Microsoft warns of RAT delivered through trojanized gaming utilities
Attackers spread trojanized gaming tools to deliver a stealthy RAT using PowerShell, LOLBins, and Defender evasion tactics. Threat actors are tricking users into running trojanized gaming utilities shared through browsers and chat platforms to deploy a remote access trojan. “Microsoft Defender researchers uncovered a campaign that lured users into running trojanized gaming utilities (Xeno.exe or […]
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- Microsoft warns of RAT delivered through trojanized gaming utilities
Microsoft warns of RAT delivered through trojanized gaming utilities
** Pierluigi Paganini
** February 28, 2026
Attackers spread trojanized gaming tools to deliver a stealthy RAT using PowerShell, LOLBins, and Defender evasion tactics.
Threat actors are tricking users into running trojanized gaming utilities shared through browsers and chat platforms to deploy a remote access trojan.
*“Microsoft Defender researchers uncovered a campaign that lured users into running trojanized gaming utilities (Xeno.exe or RobloxPlayerBeta.exe) distributed through browsers and chat platforms, leading to the deployment of a remote access trojan (RAT).” Microsoft Threat Intelligence team wrote on X.*
Microsoft Defender researchers uncovered a campaign that lured users into running trojanized gaming utilities (Xeno.exe or RobloxPlayerBeta.exe) distributed through browsers and chat platforms, leading to the deployment of a remote access trojan (RAT).
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