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DeepLoad Malware Uses ClickFix and WMI Persistence to Steal Browser Credentials

Monday, March 30, 2026 at 03:47 PM UTC·Source: The Hacker News

Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 05:46 PM UTC

Executive Summary

A new campaign has leveraged the ClickFix social engineering tactic as a way to distribute a previously undocumented malware loader referred to as DeepLoad. "It likely uses AI-assisted obfuscation and process injection to evade static scanning, while credential theft starts immediately and captures passwords and sessions even if the primary loader is blocked," ReliaQuest researchers Thassanai

Analysis

A new campaign has leveraged the ClickFix social engineering tactic as a way to distribute a previously undocumented malware loader referred to as DeepLoad. "It likely uses AI-assisted obfuscation and process injection to evade static scanning, while credential theft starts immediately and captures passwords and sessions even if the primary loader is blocked," ReliaQuest researchers Thassanai
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Hacker News on Mar 30, 2026.

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