AutoHotKey Malware Is Now a Thing

guest · Mar 30, 2018

AutoHotKey Malware Is Now a Thing
March 30, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/autohotkey-malware-is-now-a-thing/

AutoHotKey, or AHK, is an open-source scripting language developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system back in 2003.

The failed attempt to improve the older AutoIt language spurred the AHK creator to put together a new scripting engine that later became AutoHotKey and, which, over the next several years developed into a behemoth on the Windows scripting landscape.
[...] AutoHotKey is now a powerful system that can now interact with the local filesystem, monitor or close programs, set up scheduled tasks, but also automate repetitive operations inside third-party software.
AHK is inferior to Python, PowerShell
[...] AHK as a malware trend is here to stay, and may soon replace AutoIt when it comes to quickly putting together simplistic malicious files.

PS: Since AutoHotKey is a new player on the malware landscape, there aren't many tools to aid developers in analyzing samples. The Cybereason team released a free tool called ahk-dumper that may help some malware researchers during their work.
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