical-severity ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerability in the wild, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). [...]

REPORT · HOW · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
1 Sept
Hackers abuse Faronics Deploy admin tool to install ScreenConnect

Phishing actors are abusing the legitimate Faronics Deploy endpoint-management platform to gain remote administrative control over victim computers and install the ScreenConnect

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
1 Jul
SEO-Poisoned Software Sites Abuse ScreenConnect to Deploy AsyncRAT

Unknown threat actors are leveraging the ScreenConnect remote access tool as a way to deploy and execute AsyncRAT. Kaspersky said the activity is part of a "massive, multi-domain,

REPORT · WHO · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
1 Oct
ScreenConnect Client (Ab)used by Attackers, (Thu, Oct 1st)

Threat Actors do not always use top-notch techniques or very complex malware to perform their attacks. Sometimes, they just abuse of existing applications...

REPORT · WHAT · SANS Internet Storm CenterOPEN STORY
7 Sept
ConnectWise warns of new ScreenConnect flaw without patch

ConnectWise has shared temporary mitigation measures for a new ScreenConnect Remote Access vulnerability that it plans to patch later this week. [...]

REPORT · WHEN · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
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