New Agent Tesla malware version uses emoji obfuscation to evade detection
21-08-2026 22:58 via scworld.com

New Agent Tesla malware version uses emoji obfuscation to evade detection

The latest Agent Tesla campaign utilizes a JScript dropper that incorporates Unicode emoji characters to disrupt signature-based detection and obscure the malicious code.
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