Security News > 2023 > October > Hackers Using MSIX App Packages to Infect Windows PCs with GHOSTPULSE Malware
2023-10-30 04:21
A new cyber attack campaign has been observed using spurious MSIX Windows app package files for popular software such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Grammarly, and Cisco Webex to distribute a novel malware loader dubbed GHOSTPULSE. "MSIX is a Windows app package format that developers can leverage to package, distribute, and install their applications to Windows users," Elastic
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