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New FileFix attack uses steganography to drop StealC malware

A newly discovered FileFix social engineering attack impersonates Meta account suspension warnings to trick users into unknowingly installing the StealC infostealer malware. FileFix is a new variant of the ClickFix family of attacks, which uses social engineering attacks to trick users into pasting malicious commands into operating system dialog boxes as supposed "fixes" for problems. The FileFix technique was created by red team researcher mr.d0x, and instead of convincing users into pasting

Microsoft removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11, Windows Server

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor introduced with Windows 7 was already removed for Windows Insiders as of July 2025, with the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel. As detailed in a support document published on Monday, Microsoft will permanently remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 version 24H2, sta