AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility and low learning curve, according to security ...

IBM’s X-Force Research team reports hackers attacking Brazilian banks are using the Windows scripting tool called AutoIt to reduces the likelihood of antivirus software detection.

Researchers at Cisco spotted targeted attacks moving remote access Trojans via the AutoIt administration and scripting tool.

Autoit will do the job. A single line script will work. I used this line (lots of) years ago, to start robolabs, which insisted on being run as administrator, nothing less would work.

The script is converted into a Windows executable by running the utility Aut2Exe, which produces a new binary with the malware inside it. Malware authors writing scripts to execute another binary on ...

What we do know, though, is that Stampado is fully functional and written in the AutoIT scripting language. When installed, it will encrypt a victim's files using AES encryption and then demand a ...