Artificial Intelligence Microsoft warns its Quick Assist app could expose Windows and macOS users to AI-driven tech support scams and "scareware" News By Kevin Okemwa published April 22, 2025 ...

Financially motivated cybercriminals abuse the Windows Quick Assist feature in social engineering attacks to deploy Black Basta ransomware payloads on victims' networks. Microsoft has been ...

Security researchers have detected Storm-1811, a financially motivated cybercriminal group, exploiting Quick Assist, a client management tool, in social engineering attacks. According to a technical ...

Following a recently documented Black Basta ransomware vishing campaign, Microsoft Threat Intelligence acknowledged May 15 that a financially motivated threat actor tracked as Storm-1811 since mid ...

Hackers have been observed combining spam, a classic IT tech support scam, and Windows built-in remote control and screen-sharing tool, Quick Assist, to deploy the Black Basta ransomware variant ...

Microsoft Teams is exploited for impersonation, while Quick Assist and similar remote access software help attackers escalate privileges. OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe, a legitimate OneDrive update ...