[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fDw-uvKrbPcaPv33NvyrftHtwpq-wNx2wq5jrNLnkCr0":3},{"article":4,"iocs":43},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"full_text":11,"url":12,"image_url":11,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":15,"entities":16,"category_id":26,"category":27,"article_tags":30},"85a487b5-aee5-427c-aa76-331f145f7154","Hijacked ScreenConnect Installs Are Spreading Malware Like a Worm, Huntress Warns","hijacked-screenconnect-installs-are-spreading-malware-like-a-worm-huntress-warns-842f39","Cybersecurity firm Huntress has uncovered a wave of malicious installations of ScreenConnect, a widely used remote-support tool, that spread between machines without any further action from a victim or an attacker, a self-propagating attack chain researchers likened to a computer worm. In a blog post published this week, Huntress said its Security Operations Center (SOC) […] The post Hijacked ScreenConnect Installs Are Spreading Malware Like a Worm, Huntress Warns appeared first on IT Security Guru.","Cybersecurity firm Huntress has identified a significant increase in malicious ScreenConnect installations. These compromised instances are capable of self-propagating malware across networks without further human intervention, exhibiting worm-like behavior. Researchers have likened this attack chain to a computer worm due to its autonomous spread.","Huntress warns of malicious ScreenConnect installations spreading malware like a worm.",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.itsecurityguru.org\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F03\u002Fhijacked-screenconnect-installs-are-spreading-malware-like-a-worm-huntress-warns\u002F?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hijacked-screenconnect-installs-are-spreading-malware-like-a-worm-huntress-warns","2026-09-03T10:23:28+00:00","2026-09-03T18:00:35.39485+00:00",8,[17,20,23],{"name":18,"type":19},"ScreenConnect","product",{"name":21,"type":22},"Huntress","vendor",{"name":24,"type":25},"remote-support tool","technology","89f78b1c-3503-45a1-9fc7-e23d2ce1c6d5",{"id":26,"icon":11,"name":28,"slug":29},"Malware","malware",[31,36,38],{"category":32},{"id":33,"icon":11,"name":34,"slug":35},"26b0b636-0e31-4db1-bffb-61bdf9f20a58","Supply Chain","supply-chain",{"category":37},{"id":26,"icon":11,"name":28,"slug":29},{"category":39},{"id":40,"icon":11,"name":41,"slug":42},"e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14","Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[]]