Computerworld

AutoIt scripting increasingly used by malware developers

AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility and low learning curve, according to security ...
Threat Post

AutoIt Scripting Used By Overlay Malware to Bypass AV Detection

IBM’s X-Force Research team reports hackers attacking Brazilian banks are using the Windows scripting tool called AutoIt to reduces the likelihood of antivirus software detection. IBM’s X-Force ...
GitHub

AutoIt Obfuscator — Obfuscation for AutoIt Script Source Code (Python module)

AutoIt Obfuscator is a tool to modify AutoIt script source code in this way to make an analysis of obfuscated code very difficult. Why should you obfuscate your scripts you might ask yourself? After ...
Threat Post

AutoIt Used in Targeted Attacks to Move RATs

Researchers at Cisco spotted targeted attacks moving remote access Trojans via the AutoIt administration and scripting tool. Hackers, months ago, revived macros as an attack vector to primarily hide ...
Bleeping Computer

Stampado Ransomware campaign decrypted before it Started

What we do know, though, is that Stampado is fully functional and written in the AutoIT scripting language. When installed, it will encrypt a victim's files using AES encryption and then demand a ...